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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The University of Arizona.
1981
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290551 |