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FEGS
Fly's Eye GLM Simulator

The Fly’s Eye GLM Simulator (FEGS) is an instrument that was designed to provide validation for Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) on the GOES-16 satellite. It was designed to fly aboard NASA’s ER-2 aircraft. The instrument measures the optical radiance emitted by lightning.

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

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Electricity > Lightning
Troposphere
10μs
2x2km
386, 890, 750, 600, 455, 444, 750-300 THz
Currently unavailble
ALOFT

Airborne Lightning Observatory for FEGS and TGFs

2023
Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Central America, Caribbean Sea
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1 Deployment
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