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====== Lightning discharge ====== | ====== Lightning discharge ====== | ||
- | original source((Documentation System RED, chapter 3.1[[http://en.blitzortung.org/Compendium/Documentations/Documentation_2014-05-11_Red_PCB_10.4_PCB_12.3_PCB_13.1_PCB_14.1.pdf|Documentation System Red]])) | + | original source(([[http://en.blitzortung.org/Compendium/Documentations/Documentation_2014-05-11_Red_PCB_10.4_PCB_12.3_PCB_13.1_PCB_14.1.pdf|Documentation System RED]], chapter 3.1)) |
How lightning initially forms is still a matter of debate((H.D. Betz, U. Schumann, and P. Laroche (Eds.) Lightning: Principles, Instruments and Applications. Springer Verlag, 2009.)). Scientists have studied root causes | How lightning initially forms is still a matter of debate((H.D. Betz, U. Schumann, and P. Laroche (Eds.) Lightning: Principles, Instruments and Applications. Springer Verlag, 2009.)). Scientists have studied root causes | ||
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===== Receiving a lightning signal ===== | ===== Receiving a lightning signal ===== | ||
- | original source((Documentation System RED, chapter 3.2[[http://en.blitzortung.org/Compendium/Documentations/Documentation_2014-05-11_Red_PCB_10.4_PCB_12.3_PCB_13.1_PCB_14.1.pdf|Documentation System Red]])) | ||
Waves with a frequency between 3 kHz and 30 kHz have a length between 100 km and 10 km. A | Waves with a frequency between 3 kHz and 30 kHz have a length between 100 km and 10 km. A | ||
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===== Time-of-Arrival method ===== | ===== Time-of-Arrival method ===== | ||
- | original source((Documentation System RED, chapter 3.3[[http://en.blitzortung.org/Compendium/Documentations/Documentation_2014-05-11_Red_PCB_10.4_PCB_12.3_PCB_13.1_PCB_14.1.pdf|Documentation System Red]])) | ||
The TOA lightning location technique is based on the computations of hyperbolic curves. The emitted | The TOA lightning location technique is based on the computations of hyperbolic curves. The emitted | ||
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===== The Blitzortung.org network ===== | ===== The Blitzortung.org network ===== | ||
- | original source((Documentation System RED, chapter 3.4[[http://en.blitzortung.org/Compendium/Documentations/Documentation_2014-05-11_Red_PCB_10.4_PCB_12.3_PCB_13.1_PCB_14.1.pdf|Documentation System Red]])) | ||
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==== Accuracy ==== | ==== Accuracy ==== | ||
- | FIXME insert chapter 3.4.1 of [[http://en.blitzortung.org/Compendium/Documentations/Documentation_2014-05-11_Red_PCB_10.4_PCB_12.3_PCB_13.1_PCB_14.1.pdf|Documentation System Red]] | + | Figure 11, 12, and 13 show a comparison of the positions computed by Blitzortung.org and "BLIDS" |
+ | over Germany, Belgium, and Poland. BLIDS is a lightning information system in Germany. Figure | ||
+ | 14 shows the used color code for the age of the discharges. | ||
+ | {{:en:detection:blids1.jpg?400|}}\\ | ||
+ | Figure 11: A comparison of the positions computed by blitzortung.org (the white framed colored squares) and BLIDS (the colored squares) in Germany | ||
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+ | {{:en:detection:blids2.jpg?400|}}\\ | ||
+ | Figure 12: A comparison of the positions computed by blitzortung.org (the white framed colored squares) and BLIDS (the colored squares) over Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg | ||
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+ | {{:en:detection:blids3.jpg?400|}}\\ | ||
+ | Figure 13: A comparison of the positions computed by blitzortung.org (the white framed colored | ||
+ | squares) and BLIDS (the colored squares) over Poland | ||
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+ | | {{:en:detection:blids_magenta.png?40|}} | {{:en:detection:blids_purple.png?40|}} | {{:en:detection:blids_blue.png?40|}} | {{:en:detection:blids_turquoise.png?40|}} | {{:en:detection:blids_green.png?40|}} | {{:en:detection:blids_yellow.png?40|}} | {{:en:detection:blids_orange.png?40|}} | {{:en:detection:blids_red.png?40|}} | | ||
+ | | 120 - 105 | 105 - 90 | 90 - 75 | 75 - 60 | 60 - 45 | 45 - 30 | 30 - 15 | 15 - 0 |\\ | ||
+ | Figure 14: The BLIDS color code for the age of the lightning discharges in minutes | ||