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Old November 19th 05, 02:22 AM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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Roland wrote:
Does anyone know how a stormscope is able to sense the distance to the
lightning ...


I don't know for sure as they don't publish their algorithms, but most
folks use dispersion of the signal to estimate distance as different
frequency components of the signal travel at slightly different speeds
through the air. The farther they travel the more dispersed the signal.


Matt