Far-field-current relationship based on the TL model for lightning return strokes to elevated strike objects

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 146-159

  Bermudez, José Luis ^a   Rachidi, Farhad ^a   Rubinstein, Marcos ^b   Janischewskyj, Wasyl ^c   Shostak, Volodymyr O ^d   Pavanello, Davide ^a   Chang, Jen Shih ^e   Hussein, Ali M ^f   Nucci, Carlo Alberto ^g   Paolone, Mario ^g  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Univ Appl Sci of W Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Elevated strike objects; Lightning; Lightning location systems; Lightning return stroke modeling

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; LIGHTNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELEVATED STRIKE OBJECTS; LIGHTNING LOCATION SYSTEMS; LIGHTNING RETURN STROKE MODELING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 20144374420     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2004.842102     Document Type: Article

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