On the use of lumped sources in lightning return stroke models

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Baba, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Rakov, Vladimir A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHTNING; TRANSMISSIVITY;

EID: 17344364153     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005202     Document Type: Article

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