Overview of recent progress in lightning research and lightning protection

VA Rakov, F Rachidi - IEEE transactions on electromagnetic …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This review paper, prepared for this second special issue on lightning of the IEEE
Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, summarizes major publications on lightning …

Some parameters of negative upward-initiated lightning to the Gaisberg tower (2000–2007)

G Diendorfer, H Pichler, M Mair - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have analyzed parameters of 457 upward-initiated negative lightning flashes to the
Gaisberg tower (GBT) in Austria recorded from 2000 to 2007. Lightning to the radio tower of …

Upward lightning observations from towers in Rapid City, South Dakota and comparison with National Lightning Detection Network data, 2004–2010

TA Warner, KL Cummins… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We report on upward lightning observations from ten tall towers (91–191 m) in Rapid City,
South Dakota, USA and compare with National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) data. A …

A review of advances in lightning observations during the past decade in Guangdong, China

Y Zhang, W Lü, S Chen, D Zheng, Y Zhang… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
This paper reviews recent advances in understanding the physical processes of artificially
triggered lightning and natural lightning as well as the progress in testing lightning …

Characteristics of winter lightning that occurred on a windmill and its lightning protection tower in Japan

D Wang, N Takagi - IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
We have observed lightning that struck a wind turbine and its neighboring lightning-
protection tower during the past six winter seasons (2005 to 2010) using various lightning …

An evaluation of the performance characteristics of the US National Lightning Detection Network in Florida using rocket‐triggered lightning

J Jerauld, VA Rakov, MA Uman… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The performance characteristics of the US National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN)
were evaluated using rocket‐triggered lightning data, acquired in the summers of 2001 …

Simultaneously measured current, luminosity, and electric field pulses in a rocket‐triggered lightning flash

X Qie, R Jiang, C Wang, J Yang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Current, luminosity, and electric field pulses in a rocket‐triggered negative lightning flash
have been analyzed based on the channel base current, high‐speed video images, and …

Lightning parameters for engineering applications (keynote speech)

VA Rakov - 2010 Asia-Pacific international symposium on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Various parameters of lightning discharges will be reviewed. Both common negative and
less frequent but potentially more destructive positive and bipolar flashes will be covered …

Upward lightning flashes characteristics from high‐speed videos

MMF Saba, C Schumann, TA Warner… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
One hundred high‐speed video recordings (72 cases in Brazil and 28 cases in USA) of
negative upward lightning flashes were analyzed. All upward flashes were triggered by …

Initial‐stage pulses in upward lightning: Leader/return stroke versus M‐component mode of charge transfer to ground

D Flache, VA Rakov, F Heidler… - Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We analyzed high‐speed video images and corresponding current records for eight upward
lightning flashes initiated by the Peissenberg tower (160 m) in Germany. These flashes …