Comparing the Wave Characteristics of Breakdown Pulses of the Lightning Waveforms in the Himalayan Region

Table 4

Parameters of preliminary breakdown activity compared to those from different geographical locations.

Field parameter	Rakov et al. [11]	Gomes et al. [6]	Zhu et al. [32]	Sharma [1]	Present paper
Duration of PBP (ms)	—	—	2.7	—	1.94
Time between PBP and RS (ms)	—	11.9 in Sri Lanka	8.8	27.7	61.49
		13.8 in Sweden
No. of pulses per train	10	—	—	8	6
Pulse rise time (μs)	10	—	—	5.2	2.6
Pulse duration (μs)	20–40	—	25	10.2	14.95
Interpulse interval (μs)	70–130	—	—	144	199.3