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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2008
Christopher R. Karabin, White Plains, MD (US);
Robert M. Daily, Swann Point, MD (US);
Shad M. Reese, Indian Head, MD (US);
Lothar H. Ruhnke, Bluffton, SC (US);
Vladislav Mazur, Norman, OK (US);
Christopher R. Karabin, White Plains, MD (US);
Robert M. Daily, Swann Point, MD (US);
Shad M. Reese, Indian Head, MD (US);
Lothar H. Ruhnke, Bluffton, SC (US);
Vladislav Mazur, Norman, OK (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A real-time, multi-sensor local-area lightning detection network system. The system uses waveform indicative of electrostatic field changes with respect to time is generated at each of N locations due to a cloud-to-ground lightning strike occurring in the vicinity of the N locations. Each waveform is integrated to generate a corresponding electric field associated with a corresponding one of the locations. A mathematical relationship is used to determine a ground surface location of the lightning strike, height of the lightning strike, and charge per unit length of the lightning strike using each electric field generated during integration of the waveforms.