First Ground-Based Observation of Sprites Over Southern Africa and Estimation of Their Physical and Optical Characteristics

Ogechukwu Stanislaus Nnadih1, Peter Martinez1, Michael Kosch2, Stefan Lotz2 and Martin Fullekrug3, (1)University of Cape Town, SpaceLab, Electrical Engineering Department, Cape Town, South Africa, (2)South African National Space Agency, Hermanus, South Africa, (3)University of Bath, Bath, BA2, United Kingdom