A Scheme For Local Lightning Detection And Prediction System

This paper represents the scheme for the detection and prediction system of local lightning. Different types of environmental parameters have impact on lightning strikes. These parameters values are very volatile and location specific. Some of the dominant parameters, like electric field gradient, electric field strength and atmospheric pressure etc. have been considered to predict lightning strikes. For initial detection, AS3935 IC has been implemented with some modification which detects lightning strokes within some specific range. A Fuzzy inference system has been developed so that the prediction can be done using the dominant parameter values without having large prior dataset of lightning strikes of any specified location.