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	Home: Earth Sciences: Meteorology: Weather Phenomena: Thunderstorms and Lightning CATEGORIES:   Ball Lightning (24)   Imagery (22)   Sprites and Jets (6) LINKS:   Pages: 1 2 [>>] Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity at the GHCC http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/ Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity at the GHCC (NASA). Learn about LIS, OTD, LMS, and other space based lightning detection instruments designed, built, and maintained by the Lightning Team. National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI) http://www.lightningsafety.com/ National Lightning Safety Institute performs Consulting, Education, and Research relating to lightning hazard mitigation. Lightning exhibits random and unpredictable behavior. By adopting a proactive defense, safety levels can be improved and harmful consequences from the effects of lightning can be reduced. PolyPhaser units divert lightning and surge damage http://www.polyphaser.com/ Manufactures specialized and high-tech lightning arrestors for power lines and antennas. Many downloadable PDF information sheets on protection and safety. Information Please: Lightning http://www.infoplease.com/spot/lightning1.html A short brief on lightning lore, statistics, and safety tips. West Virginia Lightning http://www.wvlightning.com/ A compilation of a variety of educational resources, photos and sounds on lightning for all ages. Some excellent original photos. Unisys Weather: RCM Radar Images http://weather.unisys.com/radar/rcm.html A wide variety of real time weather maps. This web site contains thousands of weather related images. As a result, links to these images are grouped by data type, image type and region. Florida Media Communications LIVE Lightning Tracker http://www.flamedia.com/lightning/light.htm Real-Time Lightning Detector - 300 mile radius From Tampa Florida. Weather Web http://weather.hypermart.net/ The Resource for Weather in the Net: Lightning Network. Live Lightning maps, data, and photographs. Lightning Prevention Systems http://www.lpsnet.com/ Manufactures and installs static dissipation systems: Grounding, surge protectors, and site inspections. Lightning protection for homes, buildings, towers, factories, petro facilities, and boats. Includes educational lightning section. Lightning: The Shocking Story http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/lightning/index.html The science and the stories behind the bolts that strike our earth a hundred times every second. National Geographic report on lightning. Lyncole Industries, Inc. http://www.lyncole.com/ Designs, manufactures, and installs the originally patented XIT Grounding System. Some good information here on grounding for lightning protection. All You Need to Know About Lightning http://www.2dog.com/cat/lightning.html Detailed information, photographs and video of lightning, thunder, sprites, elves, blue jets, and myths and mythology. EUCLID: European Cooperation for Lightning Detection http://www.euclid.org/ Information and links to lightning detection networks across Europe. View real-time maps of lightning activity in Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Slovakia, Norway, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Slovenia. Lightning Information Center http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/ltgcenter/ltgmain.html National Weather Service, Melbourne, Florida. A resource of lightning information for east-central Florida. Los Alamos Sferic Array for Lightning Studies http://edot.lanl.gov/ Lightning research using a ground-based array of low- frequency lightning electric field sensors. One data "product" is a daily map of lightning of a large portion of the contiguous United States. Lightning Links http://www.sirlinksalot.net/lightning.html Links to relevant news articles and other sites on lightning, photos, lightning variations, fulgerites, lightning victims, books, and research sites. An extensive and useful compilation. Global Atmospherics Lightning Detection http://www.lightningstorm.com/ Global Atmospherics provides lightning and thunder storm detection equipment and services worldwide. Blikseminslagen.com http://www.blikseminslagen.com/ Van der Heide, Dutch manufacturer and system integrator of lightning protection and location equipment and related services. Offers online services for the Benelux region including lightning display, notification, analysis. whethernut's homepage http://home.earthlink.net/~whethernut/index.html Weather site that includes lightning pictures, weather related pictures, favorite weather links, weather music. Savage Planet: Deadly Skies - How Lightning Forms http://www.thirteen.org/savageplanet/03deadlyskies/01lforms/indexmid.html A Channel Thirteen presentation shows how lightning is formed and research with triggered lightning. The animation "A Cloud-to-Ground Strike" provides a clear basic understanding. There is access to other phenomena on this "Savage Planet" plus lightning links The Weather Stop http://www.theweatherstop.com/cgi-bin/hw3/hw3.cgi?config=&forecast=pass&pass=lightning Current "as it happens" Lightning data from The Weather Stop. Lightning Strikes http://geocities.com/samipoohbear/storm.html Storm chasing information, weather photographs, recorded sounds, free desktop theme and screensaver, and links. Lightning Protection Institute http://www.lightning.org/ The Lightning Protection Institute is a nationwide not-for-profit organization and provides information on lightning safety and lightning protection systems for commercial and residential structures. Boltek Lightning Detectors http://www.boltek.com/ Boltek StormTracker and LD-250 Lightning Detectors display lightning strikes live on a map of your area. Can detect and track thunderstorms up to 300 miles away, right from your personal computer. Sept. 11 Close Lightning Strike http://www.mthurricane.com/September_11_2002_Lightning_Strike.htm Rare lightning bolt caught on film on September 11, 2002. Contains pictures and an MPEG video for one of the oddest lightning bolts caught on film.   Pages: 1 2 [>>]

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