Operational analysis of electric field mills as lightning warning systems in Colombia

Author

Aranguren, D. ; Inampués, J. ; Torres, H. ; López, J. ; Pérez, Ernesto

Author_Institution

Res. Program of Acquisition & Anal. of Signals, Nat. Univ. of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia

fYear

2012

fDate

2-7 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Electrostatic field measurements obtained in Bogotá-Colombia during thunderstorm episodes in November (common raining season due to the intertropical confluence zone over central Colombia) were used to study the performance of an isolated electric field sensor and analyze its most important operational characteristics. Distances from each flash to the studied sensor were obtained by using the Colombian lightning location system. The ΔE vs distance relation allowed defining a charge model which can be used as a reference for calibrating other electrostatic field sensors to be used as lightning warning systems.

Keywords

electric field measurement; electric fields; electric sensing devices; lightning; lightning protection; thunderstorms; Colombian lightning location system; charge model; distance relation; electric field mill; electrostatic field measurement; electrostatic field sensor; isolated electric field sensor; lightning warning system; operational characteristics; thunderstorm; Brushless motors; Sensitivity; electric field mill; lightning warning system; operational analysis; thunderstorms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1898-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1896-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICLP.2012.6344398

Filename

6344398