Triggered lightning

Lightning: Principles, Instruments and Applications: Review of Modern Lightning Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 23-56

  Rakov, Vladimir A ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Close lightning electromagnetic environment; Current time derivative; Fulgurites; Ground surface arcing; Grounding conditions; Lightning current; Lightning triggering techniques; Triggered lightning parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892121509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9079-0_2     Document Type: Chapter

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