A REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE LIGHTING DETECTION SYSTEM WITH HIGH DETECTION RATE AND LOW COMPLEXITY

Abstract. A payload was designed and implemented to do real-time and continuous lightning detection which can be used on remote sensing satellite. The payload consists of sensor unit and electronics unit. Based on the analysis of lighting signal spectral characteristics, the sensor unit adopts ultra-narrowband filtering technology to realize lightning signal spectral filtering, and uses high frame rate area array CMOS device as photosensitive element to obtain image information. In order to reduce the complexity and hardware resources of the electronics unit, a continuous mean elimination method is used to detect lightning signals according to the instantaneous characteristics of lightning. The self-adaptive double threshold recognition method is utilized to detect the recognized lightning signal, which significantly reduces the detection time with a detection rate up to 95%. The electronics unit has the function of quick adjustment of detection threshold through instruction, which provides a more flexible application space for lightning characteristics analysis on the ground. In addition, the system can be used to detect other point or surface target by the change of optical design according to the different characteristics of the detection target, such as the large-scale fire disaster or military target.