Natural and artificially-initiated lightning and lightning test standards

摘要

Present understanding of both natural and artificially initiated lightning is first reviewed. The ways in which lightning can cause damage, the methods that are used to provide protection from that damage, and the test standards that are used to assess the immunity of systems from lightning damage are then examined. Finally, deficiencies in present approaches to lightning protection are pointed out and recommendations for the amelioration of those deficiencies are given.