. . . Lightning Analysis Plan
Order, Clean, and Process Lightning DataLightning databases are collected for commercial purposes.The owners of these databases did not realize they could be used for natural resource exploration. DML obtained an exclusive license to sublicense these data for larger areas and for long periods of time, specifically for exploration. Once an area to analyze has been identified, the data are ordered, cleaned, processed, and packaged for the client. |
Determine Application of Lightning DataLightning occurs everywhere. Knowing lightning strikes arenot random and are actually tied to electrical currents in the shallow earth opens many different doors as to how this data can be used. The maps of lightning attibutes and the rock property volumes derived by processing and "stacking" many years of lightning data provide an evergreen framework (where additional data is continually being added) for evaluation, integration, and interpretation in the different disciplines, processes, and activities shown below. |
Integrate Lightning Data with Other Data,and interpret the results to create an evergreen frameworkfor various county activities. For instance, Iron County has good reason to be concerned about lightning starting a large forest fire with all of the bark beetle killed timber on the eastern mountains. Knowing that lightning strikes cluster, and mapping where these clusters occur, will allow the county and the forest service to optimally place wildfire monitoring stations and/or video cams, which will decrease response time and reduce the possibility of a major disaster on the mountain. |
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