Title :
The estimation of cloud-to-ground lightning discharges from satellite data
Author :
Ershova, T.V. ; Gorbatenko, V.P. ; Dulzon, A.A.
Author_Institution :
High Voltage Res. Inst., Tomsk Polytech. Univ., Russia
fDate :
26 June-3 July 2004
Abstract :
We review the data from observations of lightning obtained by the Microlab-1 satellite for summer season between 1995 to 1999. The Microlab-1 satellite equiped optical imaging sensor - Optical Transient Detector (OTD). The areas of investigations were southern Germany and Tomsk region (Russia). We compare the OTD data with Lightning Position And Tracking System (LPATS) reported cloud-to-ground strokes for southern Germany. We found the empirical relation between OTD data and LPATS data for flat parts in southern Germany and calculated the estimated cloud-to-ground strokes for Tomsk region.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; clouds; image sensors; lightning; optical sensors; remote sensing; tracking; Lightning Position And Tracking System; Microlab-1 satellite; Optical Transient Detector; cloud-to-ground lightning discharges; optical imaging sensor; satellite data; Character generation; Density measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fault location; Instruments; Lightning; Optical detectors; Optical distortion; Optical sensors; Satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Science and Technology, 2004. KORUS 2004. Proceedings. The 8th Russian-Korean International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8383-4
DOI :
10.1109/KORUS.2004.1555322
