An overview of the NASA Thunderstorm Overflight Program (TOP) is presented. The various instruments flown on the NASA U-2 aircraft, as well as the ground instrumentation used to collect optical and electronic signature from the lightning events, are discussed. Samples of some of the photographic and electronic signatures are presented. Approximately 6400 electronic data samples of optical pulses were collected and are being analyzed.
NASA Thunderstorm Overflight Program (Top): Research in Atmospheric Electricity from an Instrumented U-2 Aircraft Platform
1983
49 pages
Report
No indication
English
Thunderstorm Overflight Program
AIAA | 1980
Optimal Multi-Target Overflight Using Ground-Track Adjustment
Springer Verlag | 2021
|