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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING STORM ACTIVITY ON THE EARTH

IP Title

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING STORM ACTIVITY ON THE EARTHS SURFACE IN REAL TIME

Summary

The system uses efficient algorithms for analysis of wave resonance in the Earth-ionosphere cavity, through which the location of storms and their intensity in real time can be determined. A single device for storm monitoring already records signals from all lightning on Earth. The application of several to several dozen stations with recording equipment distributed relatively evenly over the globe, in different continents in conjunction with the computing algorithm, allows for precise imaging of storm activity (both the location and intensity) in given coordinates, even in the areas where their coverage by other methods is impossible. THE MAIN ADVANTAGES OF THE PROPOSED STORM ACTIVITY SYSTEM ARE: -global coverage, even using only one monitoring device, -high precision of the lightening intensity determination, -ability to outline storm activity maps graduated in units of current per unit area, including the previously inaccessible areas of the globe by the other systems because of their limited access, -an opportunity to observe the movement of storm centers in real time

Technology Application

The subject of the offer is the global system for testing, monitoring and foreing storm activity in real time based on propagation of electromagnetic field signals of extremely low frequency (ELF, 3-3000 Hz). Data on storm activity are significant for early warning in case of the lightning hazard. Global system for testing, monitoring and foreing storm activity also gives an opportunity to study atmospheric chemistry - measurements of nitrogen oxides as a function of time, in tropical inaccessible regions of the planet, and it may have many other applications in the field of science, as a study of electrical phenomena in the high layers of atmosphere, climate change and the greenhouse effect.

Type of Cooperation

Sale, License agreement

Countries

EPO, USA, Russia, Japan, India, China, Korea, Canada, Brazil, Mexico

Supplementary Information

Patent Number: WO2008152587A2
Application Number: WO2008IB52296A
Inventor: KULAK, Andrzej | KUBISZ, Jerzy | MICEK, Stanislaw | MICHALEC, Adam | NIECKARZ, Zenon | OSTROWSKI, Michal | ZIEBA, Stanislaw
Priority Date: 11 Jun 2007
Priority Number: WO2008152587A2
Application Date: 11 Jun 2008
Publication Date: 18 Dec 2008
IPC Current: G01W000116
Assignee Applicant: Uniwersytet Jagiellonski
Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING STORM ACTIVITY ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE IN REAL TIME | PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL DE SURVEILLANCE EN TEMPS RÉEL DE L'ACTIVITÉ ORAGEUSE SUR LA SURFACE DE LA TERRE
Usefulness: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING STORM ACTIVITY ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE IN REAL TIME | PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL DE SURVEILLANCE EN TEMPS RÉEL DE L'ACTIVITÉ ORAGEUSE SUR LA SURFACE DE LA TERRE
Summary: Method for monitoring storm activity used in weather forecasting, and air and sea transport field.
Novelty: Storm activity monitoring method used in weather forecasting, involves mapping of location and intensity of electrical spark discharges through base parameters that are approximate to features

Industry

Environmental/Green Technology

Sub Category

Weather Monitoring

Application No.

WO2008IB52296 20080611, 18 December 2008

Patent Information

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Others

The offered storm activity system is the subject of patent application (EPO, USA, Russia, Japan, India, China, Korea, Canada, Brazil, Mexico). EPO patent has been granted. The invention is still being developed at the Astronomical Observatory at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science of the Jagiellonian University. Currently, the Centre for Innovation, Technology Transfer and University Development (CITTRU) is looking for companies and institutions interested in the technology development, its testing and application of data obtained by the system and /or in obtaining a license.

Country/Region

Poland