Measurements of Lightning Rod Responses to Nearby Strikes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1487-1490

  Moore, C B ^a   Aulich, G D ^a   Rison, W ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

FIELD EXPERIMENT; FRANKLIN RODS; LIGHTNING RODS; MEASUREMENTS OF; SHARP TIP;

LIGHTNING;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0034525709     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011053     Document Type: Article

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