Design of a Reduced Scale Model To Measure Lightning Electric Fields Over An Inclined Terrain

Lightning electromagnetic fields have been calculated traditionally considering that terrain is flat. It is important to consider the influence of the orography in the lightning electric fields, specially in countries that are surrounded by mountains.   Although, a first approximation to the phenomenal can be obtained by means of the use of numerical methods, a reliable measurement of those fields can be obtained by means of experimentation.  In this paper, we present the design of a reduced scale model to measure electric fields near inclined terrains.  Also, simulations done by means of the FDTD method are presented with the aim to show the expected measurements of the reduced scale model.