Statistical analysis on preliminary breakdown pulses of positive cloud-to-ground lightning in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Wooi, Chin Leong, Abdul-Malek, Zulkurnain, Ahmad, Noor Azlinda, Mokhtari, Mehrdad, Salimi, Behnam
• Format: Article
• Published: Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science 2016
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/72701/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84960083075&doi=10.11591%2fijece.v6i1.9540&partnerID=40&md5=e09bd2fa2f0ce4d95edc975f4771ee40

This aim of this paper is to study the preliminary breakdown pulses (PBP) of positive cloud-to-ground (+CG) lightning flashes in Malaysia. There is a difference in PBP characteristics when a comparison is made between positive and negative flashes. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is...