Determining the Location of Lightning Strike Using Electromagnetic Time Reversal (EMTR) Method and Machine Learning
Subject Areas : electrical and computer engineeringAbbas Hamedooni Asli 1 , m.h. m. 2
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Keywords: Lightning location systems (LLS), finite difference time domain (FDTD), electromagnetic time reversal (EMTR), machine learning,
Abstract :
Determining the location of lightning strikes (LLS) is one of today's challenges in various fields, especially in the fields of electricity and electronics. To determine the location of the lightning strike, classical methods were used previously; however, the use of electromagnetic time reversal (EMTR) method has also become popular recently. According to the calculation of the complete waveform of the field using the EMTR method, the accuracy in determining the location of the lightning strike has significantly increased compared to the traditional methods. In the electromagnetic time reversal method with the help of finite difference time domain (FDTD), the transient electromagnetic field produced by the lightning channel is calculated first. After the time reversal of the wave, it is re-emitted from the sensor or sensors to its source and again with the help of FDTD, The re-emission electromagnetic field in the desired environment is calculated. With the electromagnetic field of the environment, using criteria (such as maximum field amplitude, maximum energy and entropy, etc.), the location of the lightning strike is determined. In traditional methods, it is quite difficult to determine the uniqueness of the final response in environments with different characteristics, and the use of at least three sensors is mandatory. In this paper, to overcome these limitations, a method based on the combination of machine learning and three-dimensional EMTR (3D-FDTD) is proposed to determine the lightning strike location. First, the three-dimensional time domain finite difference method is used to calculate the electromagnetic field of the environment and using EMTR, the back-diffusion electromagnetic field (again with the help of 3D-FDTD) is calculated in the entire environment. In this way, the necessary data for the production of RGB image profiles is prepared. Then VGG19, a pre-trained convolutional neural network (CNN), is used to extract image features. Finally, a fitting layer is used to determine the location of the lightning strike. The proposed method is simulated and implemented in MATLAB and Python, and the results show the effectiveness of the proposed method to determine the location of lightning strikes in a three-dimensional environment without requiring the use of at least three sensors.
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