Numerical Simulation of Lightning Location Based on Monte Carlo Method

Author

Hu, Z.X. ; Wen, Y.P. ; Zhao, W.G. ; Zhu, H.P. ; Liu, S.L.

Author_Institution

Hubei Key Lab. of Control Struct., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China

fYear

2009

fDate

20-22 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Currently, lightning location system (LLS) is one of the important bases for urban lightning protection. A key factor of the TDOA technology prevalently adopted in LLS is the time error of detection stations. According to the stochastic property of the time error measured by detection stations, the lightning information containing error is simulated using Monte Carlo method. The location error is determined through the results of many times revolving of a particular lightning point, and error ellipse is plotted based on the location error. The results can guide the lightning location network construction and the location error analysis.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; atmospheric techniques; disasters; errors; lightning; numerical analysis; Monte Carlo method; TDOA technology; lightning location network construction; lightning location system; lightning point; location error analysis; numerical simulation; stochastic property; time difference of arrival method; time error measurement; urban lightning protection; Computer errors; Covariance matrix; Electromagnetic propagation; Equations; Error analysis; Instruments; Lightning; Numerical simulation; Optical propagation; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management and Service Science, 2009. MASS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4638-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4639-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMSS.2009.5303752

Filename

5303752