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September 24, 2012

the Geostationary Lightning Mapper

Dr. Samantha Edgington
Stanford University

Darwin 103
4:00 PM

Dr. Samantha Edgington from Stanford University explains the Geostationary Lightning Mapper, a part of the GOES-R weather satellite, will detect lightning from geostationary orbit to provide early indication of severe storms and provide long term climate data. [Available on DVD in the SSU library.]