[HTML][HTML] A storm safari in subtropical South America: Proyecto RELAMPAGO

SW Nesbitt, PV Salio, E Ávila, P Bitzer… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Anabor, V., DJ Stensrud, and OLL de Moraes, 2009: Simulation of a serial upstream-
propagating mesoscale convective system event over southeastern South America using …

Lightning nowcasting with aerosol-informed machine learning and satellite-enriched dataset

G Song, S Li, J **ng - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2023 - nature.com
Accurate and timely prediction of lightning occurrences plays a crucial role in safeguarding
human well-being and the global environment. Machine-learning-based models have been …

[HTML][HTML] Where are the most extraordinary lightning megaflashes in the Americas?

M Peterson - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Geostationary Lightning Mappers (GLMs) on NOAA's current Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) map the lateral development of lightning …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-Stage ANN Model for Optimizing the Configuration of External Lightning Protection and Grounding Systems

R Rohana, S Hardi, N Nasaruddin, Y Away, A Novandri - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper proposes an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model using a Multi-Stage method
to optimize the configuration of an External Lightning Protection System (ELPS) and …

An initial assessment of the distribution of total Flash Rate Density (FRD) in Brazil from GOES-16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) observations

PSS Oda, DP Enoré, EV Mattos, WA Gonçalves… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Brazil is one of the regions in the world where lightning most occurs. With the launch of the
Geostationary Environmental Operational Satellite–16 (GOES-16), it was possible, for the …

Side discharges from the active negative leaders in a positive cloud‐to‐ground lightning flash

S Yuan, R Jiang, X Qie, D Wang - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We found two kinds of side breakdowns from the active horizontal negative channel in a
positive cloud‐to‐ground flash. During the propagation of the negative leader in the field‐of …

New WMO certified megaflash lightning extremes for flash distance and duration recorded from space

MJ Peterson, TJ Lang, T Logan… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
GOES-16 measurements of the top duration candidate are displayed in Fig. 2. The
horizontal structure of the flash (white line segments) and maximum spatial extent (gold X …

The illumination of thunderclouds by lightning: 1. The extent and altitude of optical lightning sources

M Peterson, TEL Light, D Mach - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Optical space‐based lightning sensors including NOAA's Geostationary Lightning Mapper
(GLM) detect lightning though its transient illumination of the surrounding clouds. What …

Holes in optical lightning flashes: Identifying poorly transmissive clouds in lightning imager data

M Peterson - Earth and Space Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Space‐based optical lightning sensors including the lightning imaging sensor (LIS)
and geostationary lightning mapper (GLM) are pixelated imagers that detect lightning as …

Geostationary lightning mapper value assessment

S Rudlosky, S Goodman, K Calhoun, C Schultz, A Back… - 2020 - repository.library.noaa.gov
This value assessment documents societal and economic benefits that can be attributed to a
Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) to advise future satellite architecture decisions. The …