有许多类型的设备用于测量闪电。第一个自然无线电波接收器也是第一个闪电探测器亚历山大Stepanovich波波夫发明的。波波夫在1896年发表了一篇论文在检测到无线闪电探测器建造从雷击无线电噪声。* *波波夫发现闪电产生的无线电波。波波夫发现源于这一事实闪电产生的光和声音。如果打雷的声音产生的涟漪的空气,因为空气的扩张产生的热量的闪电,然后波波夫认为闪电也可以生产其他形式的能源。其他形式的能量是无线电波。* * * *波波夫的设计一个非常敏感的检波器(一种原始的无线电信号检测器)连接到天线,接收无线电波的闪电。寇也与电池连接到电路和继电器响铃和脉冲发送到图表记录器可能标志着闪电的发生。* *波波夫建立了无线电接收机只能接收自然闪电发出的无线电波(当时唯一的无线电波)导致他建立一个人工无线电发射机。 The radio waves of lightning travel much farther than the light and sound it produces so a lightning detector can measure the distance to the lightning strike. Some of today's lightning detectors use this basic concept. With four of them you can combine the time at which each device measures the radio signal from the lightning and determine the strike location. Meteorologist today call this detector a ground-based lightning sensor. There are other devices used to measure lightning using other kinds of antennas and signal processing techniques like radar and temperature data. Lightning detection can also be from advanced devices on artificial satellites. Using direct observations such as the Geostationary Lightning Mapper a near-infrared optical transient detector can detect changes in an optical scene, indicating the presence of lightning, frequency and location of lightning events. [![Alexander Stepanovich Popov radio receiver and lightning detector.][1]][1] *Alexander Stepanovich Popov radio receiver and lightning detector.* [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/dbAAe.jpg 
 **Further information:** Alexander Stepanovich Popov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Stepanovich_Popov The Popov Lightning Detector: http://weatherbreak2.creighton.edu/?p=1809 A Brief History of Lightning Detection: http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/lightning-detection/ Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM): http://www.goes-r.gov/spacesegment/glm.html