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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2010
Glen Peter Koste, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Gerald Curtin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yaru Mendez Hernandez, Bavaria, DE;
Richard Hardison, Greenville, SC (US);
Glen Peter Koste, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Gerald Curtin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yaru Mendez Hernandez, Bavaria, DE;
Richard Hardison, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A lightning detection system and method for detecting a lightning strike are provided. The system includes a lightning detector in a structure susceptible to a lightning strike. The lightning detector includes a data logger configured to log data indicative of a time of occurrence of the lightning strike. The system further includes memory to store data collected from a wide-area lightning detection network. The stored data includes at least one characteristic of the lightning strike. A processor may be configured to process data from the data logger relative to data collected from the wide-area lightning detection network to determine correlated data indicative of a lightning strike affecting the structure. In the event correlated data is determined, the processor may be configured to assign the characteristic of the lightning strike to the structure.