transmission line models for sparks

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Just ran across these references that look interesting:

“Return Stroke Transmission Line Model for Stroke Speed Near and Equal that of
Light,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3593-3596, 2001, R. Thottappillil, J. Schoene,
M.A. Uman. 

" A New Lightning Return Stroke Model Based on Antenna Theory ", J. Geophys.
Res., 105, 29,693-29,702, 2000, R. Moini, B. Kordi, G.Z. Rafi, and V.A. Rakov. 

“Time Derivative of the Electric Field 10, 14, and 30 m from Triggered
Lightning
Strokes ”, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 15,577-15,595, 2000, M.A. Uman, V.A. Rakov,
G.H. Schnetzer, K.J. Rambo, D.E. Crawford, and R.J. Fisher. 

“Lightning Return Stroke Modeling: Recent Developments”, in Proc. of the 3rd
Brazilian Workshop on Atmospheric Electricity / 3rd International Conference on
Grounding and Earthing, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 4-7, 2002, V.A. Rakov.

" An Antenna Theory Model for the Lightning Return Stroke ", in Proc. of the
12th Int. Zurich Symp. on EMC, Zurich, Switzerland, February 18-20, 1997, pp.
149-152, R. Moini, V.A. Rakov, M.A. Uman, and B. Kordi. 

" Lightning Electromagnetic Fields: Modeling and Measurements ", in Proc.
of the
12th Int. Zurich Symp. on EMC, Zurich, Switzerland, February 18-20, 1997, pp.
59-64, V.A. Rakov.