Works by Rakov, Vladimir A.

Results: 80

High‐Speed Video Observation of Needles Formed During the Leader Stage in a Positive Cloud‐to‐Ground Flash.

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Geophysical Research Letters, 2025, v. 52, n. 12, p. 1, doi. 10.1029/2025GL115892

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Wu, Bin;
Qi, Qi;
Lyu, Weitao;
Ma, Ying;
Lyu, Fanchao;
Chen, Lyuwen;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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High‐Speed Video Observations of Natural Lightning Attachment Process With Framing Rates up to Half a Million Frames per Second.

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Geophysical Research Letters, 2019, v. 46, n. 21, p. 12580, doi. 10.1029/2019GL085072

By:

Qi, Qi;
Lyu, Weitao;
Ma, Ying;
Wu, Bin;
Chen, Lyuwen;
Jiang, Ruijiao;
Zhu, Yanan;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

High‐Speed Video Observations of Recoil Leaders Producing and Not Producing Return Strokes in a Canton‐Tower Upward Flash.

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Geophysical Research Letters, 2019, v. 46, n. 14, p. 8546, doi. 10.1029/2019GL083862

By:

Wu, Bin;
Lyu, Weitao;
Qi, Qi;
Ma, Ying;
Chen, Lyuwen;
Jiang, Ruijiao;
Zhu, Yanan;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Observation of a new class of electric discharges within artificial clouds of charged water droplets and its implication for lightning initiation within thunderclouds.

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Geophysical Research Letters, 2015, v. 42, n. 19, p. 8165, doi. 10.1002/2015GL065620

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Kostinskiy, Alexander Yu.;
Syssoev, Vladimir S.;
Bogatov, Nikolay A.;
Mareev, Evgeny A.;
Andreev, Mikhail G.;
Makalsky, Leonid M.;
Sukharevsky, Dmitry I.;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Some inferences on the role of lower positive charge region in facilitating different types of lightning.

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Geophysical Research Letters, 2009, v. 36, n. 5, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2008GL036783

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Nag, Amitabh;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

X rays from 80-cm long sparks in air.

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Geophysical Research Letters, 2008, v. 35, n. 6, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2007GL032678

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Rahman, Mahbubur;
Cooray, Vernon;
Ahmad, Noor Azlinda;
Nyberg, Johan;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Sharma, Sriram

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Article

Transient phenomena in positive cloud-to-ground lightning discharges.

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Communications Physics, 2022, v. 5, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1038/s42005-022-01087-8

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Ding, Ziqin;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Zhu, Yanan;
Tran, Manh D.;
Kereszy, Istvan

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Article

First Documented Downward Positive Cloud‐to‐Ground Lightning Initiated by an Upward Negative Lightning.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2021, v. 126, n. 13, p. 1, doi. 10.1029/2021JD034566

By:

Jiang, Ruijiao;
Lyu, Weitao;
Wu, Bin;
Qi, Qi;
Chen, Lyuwen;
Ma, Ying;
Lyu, Fanchao;
Zhu, Yanan;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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A Positive Cloud‐to‐Ground Flash Caused by a Sequence of Bidirectional Leaders that Served to Form a Ground‐Reaching Branch of a Pre‐Existing Horizontal Channel.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2021, v. 126, n. 11, p. 1, doi. 10.1029/2020JD033653

By:

Wu, Bin;
Lyu, Weitao;
Qi, Qi;
Ma, Ying;
Chen, Lyuwen;
Jiang, Ruijiao;
Zhu, Yanan;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Analysis of Location Errors of the U.S. National Lightning Detection Network Using Lightning Strikes to Towers.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2020, v. 125, n. 9, p. 1, doi. 10.1029/2020JD032530

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Zhu, Yanan;
Lyu, Weitao;
Cramer, John;
Rakov, Vladimir;
Bitzer, Phillip;
Ding, Ziqin

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Article

A New Engineering Model of Lightning M Component That Reproduces Its Electric Field Waveforms at Both Close and Far Distances.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2019, v. 124, n. 24, p. 14008, doi. 10.1029/2019JD030796

By:

Azadifar, Mohammad;
Rubinstein, Marcos;
Li, Quanxin;
Rachidi, Farhad;
Rakov, Vladimir

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Article

Electromagnetic Fields Associated With the M‐Component Mode of Charge Transfer.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2019, v. 124, n. 13, p. 6791, doi. 10.1029/2018JD029998

By:

Xing, Hongyan;
He, Lixia;
Rachidi, Farhad;
Azadifar, Mohammad;
Rubinstein, Marcos;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Cooray, Vernon;
Pavanello, Davide

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Article

A Modeling Study of Narrow Electric Field Signatures Produced by Lightning Strikes to Tall Towers.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2018, v. 123, n. 18, p. 10,260, doi. 10.1029/2018JD028916

By:

Tran, Manh D.;
Zhu, Yanan;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Lyu, Weitao;
Micu, Dan D.

