Electric and magnetic fields predicted by different electromagnetic models of the lightning return stroke versus measured fields

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 51, Issue 3 PART 1, 2009, Pages 479-487

  Baba, Yoshihiro ^a   Rakov, Vladimir A ^b  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic model; Lightning; Lightning current; Lightning electromagnetic field; Lightning return stroke

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; CHANNEL REPRESENTATION; CONDUCTING WIRE; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; CURRENT SOURCES; CURRENT WAVES; DIELECTRIC CYLINDER; DISTRIBUTED CHANNELS; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; HALF SPACES; LIGHTNING CHANNEL; LIGHTNING CURRENT; LIGHTNING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHTNING RETURN STROKE; LOSSY GROUND; MEASURED FIELD; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; RISETIMES; SERIES RESISTANCES; SPEED OF LIGHT; TRIGGERED LIGHTNING; VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; WAVE FORMS;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RANGE FINDING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WIRE;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 69649084176     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2009.2019122     Document Type: Article

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