Re: ScanTesla program -> Optimization

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

On 19 May 2005, at 0:34, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerrytesla@xxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Malcolm,
>
> By R1 are you meaning RL, the streamer load.  Some fonts you cant tell
> the difference between a "one" and a "little L" :-((   Seems like both
> CL and RL would be time varying and the C program might be able to
> model those dependencies if one made some assumptions about streamer
> growth (I just dont know what those assumptions might be).
>
> Gerry R.

It was supposed to have been seen as R subscript L. I did use a lower
case "L" and appreciate the difficulties with fonts and simple text :(
I've never been one to allow machines to get in the way of accuracy ;)
I agree that both CL and RL (there, I've bowed to the Almighty ;) are
time varying on a small enough scale and personally dislike averaging
things, a process which has the capacity to mask interesting facts in
some situations (revealing a pet peeve with statistics and the way
they are used and interpreted by some). I think streamer growth
occurring bang-by-bang in a TC has some simlarities with leader
stretch in lightning although the underlying mechanisms are somewhat
different.

Malcolm

>
> >Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Hi Terry,
> >            I have one difficulty with your model: Rl isn't present
> >all the time and I don't think an average value cuts it when
> >calculating Vs. Any comment?
> >
> >Malcolm
> >
> >On 18 May 2005, at 19:31, Tesla list wrote:
> >
> > > Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Hi Marco,
> > >
> > > At 06:34 AM 5/18/2005, you wrote:
> > > >Hi Terry, all,
> > > >
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