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Article

Statistical Distributions of Lightning Peak Currents: Why Do They Appear to Be Lognormal?

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2018, v. 123, n. 10, p. 5070, doi. 10.1029/2017JD028248

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Slyunyaev, Nikolay N.;
Mareev, Evgeny A.;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Golitsyn, Georgy S.

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Article

An Analysis of Current and Electric Field Pulses Associated With Upward Negative Lightning Flashes Initiated from the Säntis Tower.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2018, v. 123, n. 8, p. 4045, doi. 10.1029/2018JD028295

By:

He, Lixia;
Azadifar, Mohammad;
Rachidi, Farhad;
Rubinstein, Marcos;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Cooray, Vernon;
Pavanello, Davide;
Xing, Hongyan

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Article

FDTD Modeling of LEMP Propagation in the Earth-Ionosphere Waveguide With Emphasis on Realistic Representation of Lightning Source.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2017, v. 122, n. 23, p. 12,918, doi. 10.1002/2017JD027305

By:

Tran, Thang H.;
Baba, Yoshihiro;
Somu, Vijaya B.;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

Bipolar lightning flashes observed at the Säntis Tower: Do we need to modify the traditional classification?

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2016, v. 121, n. 23, p. 14,117, doi. 10.1002/2016JD025461

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Azadifar, Mohammad;
Rachidi, Farhad;
Rubinstein, Marcos;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Paolone, Mario;
Pavanello, Davide

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Article

Fast initial continuous current pulses versus return stroke pulses in tower-initiated lightning.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2016, v. 121, n. 11, p. 6425, doi. 10.1002/2016JD024900

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Azadifar, Mohammad;
Rachidi, Farhad;
Rubinstein, Marcos;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Paolone, Mario;
Pavanello, Davide;
Metz, Stefan

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Article

A unified engineering model of the first stroke in downward negative lightning.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2016, v. 121, n. 5, p. 2188, doi. 10.1002/2015JD023777

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Nag, Amitabh;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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FDTD simulation of LEMP propagation over lossy ground: Influence of distance, ground conductivity, and source parameters.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2015, v. 120, n. 16, p. 8043, doi. 10.1002/2015JD023245

By:

Aoki, Masanori;
Baba, Yoshihiro;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Approximate expressions for lightning electromagnetic fields at near and far ranges: Influence of return-stroke speed.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2015, v. 120, n. 7, p. 2855, doi. 10.1002/2014JD022867

By:

Chen, Yazhou;
Wang, Xiaojia;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Simultaneous observations of electric field changes, wideband magnetic field pulses, and VHF emissions associated with K processes in lightning discharges.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2014, v. 119, n. 6, p. 2699, doi. 10.1002/2013JD021006

By:

Zhu, Baoyou;
Zhou, Helin;
Thottappillil, Rajeev;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Positive lightning flashes recorded on the Säntis tower from May 2010 to January 2012.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2013, v. 118, n. 23, p. 12,879, doi. 10.1002/2013JD020242

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Romero, Carlos;
Rachidi, Farhad;
Rubinstein, Marcos;
Paolone, Mario;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Pavanello, Davide

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New measurements of lightning electric fields in Florida: Waveform characteristics, interaction with the ionosphere, and peak current estimates.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2012, v. 117, n. D10, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2011JD017196

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Haddad, Michael A.;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Cummer, Steven A.

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Article

Positive lightning: An overview, new observations, and inferences.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2012, v. 117, n. D8, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2012JD017545

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Nag, Amitabh;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

Simulation of corona at lightning-triggering wire: Current, charge transfer, and the field-reduction effect.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2011, v. 116, n. D21, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2011JD016341

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Baba, Yoshihiro;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

Compact intracloud lightning discharges: 2. Estimation of electrical parameters.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2010, v. 115, n. D20, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2010JD014237

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Nag, Amitabh;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Compact intracloud lightning discharges: 1. Mechanism of electromagnetic radiation and modeling.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2010, v. 115, n. D20, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2010JD014235

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Nag, Amitabh;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

On phenomenology of compact intracloud lightning discharges.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2010, v. 115, n. D14, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2009JD012957

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Nag, Amitabh;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Tsalikis, Dimitris;
Cramer, John A.

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Article

National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Lightning Safety for Athletics and Recreation.

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Journal of Athletic Training (Allen Press), 2013, v. 48, n. 2, p. 258, doi. 10.4085/1062-6050-48.2.25

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Walsh, Katie M.;
Cooper, Mary Ann;
Holle, Ron;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Roeder, William P.;
Ryan, Michael

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Article

Energetic Radiation from Subsequent-Stroke Leaders: The Role of Reduced Air Density in Decayed Lightning Channels.

