On the mechanism of attenuation of current waves propagating along a vertical perfectly conducting wire above ground: Application to lightning

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 521-532

  Baba, Yoshihiro ^a   Rakov, Vladimir A ^b  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Current attenuation; Lightning; TEM; Transmission line model; Vertical conductor

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHTNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

CURRENT ATTENUATION; CURRENT WAVES PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION LINE MODEL; TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC (TEM) WAVE; VERTICAL CONDUCTOR;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 27644568519     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2005.850690     Document Type: Article

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