[Skywarn] [Cometupdates] New from COMET, GOES-R GLM: Introduction to the Geostationary Lightning Mapper

[Lloyd Colston]

Lightning intelligence to help your program

Lloyd


On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 5:34 PM, COMET Announcement <
comet_announcements at comet.ucar.edu> wrote:

> The COMET Program is pleased to announce the release of the lesson "GOES-R
> GLM: Introduction to the Geostationary Lightning Mapper". This one-hour
> lesson is an extension of the COMET lesson “GOES-R: Benefits of Next
> Generation Environmental Monitoring” and focuses on the GLM instrument, the
> satellite's lightning mapper.
>
> The Geostationary Lightning Mapper will provide continuous lightning
> measurements over a large portion of the Western Hemisphere, mapping total
> lightning (intra-cloud and cloud–to–ground) flash rates and trends. GLM
> observations will improve local forecasts and warnings of severe weather
> and air quality, and provide new data for numerical weather prediction and
> studies of regional climate and climate change.
>
> The first part of the lesson describes the need for real-time lightning
> information and introduces the capabilities of the GLM, which will fly on
> the next-generation GOES-R satellites. The second section lets users
> explore the life cycle of a typical cloud-to-ground lightning flash, how it
> is observed by space and ground-based detection systems, and how lightning
> flashes translate into GLM observations. The final section explores some of
> the many applications that will benefit from GLM observations including
> convection and severe weather nowcasting, warning of lightning ground
> strike hazards, aviation, atmospheric chemistry, quantitative precipitation
> estimation, tropical cyclones, fire ignitions, numerical weather
> prediction, and climate and global studies.
>
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>
> We welcome any comments or questions about the content, instructional
> approach, or use of this lesson. Please e-mail them to Patrick Dills (
> dills at ucar.edu).
>




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