Measurements and Applications
Real time lightning detection (cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground strokes, with no discrimination between the two), lightning location.
Full Name
Lightning Imager
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Lightning sensors 
Geometry
Earth disk scanning
Instrument Technology
Lightning imager
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
NetCDF
Resolution
< 10 km at 45°N
Swath
Fixed view of 84% of visible earth disc, all EUMETSAT member states
Accuracy
Detection Efficiency: 90% at 45N, SSP longitude, 70% on average over the area of coverage (for lightning signals 6.7 mWm-2sr-1 during the night, 16.7 mWm-2sr-1 during the day), Radiance accuracy: 10% for radiances higher than 70 mWm-2sr-1, 7 mWm-2sr-1 for
Waveband
NIR neutral oxygen lightning emission features at 777.4 nm
MTG-I1 (imaging) - Meteosat Third Generation - Imaging Satellite 1 (2022 - 2033) |
MTG-I2 (imaging) - Meteosat Third Generation - Imaging Satellite 2 (2026 - 2037) |
| MTG-I3 (imaging) - Meteosat Third Generation - Imaging Satellite 3 (2033 - 2043) |
| MTG-I4 (imaging) - Meteosat Third Generation - Imaging Satellite 4 (2036 - 2047) |