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STARNET
Sferics Timing and Ranging Network

The Sferics Timing and Ranging Network (STARNET) is a long-range lightning detection network across South America and the Atlantic Ocean. It uses Very Low Frequency (VLF) receivers to measure sferics from lightning strikes. It operates at 7-15 kHz and measures 130 sferics per second. STARNET has a location accuracy of 2 to 10 km in South America and around 20 km in the Atlantic Ocean.

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)

Overview

Instrument Details

Magnetic/Electric
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Electricity > Lightning
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Electricity
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Weather Events > Lightning
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radio Wave
Full Column Profile
< 1 second
N/A
7-15 kHz
Currently unavailble

  • Vasso Kotroni, Kostas Lagouvardos

  • Vasso Kotroni, Kostas Lagouvardos

  • Resolution Display Inc.

  • NASA

  • Currently unavailable

    • data center outside NASA

Instrument Operation

NAMMA

NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses

2006
Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic Ocean
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1 Deployment
· 23 Data Products

Data Products