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The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) is the first of four instruments in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R Series that will observe lightning throughout much of the Western Hemisphere through 2036. The GLM observes similar spatial and temporal lightning distributions to those reported by many previous studies. The continuous sampling of the GLM provides similar insights over a much shorter period of time (i.e., months vs years). Examples of GLM applications include severe storm monitoring and diagnosis, lightning safety, aviation planning, and fire weather. A suite of gridded GLM products has been developed to help forecasters characterize the convective scene. The GLM is a wholly new instrument undergoing extensive calibration and validation, work continues to mitigate several sources of false events. The GLM has contributed to a golden age of lightning observations. The continuous availability of spatially extensive total lightning data will spur more rapid progress toward synthesis of these observations with other meteorological data sets and forecasting tools. Wide-ranging efforts continue toward (1) documenting, diagnosing, and communicating the GLM data quality, (2) developing and implementing the most useful operational products, and (3) promoting proper use of the GLM data among a broad range of operational and research users. |
