Vernon Cooray

957 total citations
53 papers, 454 citations indexed

About

Vernon Cooray is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Vernon Cooray has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 454 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 15 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Vernon Cooray's work include Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (34 papers), High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena (15 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (9 papers). Vernon Cooray is often cited by papers focused on Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (34 papers), High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena (15 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (9 papers). Vernon Cooray collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Vernon Cooray's co-authors include Marley Becerra, Christopher J. Andrews, Charith Cooray, M. Fernando, Francisco Román, Zikri Abadi Baharudin, Raúl Montaño, Noor Azlinda Ahmad, Serge Soula and Vladimir A. Rakov and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and Physics Letters A.

In The Last Decade

Vernon Cooray

50 papers receiving 410 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vernon Cooray Sweden 11 389 225 140 97 73 53 454
Hideki Motoyama Japan 15 581 1.5× 380 1.7× 125 0.9× 196 2.0× 260 3.6× 73 673
Yanfeng Fan China 13 288 0.7× 129 0.6× 123 0.9× 76 0.8× 24 0.3× 55 364
D. J. Malan South Africa 9 353 0.9× 170 0.8× 164 1.2× 89 0.9× 43 0.6× 18 445
F. D’Alessandro Russia 14 367 0.9× 226 1.0× 109 0.8× 182 1.9× 64 0.9× 19 426
Manabu Akita Japan 8 322 0.8× 145 0.6× 136 1.0× 75 0.8× 45 0.6× 35 353
G. Solà Spain 11 395 1.0× 155 0.7× 235 1.7× 52 0.5× 53 0.7× 24 460
Carina Schumann Brazil 11 420 1.1× 169 0.8× 239 1.7× 95 1.0× 40 0.5× 42 457
Yanan Zhu United States 15 500 1.3× 136 0.6× 325 2.3× 103 1.1× 43 0.6× 58 582
Xiangzhen Kong China 10 453 1.2× 163 0.7× 273 1.9× 110 1.1× 43 0.6× 17 484
V. March Spain 9 262 0.7× 123 0.5× 141 1.0× 46 0.5× 30 0.4× 20 307

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ahmad, Mohd Riduan, Mona Riza Mohd Esa, Vernon Cooray, Pasan Hettiarachchi, & Zikri Abadi Baharudin. (2014). Electric Field Signature of Narrow Bipolar Pulse Observed in Sweden. Atmospheric Research. 1 indexed citations
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Cooray, Vernon. (2011). A review of simulation procedures utilized to study the attachment of lightning flashes to grounded structures. 257. 3 indexed citations
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Rahman, Mahbubur, et al.. (2008). Correlation between current and channel diameter of long laboratory sparks. International Conference on Lightning Protection. 1 indexed citations
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Edirisinghe, Mahesh, et al.. (2008). HF radiation at 3 MHz, 5 MHz and 10 MHz associate with preliminary breakdown pulses observed in Sri Lanka. International Conference on Lightning Protection. 1 indexed citations
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Arévalo, Liliana, et al.. (2008). Breakdown effect on long gaps under switching impulses statistical variation. International Conference on Lightning Protection. 6 indexed citations
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Mäkelä, Jarmo, Mahesh Edirisinghe, M. Fernando, Raúl Montaño, & Vernon Cooray. (2007). HF radiation emitted by chaotic leader processes. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 69(6). 707–720. 22 indexed citations
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Cooray, Vernon & Vladimir A. Rakov. (2006). A current generation type return stroke model that predicts the return stroke velocity. International Conference on Lightning Protection. 1. 32–39. 6 indexed citations
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Becerra, Marley & Vernon Cooray. (2006). Dynamic modeling of the lightning upward connecting leader inception. International Conference on Lightning Protection. 543–548. 4 indexed citations
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Mäkelä, Jarmo, et al.. (2006). Simple technique for detection of HF radiation from lightning. International Conference on Lightning Protection. 1 indexed citations
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Edirisinghe, Mahesh, Jarmo Mäkelä, Raúl Montaño, M. Fernando, & Vernon Cooray. (2006). Signatures of the lightning HF radiation at 10 MHz, 5 MHz and 3 MHz associated with leader and return stroke process. International Conference on Lightning Protection. 2 indexed citations
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Becerra, Marley & Vernon Cooray. (2006). An improved upward leader propagation model. International Conference on Lightning Protection. 581–586. 2 indexed citations
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Cooray, Vernon, Charith Cooray, & Christopher J. Andrews. (2006). Lightning caused injuries in humans. Journal of Electrostatics. 65(5-6). 386–394. 62 indexed citations
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Becerra, Marley, et al.. (2005). Location of the vulnerable points to be struck by lightning in complex structures. 5 indexed citations
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Becerra, Marley & Vernon Cooray. (2005). A simplified model to represent the inception of upward leaders from grounded structures under the influence of lightning stepped leaders. 2 indexed citations
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Montaño, Raúl & Vernon Cooray. (2004). Penetration of lightning induced transient from high voltage to low voltage power system across distribution transformers. International Conference on Lightning Protection. 3 indexed citations
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Theethayi, Nelson & Vernon Cooray. (2004). Representation of the return stroke as a transmission line : the apparent return stroke velocity. International Conference on Lightning Protection. 2 indexed citations
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Montaño, Raúl, Mahesh Edirisinghe, Vernon Cooray, & Francisco Román. (2004). Varistor models : a comparison between theory and practice. International Conference on Lightning Protection. 9 indexed citations
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Cooray, Vernon, Vladimir A. Rakov, Carlo Alberto Nucci, Farhad Rachidi, & Raúl Montaño. (2004). On the constraints imposed by the close electric field signature on the equivalent corona current in lightning return stroke models. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 5 indexed citations
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Cooray, Vernon, Vladimir A. Rakov, & Nelson Theethayi. (2004). The relationship between the leader charge and the return stroke current : Berger's data revisited. International Conference on Lightning Protection. 11 indexed citations
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Cooray, Vernon & Ming Ye. (1999). Correction to “Propagation effects on the lightning‐generated electromagnetic fields for homogeneous and mixed sea‐land paths” by Vernon Cooray and Ye Ming. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(D10). 12227–12227. 2 indexed citations

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