COMMENTS ON RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF FAINTLY LUMINOUS FORMATIONS (FLF) CAPTURED USING PHANTOM HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS

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COMMENTS ON RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF FAINTLY LUMINOUS FORMATIONS (FLF) CAPTURED USING PHANTOM HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS During 2015, the high-speed camera network at Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was used to study a newly-reported optical phenomenon associated with the attachment process of lightning leaders to ground. This phenomena, termed the “Faintly Luminous Formation (FLF)” by […]

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CORRELATED LIGHTNING MAPPING ARRAY AND RADAR OBSERVATIONS OF THE INITIAL STAGES OF THREE SEQUENTIALLY TRIGGERED FLORIDA LIGHTNING DISCHARGES

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CORRELATED LIGHTNING MAPPING ARRAY AND RADAR OBSERVATIONS OF THE INITIAL STAGES OF THREE SEQUENTIALLY TRIGGERED FLORIDA LIGHTNING DISCHARGES Correlated Lightning Mapping Array and vertical-scan radar images are presented for three rocket-and-wire triggered lightning flashes that occurred sequentially within 17 min in the presence of a decaying multicellular convective storm system over north-central Florida. The initial stage

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EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF CGLSS II AND U.S. NLDN USING GROUND-TRUTH DATA FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 39B, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL

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EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF CGLSS II AND U.S. NLDN USING GROUND-TRUTH DATA FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 39B, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL A new comprehensive lightning instrumentation system has been designed for Launch Complex 39B (LC39B) at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This new instrumentation system includes seven synchronized high-speed video cameras, current sensors installed

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Performance Evaluation of Non-Conventional Lightning Protection Systems Based on NLDN Data

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Performance Evaluation of Non-Conventional Lightning Protection Systems Based on NLDN Data SLS presented a paper at the 2022 ICLP in Cape Town, South Africa titled “Performance Evaluation of Non-Conventional Lightning Protection Systems Based on NLDN Data”. Non-conventional LPS, including static charge dissipation devices, early streamer emission devices (ESE), charge transfer systems (CTS) and lightning suppressors/eliminators

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EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF MERLIN AND NLDN BASED ON TWO YEARS OF GROUND-TRUTH DATA FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FLORIDA

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EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF MERLIN AND NLDN BASED ON TWO YEARS OF GROUND-TRUTH DATA FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL From May-October, 2015, a local lightning locating system at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS)/Kennedy Space Center (KSC) recorded high-speed video images and wideband rate of change of electric field

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CLOSE OBSERVATIONS OF FORKED AND UPWARD-ILLUMINATION RETURN STROKES AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION

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CLOSE OBSERVATIONS OF FORKED AND UPWARD-ILLUMINATION RETURN STROKES AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION A total of 232 well-resolved multiple ground contact flashes were recorded via high-speed video at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC)/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) during 2014 and 2015. Of these 232 flashes, 58 flashes exhibited at least

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EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CGLSS AND NLDN SYSTEMS BASED ON TWO YEARS OF GROUND-TRUTH DATA FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 39B, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA

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EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CGLSS AND NLDN SYSTEMS BASED ON TWO YEARS OF GROUND-TRUTH DATA FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 39B, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL From May 2011 through July 2013, the lightning instrumentation at Launch Complex 39B (LC39B) at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, has obtained high-speed video records and field change waveforms

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NEW TRIGGERED LIGHTNING TESTING CAPABILITIES AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LIGHTNING RESEARCH AND TESTING (ICLRT)

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NEW TRIGGERED LIGHTNING TESTING CAPABILITIES AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LIGHTNING RESEARCH AND TESTING (ICLRT) Scientific Lightning Solutions (SLS) has partnered with the University of Florida with the purpose of conducting real lightning testing operations at the International Center for Lightning Research and Testing (ICLRT). The ICLRT is one of only two locations in the

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