CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Lightning Imager
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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EUMETSAT , ESA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Lightning sensors 
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Geometry
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Earth disk scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Lightning imager
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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NetCDF
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Measurements and Applications
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Real time lightning detection (cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground strokes, with no discrimination between the two), lightning location.
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Resolution Summary
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< 10 km at 45°N
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Swath Summary
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Fixed view of 84% of visible earth disc, all EUMETSAT member states
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Accuracy Summary
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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
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Waveband Summary
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NIR neutral oxygen lightning emission features at 777.4 nm
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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