On the transmission line model for lightning return stroke representation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Baba, Y ^a   Rakov, V A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHTNING;

TRANSMISSION LINE MODELS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHTNING; MODELING;

EID: 1642586554     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018407     Document Type: Article

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