Concerning the horizontal electric field of lightning

1 May 1997

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Vol. 39 (2) , 186
https://doi.org/10.1109/15.584943

Abstract

In lightning investigations we need simple yet reasonably accurate expressions for the horizontal electric field for an imperfectly conducting ground plant. The Cooray-Rubenstein (see Radio Sci., vol.27, no.4, p.529-38, 1992, and IEEE Trans. Electromag. Compat., vol.38, no.8, p.531-535, 1996) prediction model involves only the horizontal electric field expression for a perfectly conducting ground, the surface impedance, and the tangential magnetic field also for a perfectly conducting ground. We develop an exact version of this relationship and show analytically how and under what conditions it reduces to the CR expression.

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