The U.S. national lightning detection network™ and applications of cloud-to-ground lightning data by electric power utilities

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 40, Issue 4 PART 2, 1998, Pages 465-480

  Cummins, Kenneth L ^b   Krider, E Philip ^c   Malone, Mark D ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Global Atmospherics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault diagnosis; Fault location; Lightning; Lightning detection; Power system lightning efects; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0032202479     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.736207     Document Type: Article

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