BackForwardInstrument:  LMX 

Instrument details
Acronym LMX
Full name GeoXO Lightning Mapper
Purpose Proxy for convective precipitation, proxy for NOx generation, study of Earth electric field. severe storm analysis and increases lead time to detect tornado formation. Also improves lightning hazard detection, hurricane intensity prediction, wildfire detection, precipitation estimation, and aviation hazard mitigation.
Short description A single-channel CMOS sensor operating at 777.4 nm optical detector used to detect, locate, and measure the intensity, duration, and extent of lightning flashes.
Background LMX will continue observations provided by the GOES-R Series Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) and potentially improve its resolution and sampling.
Scanning Technique Electronic, 3-axis stabilised satellite, single detector matrix
Resolution 8 km or better at ssp.
Coverage / Cycle Large fraction of the disk continuously observed. Area expanded over GLM to cover Alaska.
Mass Power Data Rate 40 Mbits/sec

 

Providing Agency NOAA
Instrument Maturity Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period: 2032 to 2050
Last update: 2023-05-08
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 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 density*1 - primaryNo specific limitation.NIR channel. Continuous monitoring