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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2005
Martin J. Murphy, Tucson, AZ (US);
Wolfgang Schulz, Vienna, AT;
Alburt E. Pifer, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth L. Cummins, Tucson, AZ (US);
Martin J. Murphy, Tucson, AZ (US);
Wolfgang Schulz, Vienna, AT;
Alburt E. Pifer, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth L. Cummins, Tucson, AZ (US);
Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
A lightning detection system provides an estimated location of a lightning stroke. The system includes sensors, and an analyzer. Each sensor provides messages having sensor identification, an amplitude responsive to the lightning stroke, and a time of detecting the lightning stroke. The analyzer applies time corrections and amplitude corrections to improve the accuracy of determining the location of the lightning stroke. Time adjustments and amplitude adjustments for the time and amplitude corrections are recalled from a matrix accessed according to a suggested or estimated location. The matrix may be organized by coordinates of longitude and latitude.