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Lightning (phenomenon)

Known as: Lightning, Lightnings 
An abrupt high-current electric discharge that occurs in the ATMOSPHERE and that has a path length ranging from hundreds of feet to tens of miles… 
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Three-Dimensional FDTD Calculation of Lightning-Induced Voltages on a Multiphase Distribution Line With the Lightning Arresters and an Overhead Shielding Wire
To suppress the lightning-induced voltages on a distribution line, lightning arresters and/or overhead shielding wire can be… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Evaluation of Lightning Electromagnetic Fields and Their Induced Voltages on Overhead Lines Considering the Frequency Dependence of Soil Electrical Parameters
This paper presents a comprehensive study on the effect of the frequency dependence of soil electrical parameters on the… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Lightning-triggered electroporation and electrofusion as possible contributors to natural horizontal gene transfer.
  • T. Kotnik
  • Physics of Life Reviews
  • 2013
  • Corpus ID: 12230456
2011
2011
An Analytical Formulation of the Electromagnetic Field Generated by Lightning Return Strokes
  • F. Napolitano
  • IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic…
  • 2011
  • Corpus ID: 19857402
The evaluation of the lightning performance of overhead lines requires, mainly for distribution lines, the calculation of the… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Erdos-Renyi random graphs + forest fires = self-organized criticality
We modify the usual Erdos-Renyi random graph evolution by letting connected clusters 'burn down' (i.e. fall apart to disconnected… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
A link between terrestrial gamma‐ray flashes and intracloud lightning discharges
Atmospheric electric field change (sferic) waveforms were detected at Los Alamos Sferic Array stations in association with… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Incêndios florestais no parque nacional da Serra da Canastra: desafios para a conservação da biodiversidade.
The Protected Areas in Brazil have been injured by wildfires that treathen the high biodiversity and ecological processes. The… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Artificially triggered lightning above land
LIGHTNING has been triggered artificially in the Massif Central by launching small rockets carrying a thin steel wire connected… 
1965
1965
Pregnant Woman Struck by Lightning
  • W. Rees
  • British medical journal
  • 1965
  • Corpus ID: 31810363
Highly Cited
1934
Highly Cited
1934
NEUROLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING AND OF ELECTRICITY
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