Application of the antenna theory model to a tall tower struck by lightning

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Kordi, Behzad ^a   Moini, Rouzbeh ^b   Janischewskyj, Wasyl ^c   Hussein, Ali M ^c,d   Shostak, Volodymyr O ^e   Rakov, Vladimir A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Lightning; Theoretical modeling

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; MODELING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 1342333851     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003398     Document Type: Article

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