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MANY investigators in various parts of the world have used radio receiving equipment to study atmospheric disturbances, their wave-form, nature and origin. It is clear from this work that such atmospherics arise from electrical disturbances in the atmosphere, and mainly if not entirely from actual lightning flashes. The results of such investigations have been applied to some extent by the electrical engineer in connexion with the breakdown of overhead line power distribution systems. In Great Britain lightning is responsible for a large proportion of such breakdowns, and if means could be available to give adequate warning of the presence of a thunderstorm in a particular area, certain steps can be taken by operating engineers to reduce the probability and extent of interruptions of electrical supply. A contribution to this aspect of the subject has recently been provided in a paper entitled “The Determination of the Location and Frequency of
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LOCATION OF THUNDERSTORMS BY RADIO METHODS . Nature 151, 285–286 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151285a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151285a0