NASA shuttle lightning research: observations of nocturnal thunderstorms and lightning displays as seen during recent space shuttle missions

Otha H. Vaughan Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.187577

30 September 1994 NASA shuttle lightning research: observations of nocturnal thunderstorms and lightning displays as seen during recent space shuttle missions

Otha H. Vaughan Jr.

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Proceedings Volume 2266, Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187577
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A number of interesting lightning events have been observed using the low light level TV camera of the space shuttle during nighttime observations of thunderstorms near the limb of the Earth. Some of the vertical type lightning events that have been observed will be presented. Using TV cameras for observing lightning near the Earth's limb allows one to determine the location of the lightning and other characteristics by using the star field data and the shuttle's orbital position to reconstruct the geometry of the scene being viewed by the shuttle's TV cameras which are located in the payload bay of the shuttle.

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Otha H. Vaughan Jr. "NASA shuttle lightning research: observations of nocturnal thunderstorms and lightning displays as seen during recent space shuttle missions", Proc. SPIE 2266, Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research, (30 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187577

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