Title :
An overview of Pekan Lightning Detection System (PLDS)
Author :
Ibrahim, W.I. ; Ghazali, M.R.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Malaysia Pahang, Pekan, Malaysia
Abstract :
Pekan is located at east of peninsular Malaysia which experience very high cloud to ground (CG) lightning density. The lightning strike hazards can be properly managed by using a lightning location system (LLS). In this paper, a system to monitor the lightning strikes and thunderstorm has been installed and setup. Pekan Lightning Detection System (PLDS) has a combination of Magnetics Direction Finder and Time-of - Arrival sensor. The PLDS provides both real-time and historical lightning data. The real-time data include the time of lightning strokes, their location and an estimate of the peak current.
Keywords :
lightning protection; LLS; PLDS; Pekan lightning detection system; cloud-to-ground lightning density; historical lightning data; lightning location system; lightning strike hazards; magnetic direction finder; peak current estimation; peninsular Malaysia; real-time data; thunderstorm; time-of-arrival sensor; Conferences; Lightning; Magnetics; Radiation detectors; Real-time systems; Storms; Lighning Location System (LLS); Magnetics Direction Finding; PLDS; thunderstorm;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy (PECon), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kota Kinabalu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5017-4
DOI :
10.1109/PECon.2012.6450308
