Global patterns of lightning properties derived by OTD and LIS

The satellite instruments Optical Transient Detector (OTD) and Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) provide unique empirical data about the frequency of lightning flashes around the globe (OTD), and the tropics (LIS), which have been used before to compile a well-received global climatology of flash rate...

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Main Authors: S. Beirle, W. Koshak, R. Blakeslee, T. Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-10-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/14/2715/2014/nhess-14-2715-2014.pdf