An approximate formula for the calculation of the horizontal electric field from lightning at close, intermediate, and long range

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 531-535

  Rubinstein, Marcos ^a  

^a Swisscom AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TESTING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

OVERHEAD WIRES; SOMMERFELD INTEGRALS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0030216516     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.536087     Document Type: Article

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