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Originally Posted by TheBigDog
Speaking of lightening detectors. I saw documentary on lightening a few years ago where they had this machine that detected lightening all over the globe. And they used the rate of strikes to measure the global temperature. When the temp goes up, so do the strikes. I have never heard of this being applied to global warming studies. Is there merit to it, or was it just hogwash that I was watching?
Bill
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I haven't heard of this before; I'll keep an eye out in the related links.
Meanwhile, we need to differentiate between lightning "detection" and lightning "prediction". This link from a lightning prediction equipment company gives some pertinent facts, but I don't see that they mention the specific type and/or design of the equipment.
http://thorguard.com/faq.asp
Possibly "field mills" ?
http://www.kvi.nl/~stokroos/projects.../fieldmill.htm
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