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CGLSS
Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Surveillance System

The Cloud‐to‐Ground Lightning Surveillance System (CGLSS) at Kennedy Space Center includes six medium-gain IMPACT Enhanced Sensitivity and Performance (ESP) sensors produced by Vaisala. The CGLSS network detects cloud-to-ground lightning by capturing the electromagnetic waveform of the return stroke and then transmits this data to a central processor, which estimates the stroke's strength and location in real time. Lightning data from the network supports decisions regarding ground and launch activities along the Florida coast.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Instrument Details

Magnetic/Electric
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Electricity > Lightning
Land Surface, Troposphere
N/A
Point
N/A
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  • Vaisala

  • USAF, NASA

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