Rise times of impulsive high-current processes in cloud-to-ground lightning.

Measurements are presented of electric-field derivative (dE/dt) waveforms that were radiated by first and subsequent return strokes, stepped, and dart-stepped-leader steps just before return strokes and ?characteristic pulses? in normal (negative) cloud-to-ground lightning under conditions of minima...

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Published in:	IEEE Transactions on antennas and propagation 48, 9 (2000).
Main Author:	Willett, J.C
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Characteristic pulses. Cloud-to-ground lightning. Dart-stepped-leader steps. Electric-field derivative waveforms. Electric-field measurement. Field-change signatures. First strokes. Ground-wave propagation. Impulsive high-current processes. Mean full-width at half-maximum. Minimal distortion. Range-normalized peak magnitudes. Return strokes. Rise times. Slow fronts. Stepped-leader steps.