The case for using blunt-tipped lightning rods as strike receptors

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 984-993

  Moore, Charles B ^a   Aulich, G D ^a   Rison, William ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING PROTECTION;

STRIKE RECEPTORS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041592618     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0984:TCFUBL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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