| contributor author | Seemuller, William W. | |
| contributor author | Zegel, Ferdinand H. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T16:57:48Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T16:57:48Z | |
| date copyright | 1968/08/01 | |
| date issued | 1968 | |
| identifier issn | 0021-8952 | |
| identifier other | ams-7712.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4219645 | |
| description abstract | Design details and test results are given for a transistorized lightning discharge counter updating the Sullivan-Wells UF/FC-2C counter. Particular attention was given in the design to reliability and elimination of multiple counts. The nature of the signal from a cloud-to-ground discharge induced on a ball antenna was determined. This result was used as the basis of the design of the counter. Tests were made to determine sensitivity, stability (as related to temperature and battery voltage fluctuation), susceptibility to stray counts, and susceptibility to multiple counts. Tests revealed that the transistorized counter is superior to the UF/FC-2C vacuum tube counter in all the above categories except temperature stability, where the vacuum tube counter is less sensitive to changes in ambient temperature. The counter is a device suitable for detecting storms outside the range of human observation, and for indicating relative storm activity within a specified radius. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | A Modern Lightning Discharge Counter | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 7 | |
| journal issue | 4 | |
| journal title | Journal of Applied Meteorology | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0450(1968)007<0679:AMLDC>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 679 | |
| journal lastpage | 683 | |
| tree | Journal of Applied Meteorology:;1968:;volume( 007 ):;issue: 004 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |
