Rocket-Triggered Lightning Experiments at Camp Blanding, Florida

1999-01-2413

06/22/1999

Event
International Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity
Authors Abstract
Content
Classical and altitude rocket-and-wire techniques for triggering lightning discharges are described. New insights into lightning processes gained from triggered-lightning experiments are discussed. Important findings include (1) the characterization of the close (within tens to hundreds of meters) lightning electromagnetic environment, (2) direct evidence of the upward connecting discharge in a dart leader/return stroke sequence, and (3) discovery of the mechanism of the lightning M component. Preliminary results of the triggered-lightning testing of an airport runway lighting system are briefly reviewed.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-2413
Pages
14
Citation
Rakov, V., "Rocket-Triggered Lightning Experiments at Camp Blanding, Florida," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-2413, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-2413.
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Published
Jun 22, 1999
Product Code
1999-01-2413
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English