LI

Lightning Imager

Satellites

Meteosat Third Generation – Unit “I” (for imagery)

Status

Being defined - To be utilised from 2015 onward

Mission

Proxy for convective precipitation, proxy for NOx generation, study of Earth electric field

Instrument type

CCD camera operating at 777.4 nm (O2) to count flashes and measure their intensity

Coverage/cycle

Full disk continuously observed (time resolution ~ 2 ms)

Resolution (s.s.p.)

10 km

Resources

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