Direct lightning hits on wind turbines in winter season: Lightning observation results for wind turbines at Nikaho wind park in winter

IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-20

  Asakawa, A ^a   Shindo, T ^a   Yokoyama, S ^a   Hyodo, H ^b  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b New Energy Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lightning current; Lightning protection design; Wind turbine; Winter lightning

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY BANDS; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; PARKS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DIRECT LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING CURRENTS; LIGHTNING FLASHES; LIGHTNING PROTECTION DESIGN; ROGOWSKI COIL; STILL CAMERAS; WIDE FREQUENCY BANDS; WIND PARK; WINTER SEASONS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 77952013697     PISSN: 19314973     EISSN: 19314981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tee.20487     Document Type: Article

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