Atmospheric Electric Field Data Logger System

Weather can be unpredictable as there are a lot of uncertainties in predicting thunderstorms. most of our navigation systems, including those on air, land and water, as well as broadcasting systems, are directly affected by the weather on a daily basis. the inconsistent and unreliable nature of storms brings out the importance of research in atmospheric electric field data logging systems. this paper presents a study to develop a virtual instrument with the capability to analyse and store the magnitude (data) of atmospheric electric fields. the study was carried out using a labview virtual instrument and tested using data acquisition (daq) and a function generator. the developed virtual instrument consists of waveform chart, tabulated data, and histogram for real time observation. moreover, it has feature to save and recall data for further analysis.