Cameras mounted on Europe's new weather satellite will keep an eye on thunderstorms in Europe and Africa like never before.
Stunning first videos from a new space-borne instrument designed to improve the monitoring of thunderstorms show the crackle of lightning over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean.
"Severe storms are often preceded by abrupt changes in lightning activity," Eumetsat Director General Phil Evans said in a statement."By observing these changes in activity, Lightning Imager data will give weather forecasters additional confidence in their forecasts of severe storms." 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.
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