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The Lightning Imaging SensorThe Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) is a NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) instrument on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) platform designed to acquire and investigate the distribution and variability of total lightning (i.e., cloud-to-ground and intracloud) between q35' in latitude. Since lightning is one of the responses of the atmosphere to thermodynamic and dynamic forcing, the LIS data is being used to detect deep convection without land-ocean bias, estimate the precipitation mass in the mixed phased region of thunderclouds, and differentiate storms with strong updrafts from those with weak vertical motion.
Document ID
19990108789
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Christian, Hugh J. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Blakeslee, Richard J. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Goodman, Steven J. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Mach, Douglas A. (Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL United States)
Stewart, Michael F. (Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL United States)
Buechler, Dennis E. (Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL United States)
Koshak, William J. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Hall, John M. (CSC Huntsville Huntsville, AL United States)
Boeck, William (Niagara Univ. New York, NY United States)
Driscoll, Kevin T. (Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL United States)
Boccippio, Dennis J. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1999
Publication Information
Publication: 11th International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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