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FIRST LIS IMAGES

The first images from the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI), Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS), and Precipitation Radar (PR) are shown for 8 December, 1997. The LIS image is a global composite from 14 orbits and shows the number of lightning flashes occurring within 1 degree by 1 degree bins.

 
Image from TRMM Microwave Imager, Lightning Imaging Sensor and Precipitation Radar   First image (in English)
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Convective storms over Australia observed on November 30, 1997 by the TRMM Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS). Lightning flashes are superimposed on the LIS background image.

 
Image from TRMM Lightning Imaging Sensor   AUS_0344.gif
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