EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF CGLSS II AND U.S. NLDN USING GROUND-TRUTH DATA FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 39B, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL A new comprehensive lightning instrumentation system has been designed for Launch Complex 39B (LC39B) at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This new instrumentation system includes seven synchronized high-speed video cameras, current sensors installed

Performance Evaluation of Non-Conventional Lightning Protection Systems Based on NLDN Data SLS presented a paper at the 2022 ICLP in Cape Town, South Africa titled “Performance Evaluation of Non-Conventional Lightning Protection Systems Based on NLDN Data”. Non-conventional LPS, including static charge dissipation devices, early streamer emission devices (ESE), charge transfer systems (CTS) and lightning suppressors/eliminators

MERLIN Low Detection Efficiency Study Results: First Two Years SLS presented a paper at the 2022 ICLP in Cape Town, South Africa titled “Merlin Low Detection Efficiency Study Results – First Two Years”. In 2019, the 45th Weather Squadron at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) funded a study for Scientific Lightning Solutions, LLC (SLS)

EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF MERLIN AND NLDN BASED ON TWO YEARS OF GROUND-TRUTH DATA FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL From May-October, 2015, a local lightning locating system at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS)/Kennedy Space Center (KSC) recorded high-speed video images and wideband rate of change of electric field

CLOSE OBSERVATIONS OF FORKED AND UPWARD-ILLUMINATION RETURN STROKES AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION A total of 232 well-resolved multiple ground contact flashes were recorded via high-speed video at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC)/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) during 2014 and 2015. Of these 232 flashes, 58 flashes exhibited at least

EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CGLSS AND NLDN SYSTEMS BASED ON TWO YEARS OF GROUND-TRUTH DATA FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 39B, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL From May 2011 through July 2013, the lightning instrumentation at Launch Complex 39B (LC39B) at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, has obtained high-speed video records and field change waveforms

NEW TRIGGERED LIGHTNING TESTING CAPABILITIES AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LIGHTNING RESEARCH AND TESTING (ICLRT) Scientific Lightning Solutions (SLS) has partnered with the University of Florida with the purpose of conducting real lightning testing operations at the International Center for Lightning Research and Testing (ICLRT). The ICLRT is one of only two locations in the