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Lightning locating system

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  • US 5,771,020 A
  • Filed: 07/25/1996
  • Issued: 06/23/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A lightning location detection system, comprising:

  • at least one system of radio-frequency (RF) energy sensors providing an output signal indicative of detected RF energy;

    a filter in electrical communication with said at least one system of RF energy sensors, said filter receiving the output signal from said sensors and blocking low-frequency components of the output signal; and

    a signal processor in electrical communication with said filter, said signal processor determining the location of an initial lightning breakdown process responsive to the unblocked components of the sensor output signal corresponding to at least one of only a predetermined number of initial microsecond or shorter pulses produced by initial lightning breakdown processes of initial leader strokes of lightning flashes.

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