| Title |
Construction and Operation Characteristics of the Automated Lightning Warning System Based on Detections of Cloud-to-Ground Discharge and Atmospheric Electric Field |
| Authors |
Hae-Sup Shim ; Bok-Hee Lee |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2013.27.11.082 |
| Keywords |
Lightning ; Lightning Warning ; Probability of Detection ; Probability of Lightning ; False Alarm Ratio ; Failure-to-Warn Rate |
| Abstract |
It is important to give lightning warning prior to a cloud-to-ground (CG) discharge within an Area of Concern (AOC) because most of lightning damage and victim are usually occurred by the first lightning in the AOC. The aim of this study is to find the optimal operation conditions of the automated lightning warning systems in order to make the best use of the available data. In this paper, the test-operated results of the automated lightning alert and risk management system (ALARM) based on detections of CG discharge and eletrostatic field and optimized at probability of lightning have been described. It was possible to obtain the following warning performance parameters: probability of detection (POD), false alarm ratio (FAR), probability of lightning (POL) and failure-to-warn rate (FTW). The data obtained from trial operation for 5months were not sufficient but the first analysis of domestic lightning warning was carried out. We have observed that the evaluated statistical results through trial operation depend on the various factors such as analysis methods and criteria, topographical conditions, etc. Also we suggest some methods for improvement of POL and POD including the finding of the optimal electric field threshold level to be used, based on the high values of FAR and FTW found in this work. |