Number of lightning strikes to tall structures - comparison of calculations and measurements using a modern lighting monitoring system

Using a state-of-the-art lightning monitoring system LM-S with lightning detection sensors based on the Faraday effect the lightning currents caused by direct strikes to different buildings can be analyzed. The lightning monitoring system measures different current parameters, e.g. amplitude, charge, specific energy, time of strike. The measured data are compared with the expected number of strikes calculated based mainly on the international standard for risk management IEC 62305-2 Ed.2:2010 [1].