Model experiments of laser-triggered lightning

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 311-317

  Shindo, Takatoshi ^a   Aihara, Yoshinori ^a   Miki, Megumu ^a   Suzuki, Toshio ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flashover; Laser guided discharge; Lightning

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; FLASHOVER; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIR BREAKDOWN PLASMAS; GUIDED DISCHARGES; LASER-TRIGGERED LIGHTNING;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0027224715     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: 19374208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.180351     Document Type: Article

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