Title :
National lightning location network-an alternative approach
Author :
Serghei, Fedosseeve ; Sangkasaad, Samruay
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Chulalongkom Univ., Bangkok, Thailand
Abstract :
Lightning is a main cause of electric utility outages and equipment damage throughout the world. In order to base the protective measures against lightning damages on a regional data collection we propose a new approach for computer based national lightning detection and location network. In this paper the operating principles of the lightning detection and some experimental results of thunderstorm activity in Thailand are discussed
Keywords :
data acquisition; electricity supply industry; lightning protection; power engineering computing; thunderstorms; GPS cards; LabView based computer program; Thailand; antennas; computer based national lightning detection; electric utility equipment damage; electric utility outages; experimental results; national lightning location network; protective measures; regional data collection; thunderstorm activity; Clocks; Computer networks; Data acquisition; Global Positioning System; Hardware; Lightning protection; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic sensors; Modems; Preamplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2000. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5677-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISEMC.2000.874754
