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Lightning Detection from Satellites

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Electrical Processes in Atmospheres

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The detection of lightning by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) of the United States is reported and two cases are analyzed for lightning flash density. The first is a squall line to the west of Florida on 14 November 1972 (06:27 UT), which has a flash density of 2,4 × 10-5 flashes/(sec km2). The second is the severe storm system of 3–4 April 1974 recorded on 4 April 1974 (05:54UT), which has a flash density of 1.5 × 10-4 flashes/(sec km2), or six times higher than the first case. We suggest that lightning flash density determined from satellites may be one of several indicators of the presence of a severe storm system.

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  1. Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York, 12222, USA

    R. E. Orville

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  2. B. Vonnegut
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  1. Washington D.C., USA

    Hans Dolezalek  & Helmut E. Landsberg  & 

  2. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

    Reinhold Reiter

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© 1976 Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag GmbH & Co. KG., Darmstadt

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Orville, R.E., Vonnegut, B. (1976). Lightning Detection from Satellites. In: Dolezalek, H., Reiter, R., Landsberg, H.E. (eds) Electrical Processes in Atmospheres. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85294-7_122

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85294-7_122

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