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Instrument details
Acronym LI
Full name Lightning Imager
Purpose Proxy for convective precipitation, proxy for NOx generation, study of Earth electric field
Short description

CCD camera operating at 777.4 nm (O2) to count flashes and measure their intensity. Detection efficiency of triggered events > 90 % for events at 45°, and 70% in average over whole instrument coverage area.

Monitoring and calibration information here
Background

New development
Scanning Technique

Electronic, 3-axis stabilised satellite, single detector matrix
Resolution 4.5 km at s.s.p.
Coverage / Cycle Full disk continuously observed (time resolution ~ 1 ms)
Mass 60 kg Power 60 W Data Rate ~ 500 kbps

 

Providing Agency ESA
Instrument Maturity Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period: 2023 to 2046
Last update: 2024-09-23
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
  • Lightning imager
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • Lightning mappers [in GEO]
  • Lightning mapper [in GEO]
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Total lightning stroke density
Evaluation of Measurements

The following list indicates which measurements can typically be retrieved from this category of instrument. To see a full Gap Analysis by Variable, click on the respective variable.

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Total lightning stroke density*1 - primaryNo specific limitation.NIR channel. Continuous monitoring