Cameras mounted on Europe's new weather satellite will keep an eye on thunderstorms in Europe and Africa like never before.
"Severe storms are often preceded by abrupt changes in lightning activity," Eumetsat Director General Phil Evans said
."By observing these changes in activity, Lightning Imager data will give weather forecasters additional confidence in their forecasts of severe storms."progresses and Earth's climate warms, severe thunderstorms, accompanied by torrential rains, hail and powerful winds, are set to become more common in Europe and around the world.
"Lightning is a strong indication that severe weather is occurring," Evans added in a briefing."Where there is the most severe rainfall, there is often lightning." Eumetsat-12's' Lightning Imager instrument consists of four cameras, which can detect the atmospheric flashes all over Europe, Africa, the Middle East and parts of South America. The data will be available to weather forecasters in Africa, as well as airliners on trans-Atlantic flights to improve safety.
"The Lightning Imager has four cameras, and each one can capture 1,000 images per second, day and night, detecting even a single lightning bolt faster than the blink of an eye," Guia Pastorini, a project engineering manager at aerospace company Leonardo, which built the instrument, said in the same statement.
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