First Observations of Gigantic Jets from Geostationary Orbit
Abstract
In this work, we present the first observations of gigantic jets (GJs) by the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) on board the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series. Fourteen GJs produced by Tropical Storm Harvey on 19 August 2017 were observed by both GLM and a ground-based low-light-level camera system. The majority of the GJs produced distinguishable signatures in the GLM data, which include long continuous emissions, large peak flash optical energies, and small lateral propagation distances in comparison with other flashes observed by GLM. For two GJs with the best ground-based images, each have a single pixel that contains the largest optical energy throughout the duration of the GJ and also coincides with the azimuth of the GJ from the video images. The optical energy of the pixel increases as the GJ propagates upward, reaches its peak when the GJ connects to the ionosphere, and then fades away.
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- Florida Inst. of Technology, Melbourne, FL (United States)
- Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Caribbean TLE Observatory, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1508563
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-19-22961
Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8007
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001; AGS-1552177; AGS-1348046; 12-02019
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Research Letters (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters (Online); Journal Volume: 46; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8007
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; GLM; lightning; jet; atmospheric; optical; GOES
Citation Formats
Boggs, Levi D., Liu, Ningyu, Peterson, Michael Jay, Lazarus, Steven, Splitt, Michael, Lucena, Frankie, Nag, Amitabh, and Rassoul, Hamid K. First Observations of Gigantic Jets from Geostationary Orbit. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1029/2019GL082278.
Boggs, Levi D., Liu, Ningyu, Peterson, Michael Jay, Lazarus, Steven, Splitt, Michael, Lucena, Frankie, Nag, Amitabh, & Rassoul, Hamid K. First Observations of Gigantic Jets from Geostationary Orbit. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082278
Boggs, Levi D., Liu, Ningyu, Peterson, Michael Jay, Lazarus, Steven, Splitt, Michael, Lucena, Frankie, Nag, Amitabh, and Rassoul, Hamid K. Thu .
"First Observations of Gigantic Jets from Geostationary Orbit". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082278. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1508563.
@article{osti_1508563,
title = {First Observations of Gigantic Jets from Geostationary Orbit},
author = {Boggs, Levi D. and Liu, Ningyu and Peterson, Michael Jay and Lazarus, Steven and Splitt, Michael and Lucena, Frankie and Nag, Amitabh and Rassoul, Hamid K.},
abstractNote = {In this work, we present the first observations of gigantic jets (GJs) by the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) on board the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series. Fourteen GJs produced by Tropical Storm Harvey on 19 August 2017 were observed by both GLM and a ground-based low-light-level camera system. The majority of the GJs produced distinguishable signatures in the GLM data, which include long continuous emissions, large peak flash optical energies, and small lateral propagation distances in comparison with other flashes observed by GLM. For two GJs with the best ground-based images, each have a single pixel that contains the largest optical energy throughout the duration of the GJ and also coincides with the azimuth of the GJ from the video images. The optical energy of the pixel increases as the GJ propagates upward, reaches its peak when the GJ connects to the ionosphere, and then fades away.},
doi = {10.1029/2019GL082278},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters (Online)},
number = 7,
volume = 46,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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