[time-nuts] Lightning Strike Site

[J. L. Trantham]

John,

I'm 'late' to this thread as well but I find it very interesting.

In the aviation arena, there are 'storm scopes' that use NDB
(non-directional beacon) technology to establish the direction and spectral
analysis technology to establish the distance (based on the assumption that
the 'lightning strike' is an 'impulse' function and different levels of
attenuation of the frequencies generated) to a 'static crash'.

How does yours work?

Joe

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Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 2:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lightning Strike Site

A little late to the conversation, but there are some relatively low cost
(few hundred dollar) PC-based lightning detector products available.  I run
one that's a PCI card with Windows software that generates a map and
statistics that upload to my web page once per minute:

http://www.febo.com/wx

The system works surprisingly well, though when storms get close the azimuth
and range both tend to become blurry.

John
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On 9/9/2013 11:03 AM, Jim Lux wrote:
> On 9/9/13 5:59 AM, J. Forster wrote:
>> FYI:
>>
>> <http://thunderstorm.vaisala.com/explorer.html>
>>
>> -John
>>
>
> the underlying National Lightning Detection Network distributes the 
> data with a timing precision of 1 microsecond RMS.  I assume their 
> sensors are GPS synchronized.  The location is done by a combination 
> of direction and time of arrival.
>
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