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Mesoscale observations of lightning from Space ShuttleMotion pictures have been taken at night by astronauts on the space shuttle showing lightning discharge that spread horizontally at speeds of 100,000/msec for distances over 60 km. Tape recordings have been made of the accompanying optical pulses detected with a photocell optical system. The observations show that lightning is often a mesoscale phenomena that can convey large amounts of electric charge to earth from an extensive cloud system via a cloud to ground discharge.
Document ID
19850040968
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Vonnegut, B.
(New York, State University Albany, NY, United States)
Vaughan, O. H., Jr.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Systems Dynamics Laboratory, Huntsville, AL, United States)
Brook, M.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Krehbiel, P.
(New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: American Meteorological Society, Bulletin
Volume: 66
ISSN: 0003-0007
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
85A23119
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: N00014-84-K-0069
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-79-21080
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-32893
CONTRACT_GRANT: N00014-80-C-0312
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-81-17665
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-33817
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