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A survey of lightning energy estimates
Author(s) -
Hill R. D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg017i001p00155
Subject(s) - lightning (connector) , meteorology , energy (signal processing) , atmospheric electricity , environmental science , statistics , physics , mathematics , electric field , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
This survey attempts first, briefly, to identify typical lightning and then to compare the methods used for evaluating the energy dissipated in a return stroke. Energy values obtained from a large number of measurements, estimates, and theoretical models are tabulated. An attempt is made to find a typical average value.