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Rayonnement en ondes métriques et décimétriques des orages

VHF/UHF Radiation from lightning

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Cet article dresse le bilan des connaissances actuelles sur le rayonnement électromagnétique à très haute fréquence des éclairs. Après une analyse phénoménologique de nouveaux résultats provenant des campagnes d’études des éclairs déclenchésTRIP82 au Nouveau-Mexique et Saint-Privat-d’Allier 83 en Haute-Loire,les auteurs présentent une caractérisation spectrale et temporelle des rayonnements métriques et décimétriques,exploitable pour la compatibilité électromagnétique des systèmes. A partir d’une synthèse des apports théoriques et expérimentaux, ils proposent ensuite une réflexion sur les processus de formation de réclair et sur les mécanismes générateurs du rayonnement des décharges orageuses.

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This article presents the result of the current knowledge on the very high frequency electromagnetic radiation of lightning. A phenomenology analysis of the new results obtained from the study of triggered lightning in New Mexico (TRIP82) and at Saint-Privat-d’ Allier in Haute-Loire, France (1983) is first described. The authors then present the spectral and temporal characteristics of theVHF/UHFradiation which can be applied to the electromagnetic compatibility of systems. From a synthesis of the experimental and theoretical contributions, they propose a reflection on the lightning initiation process and on the mechanisms generating lightning radiation.

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le Boulch, M., Hamelin, J. Rayonnement en ondes métriques et décimétriques des orages. Ann. Télécommun. 40, 277–313 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03004503

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