BackForwardInstrument:  LOIP 

Instrument details
Acronym LOIP
Full name Lightning Optical Imagers and Photometers
Purpose To measure cloud electrical activity
Short description
Background

New development
Scanning Technique
Resolution
Coverage / Cycle
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency ISA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2027 to 2030
Last update: 2024-10-07
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
  • Lightning imager
WIGOS Subcomponents No WIGOS subcomponents have been defined.
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Cloud to Ground 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.

Note: table can be sorted by clicking on the column headers
Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Total lightning stroke density3 - highDiscontinuous availability.NIR channel. Area monitored for about 90 s, moving with the LEO satellite