Directory of Thunderstorms and Lightning Resources

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This category is for sites about thunderstorms and lightning including red sprites, blue jets, ball lightning, fulgurites, lightning pictures other lightning phenomena.

Subcategories

• Ball Lightning
• Imagery
• Sprites and Jets

Resources in This Category

• Bergen Lynradar

  http://www.lynradar.no/
  Shows real-time lightning activity in the North Sea using a sensor located in Bergen, Norway.

• Boltek Lightning Detectors

  http://www.boltek.com/
  Boltek StormTracker and LD-250 Lightning Detectors display lightning strikes live on a map of your area. Can detect and track thunderstorms up to 300 miles away, right from your personal computer.

• Colorado Lightning Resource Center

  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/?n=ltg.php
  Resource for lightning information for the state of Colorado. Knowing more about lightning, its causes, and some basic safety rules can help you and your family avoid needless exposure to the dangers of lightning. From NOAA, a government site.

• EUCLID: European Cooperation for Lightning Detection

  http://www.euclid.org/
  Information and links to lightning detection networks across Europe. View real-time maps of lightning activity in Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Slovakia, Norway, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Slovenia.

• Florida Media Communications: Lightning Tracker

  http://www.flamedia.com/lightning/light.htm
  Real-time lightning detector for an area within a 300 mile radius from Tampa, Florida.

• Infography about Lightning

  http://www.infography.com/content/370554780760.html
  Sources recommended by a professor who specializes in the study of lightning.

• Information Please: Lightning

  http://www.infoplease.com/spot/lightning1.html
  A short brief on lightning lore, statistics, and safety tips.

• Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity at the GHCC

  http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/
  Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity at the GHCC (NASA). Learn about LIS, OTD, LMS, and other space based lightning detection instruments designed, built, and maintained by the Lightning Team.

• Lightning Facts

  http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlux/lfacts.htm
  A short compendium of information about lightning.

• Lightning Protection Institute

  http://www.lightning.org/
  The Lightning Protection Institute is a nationwide not-for-profit organization and provides information on lightning safety and lightning protection systems for commercial and residential structures.

• Lightning: The Shocking Story

  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/lightning/
  The science and the stories behind the bolts that strike our earth a hundred times every second. National Geographic report on lightning.

• LightningMaps.org

  http://www.lightningmaps.org/
  Real time maps of lightning strikes across the planet.

• Lyncole Industries, Inc.

  http://www.lyncole.com/
  Designs, manufactures, and installs the originally patented XIT Grounding System. Some good information here on grounding for lightning protection.

• National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI)

  http://www.lightningsafety.com/
  Independent advocate of lightning safety for people and structures. Includes information about their services, lighting strike incidents, safety guidelines, and a reference section of general and technical information.

• Texas Severe Storms Association

  http://www.tessa.org/
  Non-profit organization founded to bring together amateur and professional severe weather scientists in an attempt to better understand dangerous storms through the collection and diffusion of knowledge.

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