Beyond the Strike Benefits of Detecting Lightning From Space (48914544837)
GOES-16 Detects East Coast Meteor (47629909501)
During GOES-R Ground Segment Project Scientist Jim Gurka's update on the GOES-R Proving Ground, he highlighted the GOES-R pseudo Geostationary Lightning Mapper demonstration product, which detects flash extent density.
Figure 8- Increases in Cost Variance for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Program's Geostationary Lightning Mapper Instrument (16161641307)
The AMS Short Course on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) and Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) was held January 10, 2016, prior to the start of the 96th AMS Annual Meeting.
Lockheed Martin's Samantha Edgington presents "GLM: Geostationary Lightning Mapper for Early Warning of Severe Storms" at #AMS2016. The AMS Annual Meeting is the world’s largest yearly gathering for the weather, water, and climate community.
NASA's ER-2 takes off from its base of operations at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Palmdale, California to test instruments that will suppport upcoming science flights for GOES-16. . Credit: NASA.
The Fly’s Eye Geostationary Lightning Mapper Simulator, mounted on NASA’s ER-2 plane, will map lightning strikes using 30 photometers, instruments that measure the intensity of light. These measurements will help calibrate GOES-16’s GLM. .
GOES-16 first GLM data
NASA's ER-2 High Altitude plane prepares for its first flight. There are nearly 100 hours of flight time planned through out the course of the campaign. . Credit: NASA/NOAA.