Planetnik storm sensing & local warning network
Knowledge

Planetnik Knowledge

A place for short articles about storms, lightning, local weather observation, sensors and telemetry data. We want to write simply, practically and include sources whenever we rely on external materials.

basics

What is lightning?

A short introduction to lightning, thunder and why lightning observation matters for the Planetnik project.

StormNode

How does StormNode help observe storms locally?

How lightning detection, sky photos, temperature, humidity, pressure, GNSS/GPS and API access can create a local observation layer.

coming soon

Storm radar, detector and local network — what is the difference?

Why Planetnik is not trying to replace radars, but aims to add local measurement context.

coming soon

Temperature, humidity and pressure — why measure them?

A short text about how environmental telemetry helps interpret local weather and node data.