Concepts of lightning return stroke models

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-96

  Gomes, Chandima ^a   Cooray, Vernon ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LIGHTNING RETURN STROKES;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0033878250     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.831708     Document Type: Article

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