Treatment of retardation effects in calculating the radiated electromagnetic fields from the lightning discharge

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D8, 1998, Pages 9003-9013

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

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHTNING;

EID: 0032571712     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD02941     Document Type: Article

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