Review and evaluation of lightning return stroke models including some aspects of their application

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 40, Issue 4 PART 2, 1998, Pages 403-426

  Rakov, Vladimir A ^a,b   Uman, Martin A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

LEMP; Lightning; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LIGHTNING RETURN STROKES;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0032205421     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.736202     Document Type: Review

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