On the influence of elevated strike objects on directly measured and indirectly estimated lightning currents

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1543-1551

  Guerrieri, S ^a   Nucci, C A ^a   Rachidi, F ^b   Rubinstein, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Swisscom AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elevated strike objects; Lightning current; Lightning electromagnetic field; Return stroke models

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS;

ELEVATED STRIKE OBJECTS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0032187786     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.714865     Document Type: Article

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