The lightning radiation field spectra of cloud flashes in the interval from 20 kHz to 20 MHz

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 234-239

  Sonnadara, Upul ^a   Cooray, Vernon ^b   Fernando, Mahendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cloud flashes; Lightning; Radiation field spectra

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHTNING; RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LIGHTNING CLOUD FLASHES; LIGHTNING RADIATION FIELD SPECTRA; RADIATION FIELD SPECTRA;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 33645820622     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2006.870692     Document Type: Article

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