Re: Amateur lightning detection network for Europe looking for participants.

Did you know there is already a good 24/7 lightning detector on the Isle of
Wight?

http://www.isleofwightweather.co.uk/live_storm_data.htm

Curious. They show a fresh -CG lightning strike in the English channel...
Also I have found a few occasions when thunderstorms fail to get detected.
But the owner seemed very friendly when I told him about a London
thunderstorm that failed to show up. I think if a stronger closer signal is
present it can mask TS's behind it if I understand right. So perhaps it is
good to have other similar detectors elsewhere to compare with. Perhaps they
could even link up to triangulate and more accurately detect TS's?

Also Wetterzentrale also detect lightning:

http://217.160.75.104/wz/pics/Rsfloc2.gif - They also show low level TS
activity in the channel. So perhaps IOW's -CG wasn't a false signal? (I've
not looked at the satpics yet today as I've been out).

-Mike

"Frank Kooiman" <fkooiman@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:dp5s8j$pb$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My name is Frank Kooiman and I am looking for amateur meteorologists who
> would like to put up a lightning detection site that operates on a 24/7
> basis.
> My location is Hengelo in the Netherlands, Best locations for future would
> be in England in cornwall, Scotland in Edinbourgh or in Norway.
>
> My home build equipment is very low cost ( 50 euro ) and has a range of
> over
> 2500 km ( whole of Europe and parts of Africa and Asia ).
>
> I am preparing a site
>
> http://members.home.nl/fkooiman/lightning
>
> where you can find information about the lightning detection site.
>
>
> Happy New Year
>
> Frank Kooiman
>
> fkooiman@xxxxxxx
>
>
>


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