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Record 1 2005-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Fire Detection
DEF

A network of electronic field sensors linked to a central computer to detect, triangulate, plot the location, and record cloud-to-ground lightning flashes in real time over a large predetermined area.

OBS

[It generally] consists of a network of direction finders and a position analyzer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Détection des incendies
DEF

Dispositif, constitué d'un réseau de capteurs électroniques relié à un ordinateur central, servant à détecter, localiser et cartographier les points d'impact de la foudre sur un grand territoire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Fire Detection
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

In the lightning locator system ... the central processor of incoming lightning flash data from the network of direction finder.

OBS

[The position analyzer compares] detected flash data from the direction finder and triangulates, records, stores, and plots calculated flash locations for output to a remote display system.

Key term(s)
  • position analyser

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Détection des incendies
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Dans un système de localisation de la foudre, unité centrale qui traite les données sur les éclairs provenant du réseau de l'analyseur de direction.

Spanish

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