TY - JOUR
T1 - Modeling lightning observations from space-based platforms (CloudScat.jl 1.0)
AU - Luque, Alejandro
AU - Gordillo-Vázquez, Francisco José
AU - Li, Dongshuai
AU - Malagón-Romero, Alejandro
AU - Pérez-Invernón, Francisco Javier
AU - Schmalzried, Anthony
AU - Soler, Sergio
AU - Chanrion, Olivier
AU - Heumesser, Matthias
AU - Neubert, Torsten
AU - Reglero, Víctor
AU - Østgaard, Nikolai
N1 - This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - We describe a computer code that simulates how a satellite observes optical radiation emitted by a lightning flash after it is scattered within an intervening cloud. Our code, CloudScat.jl, is flexible, fully open source and specifically tailored to modern instruments such as the Modular Multispectral Imaging Array (MMIA) component of the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) that operates from the International Space Station. In this article, we describe the algorithms implemented in the code and discuss several applications and examples, with an emphasis on the interpretation of MMIA data.
AB - We describe a computer code that simulates how a satellite observes optical radiation emitted by a lightning flash after it is scattered within an intervening cloud. Our code, CloudScat.jl, is flexible, fully open source and specifically tailored to modern instruments such as the Modular Multispectral Imaging Array (MMIA) component of the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) that operates from the International Space Station. In this article, we describe the algorithms implemented in the code and discuss several applications and examples, with an emphasis on the interpretation of MMIA data.
U2 - 10.5194/gmd-13-5549-2020
DO - 10.5194/gmd-13-5549-2020
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1991-959X
VL - 13
SP - 5549
EP - 5566
JO - Geoscientific Model Development
JF - Geoscientific Model Development
IS - 11
ER -