A critical review of nonconventional approaches to lightning protection

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1809-1820+1743

  Uman, M A ^a   Rakov, V A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORMS;

LIGHTNING ELIMINATION;

LIGHTNING PROTECTION;

EID: 0036994835     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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