The invention relates to a ground-based
lightning positioning method based on a
time domain finite difference model, and belongs to the technical field of
lightning detection. According to the method, based on a two-dimensional
time domain finite difference
algorithm model, different configurations of
soil conductivity, an
ionosphere and geomagnetic field parameters are considered, and a
lag database of ground wave
peak value arrival time when
lightning electromagnetic
waves are propagated along different directions and different distances is established; and taking the positioning result of the
thunder and lightning positioning network as an initial value, considering the
time lag of the position reaching different observation stations, repositioning by using a TOA
time difference positioning method, and finally obtaining an optimized positioning result. According to the method, the two-dimensional
time domain finite difference
algorithm model is utilized for the first time, the influence of three factors including the
soil conductivity, the
ionosphere and the geomagnetic field is comprehensively considered, optimization
processing of the
thunder and lightning positioning result is achieved, and better
technical support is provided for work in the aspects of foundation
thunder and lightning positioning
network construction, evaluation and the like.