DESIGN OF A SPACEBORNE LIGHTNING SENSOR

The design of BOLTS (Broad Area Lightning Telescope Sensor) is presented. This sensor will provide full-time (day/night) coverage of the continental U.S. from a geosynchronous orbit. The average ground resolution will be 8 km and the system will be able to detect ≃ 10⁷ watt strokes during nighttime...

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Main Author: Nagler, Michael N.
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 1981
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290551