Lightning observation results by new LLS that uses LS8000 and CP8000

Author

Tatsumi, Masahiro ; Idogaw, Teruo ; Nakamura, Shigenari ; Higashi, Shuji ; Sezaki, Atsushi ; Uenishi, Kenzo

Author_Institution

Sankosha Corp., Sagamihara, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

12-16 April 2010

Firstpage

1150

Lastpage

1153

Abstract

Sankosha Corporation has introduced Lightning Location System (LLS) that uses LS8000 to Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. for the first time in electric power companies in Japan, and constructed the system. It can detect cloud-to-ground (CG) discharges and cloud discharges. This system is composed of a central processor (CP8000) and lightning sensors (LS8000). The system detects cloud discharges using very high frequency (VHF) interferometry and also detects CG discharges by receiving low frequency (LF) signals and by using the techniques of magnetic direction finding (MDF) and time-of-arrival (TOA). Kansai Electric Power started observations using this system in 2008 and could observe CG discharges and cloud discharges. This report introduces the observation results.

Keywords

atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; atmospheric techniques; lightning; CP8000; Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc; LLS; LS8000; Lightning Location System; Sankosha Corporation; central processor; cloud discharges; cloud-to-ground discharges; lightning observation; lightning sensors; low frequency signals; magnetic direction finding; time-of-arrival; very high frequency interferometry; Azimuth; Character generation; Clouds; Fault location; Frequency; Lightning; Optical interferometry; Phased arrays; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility (APEMC), 2010 Asia-Pacific Symposium on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5621-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEMC.2010.5475778

Filename

5475778