The invention discloses a VHF (
very high frequency) frequency-range intracloud
lightning detecting and
positioning system, which comprises a central treatment
station and a plurality of detection and treatment sub-stations arranged in different positions, wherein the detection and treatment sub-stations and the central treatment
station are accessed into a public
wide area network in a wired or
wireless mode; and through the
wide area network, on one hand, obtained intracloud
lightning detection data is uploaded to the central treatment
station by the detection and treatment sub-stations, andon the other hand, the working state of each detection and treatment sub-station is remotely monitored by the central treatment station. The
system can be used for precisely estimating the incidence directions of
lightning radiation signals of a plurality of simultaneously occurring lightning
radiation sources or the same lightning
radiation source arriving at the detection sub-stations through different propagation paths, the arriving
time difference of the lightning signals between any two detection and treatment sub-stations is calculated at the central treatment station (TDOA
estimation),and the spatial position of an intracloud lightning radiation source is determined by DOA and TDOA information.