Effect of humidity on the breakdown characteristics of air in uniform field for the very low frequency (vlf) band

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1397-1403

  Rodriguez, D ^a   Gorur, R S ^a   Hansen, P M ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute humidity; Air; Antenna; Electric breakdown; High voltage; Humidity; Radio frequency; Relative humidity; Very Low Frequency; VLF

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY; HIGH VOLTAGE; HUMIDITY; RADIO FREQUENCY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VERY LOW FREQUENCY; VLF;

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; FREQUENCY BANDS; MOISTURE; RADIO; RADIO WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 70449389259     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2009.5293953     Document Type: Article

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