Lightning current waves measured at short instrumented towers: The influence of sensor position

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Visacro, Silvério ^a   Silveira, Fernando H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS;

DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; HYBRID ELECTROMAGNETIC MODEL; LIGHTNING CURRENT WAVES; SENSOR POSITION;

LIGHTNING;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHTNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 27744433239     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023255     Document Type: Article

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