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August 9, 2017
Notice anything interesting about this imagery from GOES-16's Geostationary Lightning Mapper? The Geostationary Lightning…
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August 12, 2016
Where there's lightning, there's a strong chance of severe weather. The revolutionary Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM ) instrument on the new…
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February 26, 2018
NOAA GOES-S will not only image the Earth as it sees it in true color, it also will be able to detect and monitor weather…
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February 3, 2022
On April 29, 2020, NOAA satellites captured what has now been confirmed as a new world record for the longest single flash of lightning.
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September 16, 2022
NOAA plans to include a lightning mapper as part of the GeoXO system, pending final program approval. The GeoXO Lightning Mapper (LMX) would be a sing
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April 13, 2018
When you spend 24/7/365 staring at Earth, you see some strange things. The NOAA GOES East satellite (GOES-16) witnessed a…
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August 18, 2022
Lightning is a major public safety threat. It can strike at any time, but it is most common in the summer months.
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October 9, 2014
Final GOES-R instrument ready for integration with the Spacecraft The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) was unwrapped…
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July 28, 2021
Lightning is a major hazard. It’s a significant threat to life and property, can ignite wildfires, and impacts travel.
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July 14, 2017
This imagery from GOES-16's Geostationary Lightning Mapper features flashes of lightning, but not necessarily where you might expect to see them.
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July 13, 2021
North American summer wildfire season has been exploding across the West
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June 27, 2017
It’s mid-April 2017 and NOAA’s GOES-16 Field Campaign , a two-month-long effort to calibrate and validate the earth viewing…
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June 2, 2022
The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument, onboard NOAA’s GOES-18 satellite, is now providing striking lightning observations.
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May 4, 2021
GOES East captured amazing visible imagery of large thunderstorms as they erupted over Texas. The Geostationary Lightning Mapper tracked lightning
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March 6, 2017
The first images from GOES-16's Geostationary Lightning Mapper are giving NWS forecasters more insight about lightning and dangerous weather.