During an Oct. 18 TRMM overpass, hurricanes Lester and Madeline, then just off the west coast of Mexico, were both producing eye wall lightning. The colored spot shows lightning in a hurricane off Mexico's west coast. GHCC researchers also developed and tested an advanced electro-optic lightning detector technology. 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.