The sensor successfully detects lightning electric field changes over a large dynamic range. It was deployed and tested on four summer storms. Lightning likes land . NASA's lightning sensor confirms striking pattern in images taken from space. May 19, 1998.
Lightning Detectors watch storms that spawned tornadoes .
Lightning sensors in space and on the ground are showing the value of having a space-based network of sensors that could spot and track storms which are likely to spawn tornadoes. April 2, 1998. Lightning Imaging Sensor launched. Nov. 28, 1998.