Thunderstorm observations from Space Shuttle [PDF]
Results of the Nighttime/Daytime Optical Survey of Lightning (NOSL) experiments done on the STS-2 and STS-4 flights are covered. During these two flights of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the astronaut teams of J. Engle and R. Truly, and K. Mattingly II and
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Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 7, 16 April 2026.Abstract Narrow bipolar events (NBEs) are often generated in overshooting thunderclouds (OT) penetrating the stratosphere. However, how and under what conditions OT produces such discharges remains unclear. With 3‐year lightning observations and simultaneous cloud top brightness temperature measurements over South China, we developed a more accurate OT
Baojun Wu +7 more
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Spatiotemporal Characterization of Instability Indices Associated with Thunderstorms in Mexico
Advances in MeteorologyThunderstorms are known to have the potential to cause damage to the population. In Mexico, these weather events can bring threats such as lightning, hail, damaging winds, and even tornadoes.
José Francisco León-Cruz +5 more
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A preliminary test of the application of the Lightning Detection and Ranging System (LDAR) as a thunderstorm warning and location device for the FHA including a correlation with updrafts, turbulence, and radar precipitation echoes [PDF]
Results of a test of the use of a Lightning Detection and Ranging (LDAR) remote display in the Patrick AFB RAPCON facility are presented. Agreement between LDAR and radar precipitation echoes of the RAPCON radar was observed, as well as agreement between
Poehler, H. A.
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Some economic benefits of a synchronous earth observatory satellite [PDF]
An analysis was made of the economic benefits which might be derived from reduced forecasting errors made possible by data obtained from a synchronous satellite system which can collect earth observation and meteorological data continuously and on demand.
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Compound weather systems of cyclones, fronts and thunderstorms in global reanalysis
Environmental Research LettersMany studies have examined the climatology of individual types of impactful weather systems such as cyclones, fronts and thunderstorms, with some recent studies also considering compound weather systems where more than one type occur at the same time and
Andrew J Dowdy +2 more
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The NASA Thunderstorm Overflight Program (TOP): Research in atmospheric electricity from an instrumented U-2 aircraft platform [PDF]
An overview of the NASA Thunderstorm Overflight Program (TOP) is presented. The various instruments flown on the NASA U-2 aircraft, as well as the ground instrumentation used to collect optical and electronic signature from the lightning events, are ...
Vaughan, O. H., Jr.
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High energy radiation from aircraft-triggered lightning and thunderstorm
, 2016 In-flight Lightning Strike Damage Assessment System (ILDAS http://ildas.nlr.nl/) was developed in an EU FP6 project to provide information on threat that lightning poses to aircraft. The system contains one E-field and eight H-field sensors distributed over the fuselage. It has recently been extended to include two LaBr3 scintillation detectors.
van Deursen, A.P.J., Kochkin, P.
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Interactions Between Convective Storms and Their Environment [PDF]
The ways in which intense convective storms interact with their environment are considered for a number of specific severe storm situations. A physical model of subcloud wind fields and vertical wind profiles was developed to explain the often observed ...
Chappell, C. F. +2 more
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Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) for the Earth Observing System [PDF]
Not only are scientific objectives and instrument characteristics given of a calibrated optical LIS for the EOS but also for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) which was designed to acquire and study the distribution and variability of total ...
Blakeslee, Richard J. +2 more
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