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Observations of lightning in the stratosphereAn examination and analysis of video images of lightning, captured by the payload bay TV cameras of the space shuttle, provided a variety of examples of lightning in the stratosphere above thunderstorms. These images were obtained on several recent shuttle flights while conducting the Mesoscale Lightning Experiment (MLE). The images of stratospheric lightning illustrate the variety of filamentary and broad vertical discharges in the stratosphere that may accompany a lightning flash. A typical event is imaged as a single or multiple filament extending 30 to 40 km above a thunderstorm that is illuminated by a series of lightning strokes. Examples are found in temperate and tropical areas, over the oceans, and over the land.
Document ID
19950043435
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Boeck, William L.
(Niagara University Niagara, NY, United States)
Vaughan, Otha H., Jr.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Blakeslee, Richard J.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Vonnegut, Bernard
(State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, United States)
Brook, Marx
(New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM United States)
Mckune, John
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 20, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 100
Issue: D1
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
95A75034
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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