Characterization of 100-kHz noise in the lightning current derivative signals measured at the CN tower

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 986-997

  Liatos, Petros ^a,b   Hussein, Ali M ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Loran C signal; Measurement of the lightning current; Tall structure lightning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC ATTENUATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

LIGHTNING CURRENT; LORAN-C SIGNAL; TALL STRUCTURE LIGHTNING;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 31744441108     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2005.854099     Document Type: Article

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