Measurement results of the electric fields in cloud-to-ground lightning in nearby Munich, Germany

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 40, Issue 4 PART 2, 1998, Pages 436-443

  Heidler, Fridolin ^a   Hopf, Christian ^b  

^a BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electric fields; Experimental data; Field propagation effects; Lightning

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0032205456     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.736204     Document Type: Article

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