Title :
Experimental station to measure directly lightning parameters in tropical zone
Author :
Torres, Horacio ; Trujillo, Omar ; Amórtegui, Francisco ; Herrera, Fernando ; Pinzón, Guillcrmo ; Quintana, Carlos ; González, Diego ; Rondón, Daniel ; Salgado, Milton ; Avila, Danny
Author_Institution :
Res. Program on Acquisition & Anal. of Signals, Nat. Univ. of Colombia, Colombia
Abstract :
This paper describes the location, design and construction of a direct lightning measurement station with a 30 meters guyed tower, in order to obtain lightning data in tropical zones. The aspects of selection of the station location, required structure, theoretical and experimental values of some of the tower parameters and performance when is struck by a lightning are also discussed
Keywords :
lightning; 30 m; construction; design; direct lightning measurement station; guyed tower; lightning parameters measurement; location; tower parameters; tower performance; tropical zone;
Conference_Titel :
High Voltage Engineering, 1999. Eleventh International Symposium on (Conf. Publ. No. 467)
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-719-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19990623
