Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lightning_Imaging_Sensor_(LIS)
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf space-based instrument
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:designedFor detecting lightning
gptkbp:detects cloud-to-ground lightning
intra-cloud lightning
gptkbp:fieldOfView 600 km x 600 km
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS)
gptkbp:ISSDeploymentDate 2017
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Tropical_Rainfall_Measuring_Mission_(TRMM)
1997
gptkbp:measures lightning energy
lightning flash rate
lightning location
gptkbp:movedTo International Space Station (ISS)
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:operationalCeiling 350 km
gptkbp:principalInvestigator Hugh Christian
gptkbp:relatedTo Optical Transient Detector (OTD)
gptkbp:resolution 4 km
gptkbp:status active (on ISS as of 2024)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Geostationary_Lightning_Mapper_(GLM)
gptkbp:usedFor weather forecasting
climate research
severe storm analysis
gptkbp:wavelengthRange 777.4 nm
gptkbp:website https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/lightning/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tropical_Rainfall_Measuring_Mission_(TRMM)
gptkb:GHRC_DAAC
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7