A new perspective to the attributes of lightning electromagnetic field above the ground

The characteristic parameters of lightning electromagnetic field, which include the peak value, time derivatives, power flow density and energy density, are very important for lightening electromagnetic field shielding, remote sensing of lightning and modeling of discharge channel. Different from issued results, which operate the lightning electromagnetic field only at some discrete points near the ground, the electromagnetic field and its derivatives at every point in the whole space are calculated by a modified finite difference time-domain (FDTD) approach and are illustrated with groups of plots in this paper. The spatial attribute of these parameters is investigated, and their propagation processes over finite conductivity ground are time-sampled and analyzed. Moreover, the propagation effects of lightning electromagnetic field and its time derivatives over different finite conducting ground are also analyzed in the entire area. In the region of ground, the conclusions gotten from our data are fairly consistent with the consequences from the published articles. Meanwhile, some novel phenomena are detected from our results in the atmosphere, which has never been involved in reported articles. Furthermore, the method employed has been tested and compared with the issued experiment data and the results from theoretical approach firstly.