%0 Journal Article %A Ernst D. Schmitter %D 2008 %J International Journal of Geological and Environmental Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 13, 2008 %T Characterisation and Classification of Natural Transients %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7945 %V 13 %X Monitoring lightning electromagnetic pulses (sferics) and other terrestrial as well as extraterrestrial transient radiation signals is of considerable interest for practical and theoretical purposes in astro- and geophysics as well as meteorology. Managing a continuous flow of data, automisation of the detection and classification process is important. Features based on a combination of wavelet and statistical methods proved efficient for analysis and characterisation of transients and as input into a radial basis function network that is trained to discriminate transients from pulse like to wave like. %P 5 - 8