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Does the lightning current go to zero between ground strokes? Is there a current “cutoff”?

Fiber-Optic Current Sensor Validation With Triggered Lightning Measurements A fiber optic current sensor based on the Faraday Effect is developed that is highly suitable for aircraft installation and can measure total current enclosed in a fiber loop down to DC. Other attributes include being small, light-weight, nonconducting, safe from electromagnetic interference, and free of hysteresis […]

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Direct Measurements of Lightning-Induced Coupling to a Spacecraft Umbilical Cable

Fiber-Optic Current Sensor Validation With Triggered Lightning Measurements A fiber optic current sensor based on the Faraday Effect is developed that is highly suitable for aircraft installation and can measure total current enclosed in a fiber loop down to DC. Other attributes include being small, light-weight, nonconducting, safe from electromagnetic interference, and free of hysteresis

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Determination of the electric field intensity and space charge density versus height prior to triggered lightning

Determination of the electric field intensity and space charge density versus height prior to triggered lightning We infer the vertical profiles of space charge density and electric field intensity above ground by comparing modeling and measurements of the ground‐level electric field changes caused by elevating grounded lightning‐triggering wires. The ground‐level electric fields at distances of

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Co-location of lightning leader x-ray and electric field change sources

Co-location of lightning leader x-ray and electric field change sources Using an eight-station time of arrival (TOA) network composed of NaI(Tl) scintillation detectors and wideband electric field derivative (dE/dt) antennas covering approximately 1 km2 on the ground, we have located both the sources of X-ray emissions and electric field changes produced during the leader phase

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Triggered Lightning Testing of an Airport Runway Lighting System

Fiber-Optic Current Sensor Validation With Triggered Lightning Measurements A fiber optic current sensor based on the Faraday Effect is developed that is highly suitable for aircraft installation and can measure total current enclosed in a fiber loop down to DC. Other attributes include being small, light-weight, nonconducting, safe from electromagnetic interference, and free of hysteresis

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Summary of 2011 Direct and Nearby Lightning Strikes to LC-39B

Fiber-Optic Current Sensor Validation With Triggered Lightning Measurements A fiber optic current sensor based on the Faraday Effect is developed that is highly suitable for aircraft installation and can measure total current enclosed in a fiber loop down to DC. Other attributes include being small, light-weight, nonconducting, safe from electromagnetic interference, and free of hysteresis

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Review of Triggered-Lightning Experiments at the ICLRT at Camp Blanding, Florida

Fiber-Optic Current Sensor Validation With Triggered Lightning Measurements A fiber optic current sensor based on the Faraday Effect is developed that is highly suitable for aircraft installation and can measure total current enclosed in a fiber loop down to DC. Other attributes include being small, light-weight, nonconducting, safe from electromagnetic interference, and free of hysteresis

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Measurement of the Division of Lightning Return Stroke Current Among the Multiple Arresters and Grounds of a Power Distribution Line

Fiber-Optic Current Sensor Validation With Triggered Lightning Measurements A fiber optic current sensor based on the Faraday Effect is developed that is highly suitable for aircraft installation and can measure total current enclosed in a fiber loop down to DC. Other attributes include being small, light-weight, nonconducting, safe from electromagnetic interference, and free of hysteresis

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Lightning Risk Assessment Tool, Implementation of the IEC 62305-2 Standard on Lightning Protection

Lightning Risk Assessment Tool, Implementation of the IEC 62305-2 Standard on Lightning Protection A comprehensive implementation of the risk management methodology detailed in the IEC 62305-2:2010 (Protection against lightning, Part 2: Risk management), called the Lightning Risk Assessment (LIRA) tool, is presented. LIRA was developed to facilitate the risk assessment calculations presented in IEC 62305-2

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Lightning Damage to Residences, A Guide to Homeowners

Fiber-Optic Current Sensor Validation With Triggered Lightning Measurements A fiber optic current sensor based on the Faraday Effect is developed that is highly suitable for aircraft installation and can measure total current enclosed in a fiber loop down to DC. Other attributes include being small, light-weight, nonconducting, safe from electromagnetic interference, and free of hysteresis

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