Some Scientific Objectives of a Satellite-Borne Lightning Mapper
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- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Vol. 64 (2) , 114-119
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1983)064<0114:ssooas>2.0.co;2
Abstract
The Lightning Mapper Sensor is proposed as an instrument for use on a geosynchronous satellite in the late 1980s to monitor lightning activity continuously over broad areas of the earth. The system was suggested in response to a variety of needs and the resulting data will provide important research information for such fields of geoscience as magnetospheric and ionospheric physics, atmospheric electricity, atmospheric chemistry, and storm physics. The research applications of Lightning Mapper Sensor data and related research programs are explored and sensor requirements are discussed.Keywords
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