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HOW THOR WORKS	MEASURING THE DIFFERENCE: LIGHTNING PREDICTION VS. LIGHTNING DETECTION Detection Systems Monitor the Electromagnetic (EM) Field Disruption Caused by Lightning to Determine a Pre-Defined "Safe Distance" to a Strike. THOR GUARD Prediction Systems Monitor the Electrostatic Potential to Determine Cloud to Ground Lightning Probability. WARNING THE DIFFERENCE: LIGHTNING PREDICTION VS. LIGHTNING DETECTION Detection Systems Warnings are based on the Distance to the Latest Strike AFTER IT HAS OCCURRED! THOR GUARD Prediction Systems Warnings are based on the Time Calculated BEFORE A STRIKE OCCURS! KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE: LIGHTNING PREDICTION VS. FIELD MILLS Field Mill Technology Measures the Electric Field at the Surface and Warns based on a Pre-Defined "Threshold". THOR GUARD Prediction Systems Measures the Electrostatic Potential Required for a Cloud to Ground Strike to Occur. A Threshold Value for the Electric Field (V/m) DOES NOT Correlate 1:1 with the Threshold of Electrostatic Potential (V) Required to Initiate a Cloud to Ground Strike! (Kimball, 2008)
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