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Applied Sciences (2076-3417), 2022, v. 12, n. 15, p. 7520, doi. 10.3390/app12157520

By:

Kereszy, Istvan;
Rakov, Vladimir;
Czumbil, Levente;
Muresan, Alexandru;
Ding, Ziqin;
Micu, Dan;
Cooray, Vernon

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Article

First versus subsequent return-stroke current and field peaks in negative cloud-to-ground lightning discharges.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2008, v. 113, n. D19, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2007JD009729

By:

Nag, Amitabh;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Schulz, Wolfgang;
Saba, Marcelo M. F.;
Thottappillil, Rajeev;
Biagi, Christopher J.;
Oliveira Filho, Alcides;
Kafri, Ahmad;
Theethayi, Nelson;
Gotschl, Thomas

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Article

Influence of strike object grounding on close lightning electric fields.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2008, v. 113, n. D12, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2008JD009811

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Baba, Yoshihiro;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Pulse trains that are characteristic of preliminary breakdown in cloud-to-ground lightning but are not followed by return stroke pulses.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2008, v. 113, n. D1, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2007JD008489

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Nag, Amitabh;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

Expressions for far electric fields produced at an arbitrary altitude by lightning return strokes.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2007, v. 112, n. D16, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2007JD008559

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Thottappillil, Rajeev;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Theethayi, Nelson

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Article

Electromagnetic models of the lightning return stroke.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2007, v. 112, n. D4, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2006JD007222

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Baba, Yoshihiro;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

A study of the lightning channel corona sheath.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2006, v. 111, n. D14, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2005JD006858

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Maslowski, Grzegorz;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

Comment on 'Radio frequency radiation beam pattern of lightning return strokes: A revisit to theoretical analysis' by Xuan-Min Shao, Abram R. Jacobson, and T. Joseph Fitzgerald.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2005, v. 110, n. D24, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2004JD005729

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Thottappillil, Rajeev;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

Lightning electromagnetic environment in the presence of a tall grounded strike object.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2005, v. 110, n. D9, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2004JD005505

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Baba, Yoshihiro;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

On the use of lumped sources in lightning return stroke models.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2005, v. 110, n. D3, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2004JD005202

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Baba, Yoshihiro;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

Application of the antenna theory model to a tall tower struck by lightning.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2003, v. 108, n. D17, p. n/a, doi. 10.1029/2003JD003398

By:

Kordi, Behzad;
Moini, Rouzbeh;
Janischewskyj, Wasyl;
Hussein, Ali M.;
Shostak, Volodymyr O.;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

Electric fields near triggered lightning channels measured with Pockels sensors.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2002, v. 107, n. D16, p. ACL 2-1, doi. 10.1029/2001JD001087

By:

Miki, Megumu;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Rambo, Keith J.;
Schnetzer, George H.;
Uman, Martin A.

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Article

M-component mode of charge transfer to ground in lightning discharges.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2001, v. 106, n. D19, p. 22817, doi. 10.1029/2000JD000243

By:

Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Crawford, David E.;
Rambo, Keith J.;
Schnetzer, George H.;
Uman, Martin A.;
Thottappillil, Rajeev

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Article

The close lightning electromagnetic environment: Dart-leader electric field change versus distance.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2001, v. 106, n. D14, p. 14909, doi. 10.1029/2001JD900106

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Crawford, David E.;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Uman, Martin A.;
Schnetzer, George H.;
Rambo, Keith J.;
Stapleton, Michael V.;
Fisher, Richard J.

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Article

On different approaches to calculating lightning electric fields.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2001, v. 106, n. D13, p. 14191, doi. 10.1029/2001JD900150

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Thottappillil, Rajeev;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

A new lightning return stroke model based on antenna theory.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 2000, v. 105, n. D24, p. 29693, doi. 10.1029/2000JD900541

By:

Moini, Rouzbeh;
Kordi, Behzad;
Rafi, Gholamreza Z.;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

Treatment of retardation effects in calculating the radiated electromagnetic fields from the lightning discharge.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 1998, v. 103, n. D8, p. 9003, doi. 10.1029/97JD02941

By:

Thottappillil, Rajeev;
Uman, Martin A.;
Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

Some inferences on the propagation mechanisms of dart leaders and return strokes.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 1998, v. 103, n. D2, p. 1879, doi. 10.1029/97JD03116

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Rakov, Vladimir A.

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Article

Luminosity characteristics of dart leaders and return strokes in natural lightning.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 1997, v. 102, n. D18, p. 22025, doi. 10.1029/97JD01838

By:

Jordan, Douglas M.;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Beasley, William H.;
Uman, Martin A.

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Article

Distribution of charge along the lightning channel: Relation to remote electric and magnetic fields and to return-stroke models.

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Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 1997, v. 102, n. D6, p. 6987, doi. 10.1029/96JD03344

By:

Thottappillil, Rajeev;
Rakov, Vladimir A.;
Uman, Martin A.

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