Some parameters of negative upward-initiated lightning to the gaisberg tower (2000-2007)

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 51, Issue 3 PART 1, 2009, Pages 443-452

  Diendorfer, Gerhard ^a   Pichler, Hannes ^a,b   Mair, Martin ^b  

^a Austrian Electrotechnical Association OVE   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lightning; Lightning parameters; Tower measurements; Upward initiated lightning

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; CURRENT PULSE; GEOMETRIC MEAN; LIGHTNING PARAMETERS; NEGATIVE LIGHTNING; PEAK CURRENTS; PULSE CHARGE; RETURN STROKE; RETURN STROKE CURRENT; SUMMER MONTHS; UPWARD-INITIATED LIGHTNING;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; THUNDERSTORMS; TOWERS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 69649084175     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2009.2021616     Document Type: Article

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