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Global Collaboration Leads to New Discoveries in Lightning Research

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023
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Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and three NASA centers have just completed a month of flights to study lightning and the vast energy fields around thunderclouds in our atmosphere.

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  • Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and three NASA centers have just completed a month of flights to study lightning and the vast energy fields around thunderclouds in our atmosphere.
  • Their new observations will help scientists gain further insight into how lightning forms and help them better predict when storms could turn severe.
  • ALOFT is short for Airborne Lightning Observatory for Fly's Eye GLM Simulator and Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes.
  • The Marshall team also contributed to the commercially built Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) series.

NASA Invites Media to Learn About Mission Studying Thunderstorms

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Friday, June 3, 2022
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Media are also invited to speak with NASA mission members, who are studying these thunderstorms, at the mission's base of operations at the Salina Regional Airport in Salina, Kansas, on Wednesday, June 8, from 8 a.m. noon.

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  • Media are also invited to speak with NASA mission members, who are studying these thunderstorms, at the mission's base of operations at the Salina Regional Airport in Salina, Kansas, on Wednesday, June 8, from 8 a.m. noon.
  • NASA and university scientists are studying thunderstorms for the second year in row as part of the Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere ( DCOTSS ) mission.
  • Media interested in interviewing mission members in person in Salina, Kansas, must request access by 7 a.m. CDT Wednesday, June 8.
  • Interested media in either event should send their full name, media affiliation, email address, and phone number to Elena Johnson at [email protected] or Joe Atkinson at [email protected] .

NASA Invites Media to Learn About Mission Studying Snowstorms

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Friday, February 4, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a briefing for members of the media to learn more about an airborne science campaign studying snowstorms at 11 a.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 10.

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  • WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a briefing for members of the media to learn more about an airborne science campaign studying snowstorms at 11 a.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 10.
  • Through its Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Storms (IMPACTS) mission, NASA works to understand snow particles and the conditions in which they form.
  • Scientists use that data to determine how snowstorms develop, how much snow a storm will bring, and where the bulk of it will fall.
  • Media must RSVP at least two hours prior to the virtual event by sending their full name, media affiliation, email address, and phone number, to Elena Johnson at: [email protected] .