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Yellowstone Fires
However, the greatest cause of wildland fires is lightning. Eight million lightning strikes occur worldwide each day. One percent of these strikes results in wildland ... discharge of energy is the lightning seen in the sky. Lightning strikes the earth almost all the time. In 1989, the Lightning Detection Network began recording lightning strikes over the 48 continental United ...
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Science and the Environment Bulletin: Network Pinpoints Lightning Strikes
A reliance on radar, satellite imagery and ground reports made lightning detection a challenging task, particularly in unpopulated areas, until the Canadian Lightning Detection ...
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National Severe Local Storms Operations Plan
KB) 5.1 Radar Observing and Reporting Plans 5.2 Rawinsonde-Observing Stations 5.3 Lightning Detection System (LDS) 5.4 Surface Weather Observational Network 5.5 Pilot Reports (PIREPs) 5.6 ...
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Where Have All the Grasslands Gone?" (part 4 of 5)
Given our dry spring climate and frequent thunderstorms, lightning is believed to have caused the vast majority of these fires. This view is supported ... about 4000 lightning-caused fires documented by firefighters in the Jemez Mts. from 1909-1996, and by the over 160,000 lightning strikes recorded over the Jemez country by a lightning detection system between ...
www.cpluhna.nau.edu

Exploring: Weather
... excellent collection of data and links to other weather sites on the net. Lightning Pointers NASA/MSFC - Lightning Detection from Space Lightning Strike Data Sky Photography Benjamin Franklin and Electricity FEMA - Backgrounder: Thunderstorms and Lightning
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FMI - Weather and Climate - Weather stations - Observations in Finland
Jokioinen observatory, Arctic Research Centre in Sodankylä, and with the help of lightning detection systems, weather radars and satellites. The most common methods of observation, observation ... Lightning detection system consists of several sensors around the country. The system detects the time of arrival and the direction of an incoming electromagnetic pulse generated by a lightning, ...
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Flying with the Thunderbolts - Sila
I think I'd rather watch lightning from the ground, thank you. Inukshuk: They do that as well. In fact, thanks to a computer-based lightning detection system, scientists and forest managers can keep their eyes on hundreds of cloud-to-ground lightning hits from the comfort of their own office chair. Ryan: Did you say hundreds of lightning ...
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ETE Teacher Pages
This tool assists the forecaster in determining that the lightning avoidance criteria are met. Lightning Detection System: Plots cloud-to-ground lightning strikes within 125 miles of the Range Weather Facility. Lightning Detection ...
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Science and the Environment Bulletin: The Bulletin Library
Foul Play In The Great Lakes · In the Thick of the Slick · Network Pinpoints Lightning Strikes · Exploring the St. Lawrence On-Line Document Acrobat PDF (823k Acrobat PDF document ... Ecosystems: Citizens Pitch In · Tracking Canada's Deadly Storms · New Sensor Revolutionizes Oil Spill Detection · Fluorescence: A Glowing Concern · Climate Change Increasing Ozone Loss in the Arctic · Endangered Turtles ...
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Weather -- Powerful Storms
Without lightning, there would be no "thunder" in "thunderstorm." Thunder is the noise lightning makes as it travels through the air. Lightning occurs during all thunderstorms ... to the ground, forming a tornado. All thunderstorms are capable of producing tornadoes, but detection is still a difficult task. Weather forecasters can identify the cloud features and ...
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