Astronaut Andreas Mogensen will carry out a series of experiments using a high-tech camera system to film thunderstorms and lightning from space.
“The interaction between these lightning events and the upper atmosphere is not fully understood,” said Olivier Chanrion, senior researcher at DTU Space, in the press release.
“Thanks to Thor we know there are more than what we expected. With Thor-Davis we have the opportunity to analyze and quantify their impact and to check to which extent they are associated with overshooting thundercloud tops that inject greenhouse gases and aerosols in the stratosphere. We think it is important to better understand that in a changing climate,” added Chanrion.in August, where he will stay for the next six months.
This specialized Davis camera employs event-based technology, which means “instead of taking images by collecting light through the camera shutter, the camera measures differences in light and uses that information to create an image.”
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