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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Vaisala, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Inventor:
Ryan K. Said, Broomfield, CO (US);
Assignee:
Vaisala, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/04 (2006.01); G01S 1/80 (2006.01); G01S 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/047 (2013.01); G01S 1/045 (2013.01); G01S 1/805 (2013.01); G01S 11/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example methods and systems described herein relate to determining average arrival time of a radio wave emitted by a lightning discharge and/or determining the lobe and/or polarity of the radio wave. The determination of the average arrival time may take a weighted average of arrival times of peaks of the radio wave. The determination of the lobe and/or polarity may depend on an estimated propagation distance, a propagation path profile, and one or more waveform features.