학술논문
FORTE satellite observations of VHF radiation from lightning discharges
Document Type
Conference
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Source
Conference: Submitted to: EMC'04, Sendai, Japan (01-04 June, 2004)
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Language
English
Abstract
The Los Alamos National Laboratory/Sandia National Laboratory FORTE satellite is described and its capabilities for global remote sensing of lightning in the radio regime are described. Some results from 7 years of successful operation are presented. A future global lightning monitoring mission, VGLASS, is described. The FORTE satellite program has provided a powerful tool for the observation and understanding of the natural RF background due to thunderstorm activity. Unfortunately, because of hardware failures, the satellite ceased operation in late summer of 2003 after 6 years of very successful operation.