Lightning flash characteristics
A magnetic direction finding network for the detection of lightning cloud-to-ground strikes has been installed along the East Coast of the United States. Most of the lightning occurring from Maine to Florida and as far west as Ohio, Kentucky, and Alabame is detected. Time, location, flash polarity, stroke count, and magnetic field initial peak amplitude are recorded in real time. Flash locations, time, and polarity are displayed routinely for research and operational purposes. The data are being compiled into a data base to provide statistical information necassary for the prediction of the surge performance of electric power lines and the improvement of surge protection practices. Preliminary results are presented in this report.
- Research Organization:
- State Univ. of New York, Albany (USA). Dept. of Atmospheric Science
- OSTI ID:
- 5397923
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-EL-4729; ON: TI86920427
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
The east coast lightning detection network
Lightning flash characteristics, 1987