Current waveform parameters of CN tower lightning return strokes

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 60, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 149-162

  Hussein, A M ^a   Janischewskyj, W ^b   Milewski, M ^a   Shostak, V ^c   Chisholm, W ^d   Chang, J S ^e  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^d KINECTRICS INC   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CN Tower lightning; Lightning return stroke current waveform parameters; Lightning to tall structures; Measurement of lightning return stroke currents

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CURRENT WAVEFORM; STEEPNESS; STROKES; WAVEFRONT PEAK;

LIGHTNING;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 2142645972     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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