Long range propagation of lightning pulses using the FDTD method

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1008-1012

  Bérenger, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a Centre d'Analyse de Defense   (France)

Author keywords

Finite difference; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Lightning; Low frequency (LF); Propagation; Very low frequency (VLF)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN METHOD; LOW FREQUENCY; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 31744450941     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2005.858747     Document Type: Article

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