V. Cooray et Y. Ming, PROPAGATION EFFECTS ON THE LIGHTNING-GENERATED ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDSFOR HOMOGENEOUS AND MIXED SEA-LAND PATHS, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 99(D5), 1994, pp. 10641-10652
The influences of the path of propagation on the shape and amplitude o
f the electric fields and electric field derivatives generated by ligh
tning return strokes were investigated. Results are presented for the
cases where (1) both the lightning return stroke and the point of obse
rvation are located over finitely conducting, homogeneous ground and (
2) the lightning return stroke is located over sea and the point of ob
servation is located over land at some distance from the sealand bound
ary. For propagation paths over finitely conducting ground the electri
c field derivative can decrease significantly in propagation distances
as small as 1000 m. When the path of propagation is partly over sea a
nd partly over land, the propagation effects on the electric radiation
field derivative are significant unless the width of the land portion
of the propagation path is less than a few tens of meters.