On the representation of the lightning return stroke process as a current pulse propagating along a transmission line

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 20, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 823-837

  Theethayi, Nelson ^a   Cooray, Vernon ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lightning; Modeling; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; INDUCTANCE; LIGHTNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

CURRENT PULSE PROPAGATION; FINITE CONDUCTANCE; LIGHTNING RETURN STROKE; TIME VARYING CHANNEL RESISTANCE;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 17844382994     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2004.839188     Document Type: Article

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