Recording-tape lightning detector
Prerecorded magnetic tape monitors lightning strikes and records their peak current. It requires no external equipment, power, or human operator attention.
Livermore, S.↗
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Prerecorded magnetic tape monitors lightning strikes and records their peak current. It requires no external equipment, power, or human operator attention.
A lightning current detector to record the maximum current amplitude of a lightning strike to the 150 meter weather tower at KSC was developed. The principle of operation of the detector is discussed, materials chosen to build the detector are described, and calibration tests performed on the detector are given. Field results of the detectors from two separate lightning strikes to the tower are included.
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