System and method for satellite optical ground radio hybrid lightning location

A system for locating lightning activity, the system comprising a server computing device including a memory for storing computer-executable instructions and a processor for executing the computer-executable instructions, the processor executing the computer-executable instructions to:

• receive, from a satellite that detects lightning activity occurring in a geographic region, location coordinates and time data associated with lightning activity detected by the satellite;
• capture, from at least one of one or more ground-based lightning sensors that detect lightning activity, lightning feature data for lightning activity detected by the at least one of one or more ground-based lightning sensors;
• generate a plurality of ground point locations based upon the lightning feature data captured from the ground-based lightning sensors;
• compare the ground point locations and the location coordinates received from the satellite to identify one or more sets of matched data;
• augment, for each set of matched data, the location coordinates for the lightning activity received from the satellite with the lightning feature data captured from the ground-based sensors;
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• transmit the augmented location coordinates for the lightning activity to one or more remote computing devices.

A computerized method of locating lightning activity, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a server computing device from a satellite that detects lightning activity occurring in a geographic region, location coordinates and time data associated with lightning activity detected by the satellite;
• capturing, by the server computing device from at least one of one or more ground-based lightning sensors that detect lightning activity, lightning feature data for lightning activity detected by the at least one of one or more ground-based lightning sensors;
• identifying, by the server computing device, at least one of the one or more ground-based lightning sensors in proximity to the geographic region based upon the location coordinates and time data received from the satellite;
• determining, by the server computing device, a location of the lightning activity using the lightning feature data from the identified ground-based lightning sensors;
• and
• transmitting, by the server computing device, the location of the lightning activity to one or more remote computing devices.

A system for locating lightning activity, the system comprising a server computing device including a memory for storing computer-executable instructions and a processor for executing the computer-executable instructions, the processor executing the computer-executable instructions to:

• receive, from a satellite that detects lightning activity occurring in a geographic region, location coordinates and time data associated with lightning activity detected by the satellite;
• capture, from at least one of one or more ground-based lightning sensors that detect lightning activity, lightning feature data for lightning activity detected by the at least one of one or more ground-based lightning sensors;
• identify at least one of the one or more ground-based lightning sensors in proximity to the geographic region based upon the location coordinates and time data received from the satellite;
• determine a location of the lightning activity using the lightning feature data from the identified ground-based lightning sensors;
• and
• transmit the location of the lightning activity to one or more remote computing devices.