Dissipation array systems for lightning protection

A hemispherical dissipation array system for preventing a lightning stroke between a cloud and a protected facility, comprising:

• at least one discrete hemispherical ionizer structure rising above the earth's surface and the protected facility, thereby forming a uniform field shape over the protected facility;
• an endless ground current collector structure connected to the ionizer structure and having at least one downwardly extending grounded charge collecting rod, thereby forming an electrically floating island around the protected facility;
• said ionizer structure having a skirt extending downwardly approximately 90 degrees below the apex;
• said ionizer structure further comprising a series of parallel wires spaced apart a distance ranging from 5 to 20 cm, thereby forming an umbrella shaped hemispherical ionizer structure of about 15 square meters;
• said parallel wires having a number of equally spaced ionizer member points ranging from 1000 to 2000 per square meter;
• said ionizer member points each having two wire segments angularly facing upward and having a length of approximately 12 cm and said ionizer member points having equidistant spacing from one another ranging from 5 to 20 cm.