E12: Lightning and Related Phenomena (3)

Friday, August 22  09:40-10:40,  Room #15

Session Chairs: Vladimir A. Rakov, Satoru Yoshida

The session addresses the characterization of terrestrial and planetary electromagnetic noise, as well as natural noise from terrestrial and extra-terrestrial sources with a view towards the interests of CCIR and the advancement of knowledge.

9:40  E12.1   EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION AND MODELING OF SURGE CURRENTS IN LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEM

G. Maslowski1, V. A. Rakov2, R. Ziemba1

1Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rzeszow University of Technology, Rzeszow, Poland
2Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA


10:00  E12.2   TIME-DOMAIN SOLUTION TO MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS FOR A LIGHTNING DART LEADER AND SUBSEQUENT RETURN STROKE

E. M. Thiemann, A. J. Gasiewski

Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States


10:20  E12.3   IN-FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS OF HIGH-ENERGETIC RADIATION FROM THUNDERSTORMS

A. P. J. van Deursen1, P. Kochkin1, A. de Boer2, M. Bardet2, J. F. Boissin3

1Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
3Airbus, Blagnac, France