Topband: Global Lightning Map

[Pete Smith]

At 09:42 AM 12/22/03 -0500, you wrote:

>Brian VE3MGY Asked:
>Does anyone have a site for a real time global lightning map?
>The one I used to use to is no longer on the web.
>Its always nice to know where your QRN is coming from!
>
>Thomas KN4LF Says:
>I used to have links to global satellite derived lightning strikes on my MF
>radio propagation outlook but Congress allowed Vaisala
>http://www.lightningstorm.com to purchase the rights to the taxpayer funded
>stateside lightning detection network and also the global satellite images.
>The fees that Vaisala charges for the data is sky high!

I googled this, which is just the US, but may be of some use -- 
http://groups.msn.com/N2BMP/fullsizerealtimelightningstrikemaps.msnw.

It is also available free from Vaisala at 
http://www.lightningstorm.com/tux/jsp/gpg/lex1/mapdisplay_free.jsp

The global data are still available, but not in real time, 
at  <http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/data/LISbrowse/dec03nqc.html>



73, Pete N4ZR
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