Applications of electromagnetic models of the lightning return stroke

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 800-811

  Baba, Yoshihiro ^a   Rakov, Vladimir A ^b  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field; Finite difference time domain method; Lightning; Lightning return stroke model; Method of moments

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHTNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; LIGHTNING CHANNEL; LIGHTNING RETURN STROKE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 42349115357     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2007.916169     Document Type: Article

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