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An experimental test of the 'transmission-line model' of electromagnetic radiation from triggered lightning return strokesPeak currents, two-dimensional average propagation speeds, and electric field waveforms for a number of subsequent return strikes in rocket-triggered lightning flashes were measured in order to test the 'transmission-line model' of return-stroke radiation of Uman and McLain (1970). Reasonable agreement is found between the propagation speeds measured with the streak camera and those deduced from the transmission-line model. A modification of the model is proposed in which two wave fronts travel upward and downward away from a junction point a short distance above the ground.
Document ID
19880047743
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Willett, J. C.
(U.S. Navy, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, United States)
Idone, V. P.
(Naval Research Lab. Washington, DC, United States)
Orville, R. E.
(New York, State University Albany, United States)
Leteinturier, C.
(CNET Lannion, France)
Eybert-Berard, A.
(CEA Grenoble, France)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
April 20, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 93
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
88A34970
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS10-11228
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-36477
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-87-03398
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-87-00207
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Public
Copyright
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