• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.300-309
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• 1996

The electric and magnetic fields radiated by lightning discharges are significantly changeable in amplitude and time, one of the topics concerning electromagnetic compatibility of modern electronic systems is the efficient and economic protection against transient voltages caused by not only by direct but also by nearly lightning strokes. In this paper, in order to obtain the detailed informations about lightning electromagnetic impulse waveforms, the electric and magnetic fields radiated by lightning discharges in the summer of 1995 were measured by a fast electric antenna and a loop-type magnetic field sensor, and their charac- teristics were presented and analyzed. The signals of the electric and magnetic fields were re- corded continuously by a transient digitizer having a resolution of 12 bit and a memory capacity of 5000 point and using a sampling time of 200 ns. The electric and magnetic field waveforms associated with lightning return strokes are significantly different with those of intracloud discharges. The magnetic fields radiated by intracloud lightning discharges have essentially the same waveforms as the electric field when the lightning discharhes are at distance of 50 km or more. Also the main frequency components of the electric and magnetic fields radiated by lightning discharges range from a few kHz to several hundred kHz.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1996.07c
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• pp.1867-1869
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• 1996

In this paper, in order to obtain the statistic information for parameters of electric and magnetic field waveforms associated with lightning discharges, the electric and magnetic fields produced by lightning discharges in the summer of 1995 were measured by a hemisphere-type electric field sensor and a loop-type magnetic field sensor, which were installed at the campus of Inha University in Inchon. The signals of the electric and magnetic fields were continuously recorded by a transient digitizer having a resolution of 12 bit and a memory capacity of 5000 point. Negative lightning discharges are produced very more than positive lightning discharges in the summer of Korea. The 10 to 90 % rise time of electric and magnetic fields was 2 $2\;{\sim}\;10\;{\mu}s$. And the zero-crossing time of electric field was $15\;{\sim}\;25\;{\mu}s$, whereas that of magnetic field was $20\;{\sim}\;30\;{\mu}s$.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.81-88
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• 2006

In this study, the electric and magnetic fields measuring system were designed and fabricated to investigate the electric characteristics of lightning discharges. Frequency bandwidth of electric field measuring system ranges from 40[Hz] to 2.6[MHz] and its response characteristic is 2.1[(V/m)/mV]. Frequency bandwidth of magnetic field measuring system ranges from 300[Hz] to 1[MHz] and its response characteristic is 2.8[nT/mV]. Electric and magnetic fields due to intracloud lightning discharges were observed and their waveform parameters were statistically analyzed. As a result, waveform parameters of electric and magnetic fields are nearly independent of polarity. The mean rise times and the zero-crossing times of electric and magnetic fields are approximately $5.5[{\mu}s]\;and\;21[{\mu}s]$, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.57-63
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• 2006

This paper deals with the physical properties and statistical analysis of waveform parameters of electric and magnetic folds radiated from lightning return strokes. The lightning electric and magnetic fields were detected by an plate-type electric field sensor and a loop-type magnetic field sensor respectively, and they were recorded by a data acquisition system having a resolution of 12bits, a sampling rate of 10[MS/s] and recording length of 10[ms]. As a result, a little difference between the parameters of electric and magnetic fields for positive and negative polarities was observed. The rise times of electric and magnetic fields were within the range of less than $13[{\mu}s]$ and the average values for positive and negative polarities were $4.1[{\mu}s]\;and\;4.2[{\mu}s]$, respectively. The average values of the zero-to zero crossing times were $65.2[{\mu}s]\;and\;67.0[{\mu}s]$, and the average depths of the dip to opposite polarity were 38.0[%] and 40.3[%], for positive and negative polarities, respectively.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07c
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• pp.2135-2137
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• 2005

This paper describes the features of electric and magnetic fields produced by lightning discharges. The measuring system consists of fast electric field sensor, crossed-loop magnetic field sensors, signal processing circuit, A/D converter and data acquisition equipment with a 12bit resolution and 10[MS/s] sampling rate. The frequency bandwidth and responsitivity of the electric field measuring system were 40[Hz]${\sim}$2.6 [MHz] and 2.08 (V/m/mV) and those of the magnetic field measuring system were 400[Hz]${\sim}$1[MHz] and 2.78[nT/mV], respectively. The electric and magnetic fields produced by lightning discharges were observed, and the features and parameters of the waveforms were analyzed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.281-284
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• 2005

This paper deals with the parametric analysis of electric and magnetic fields generated by lightning discharges. The measuring system consisted of the plate-type electric field and loop-type magnetic field sensor, the voltage follower, the active integrator and LabVIEW software. The parameters of the electric and magnetic field waveforms produced by intracloud lightning strokes were presented.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07e
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• pp.2158-2160
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• 1999

In order to obtain the detailed informations about the lightning electromagnetic fields, the electric and magnetic fields radiated by lightning return strokes were observed with the electric field sensor of hemi-sphere type and the magnetic field sensor of loop type and their physical characteristics were statistically analyzed. The multiple stroke occurrence numbers was 2.6. In multiple lightning strokes the amplitude of peak and the time interval between the subsequent strokes were decreased as the number of the subsequent strokes increases.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07c
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• pp.1996-1998
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• 2000

In this paper, the electric and magnetic field waveforms produced by cloud-to-groud lightning discharges were measured and statistically analyzed. The measuring system used to measure the electric and magnetic fields is consisted of the hemisphere electric field sensor, the loop magnetic field sensor and the data acquisition system. The stepped leader is appeared before the return stroke. Some parameters of the electric and magnetic fields produced by the stooped leaders in cloud-to-ground lightning discharges were investigated.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.359-368
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• 1998

One of the topics concerning the electromagnetic compatibility of modern electronic circuits is to take protection from transient overvoltages caused by not only cloud-to-ground lightnings but also induced lightning discharges. In this paper, the vertical electric and horizontal magnetic fields from cloud-to-ground lightnings were measured and analyzed. The electric and magnetic fields waveforms associated with cloud-to-ground lightnings have several subsidiary peaks which decrease with time. There were not much differences between the electric and magnetic field due to long distance cloud-to-ground discharges. Average values of 10~90% rise times of electric fields are $4.65mutextrm{s}$ for the positive cloud-to-ground lightning and $3.29mutextrm{s}$ for the negative cloud-to-ground lightning, respectively. Also, in the positive and negative cloud-to-ground lightning discharges, the zero-to-zero crossing times in the wave tail of magnetic fields are significantly longer than those of the electric fields.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07e
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• pp.1656-1658
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• 1998

This paper deals with a measurement system of a distance between lightning strokes and observatory station and spectrum analysis of electric fields radiated from lightning discharges. The distance measurement system, which consists of a loop type magnetic field sensor, a microphone and one chip microprocessor, is connected to a personal computer through RS232 port to acquire and process the data. This system is to use a difference of propagation velocity between an electromagnetic wave and a sonic wave produced by lightning discharge. Also, an electric field waveform and a frequency spectrum were investigated by an electric field measurement system with a hemisphere antenna and a spectrum analyzer with a biconical antenna and a log-periodic antenna, respectively. The results would be used as a basic reference to protect the power systems and electric circuits from lightning overvoltages.