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Global Atmospherics Lightning Detection Global Atmospherics Lightning Detection: Global Atmospherics provides lightning and thunder storm detection equipment and services worldwide. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.lightningstorm.com/ whethernut's homepage whethernut's homepage: Weather site that includes lightning pictures, weather related pictures, favorite weather links, weather music. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://home.earthlink.net/~whethernut/index.html Infography about Lightning Infography about Lightning: Sources recommended by a professor who specializes in the study of lightning. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.infography.com/content/370554780760.html National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI) National Lightning Safety Institute (NLSI): National Lightning Safety Institute performs Consulting, Education, and Research relating to lightning hazard mitigation. Lightning exhibits random and unpredictable behavior. By adopting a proactive defense, safety levels can be improved and harmful con (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.lightningsafety.com/ PolyPhaser units divert lightning and surge damage PolyPhaser units divert lightning and surge damage: Manufactures specialized and high-tech lightning arrestors for power lines and antennas. Many downloadable PDF information sheets on protection and safety. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.polyphaser.com/ Lightning Strikes Lightning Strikes: Storm chasing information, weather photographs, recorded sounds, free desktop theme and screensaver, and links. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://geocities.com/samipoohbear/storm.html Information Please: Lightning Information Please: Lightning: A short brief on lightning lore, statistics, and safety tips. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.infoplease.com/spot/lightning1.html Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity at the GHCC Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity at the GHCC: 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. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/ Colorado Lightning Resource Center Colorado Lightning Resource Center: 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. NOAA (government site) (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/ltg.html EUCLID: European Cooperation for Lightning Detection EUCLID: European Cooperation for Lightning Detection: 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 Slove (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.euclid.org/ The Weather Stop The Weather Stop: Current "as it happens" Lightning data from The Weather Stop. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.theweatherstop.com/cgi-bin/hw3/hw3.cgi?config=&forecast=pass&pass=lightning Lightning Information Center Lightning Information Center: National Weather Service, Melbourne, Florida. A resource of lightning information for east-central Florida. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/ltgcenter/ltgmain.html Lightning: The Shocking Story Lightning: The Shocking Story: The science and the stories behind the bolts that strike our earth a hundred times every second. National Geographic report on lightning. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/lightning/index.html Florida Media Communications LIVE Lightning Tracker Florida Media Communications LIVE Lightning Tracker: Real-Time Lightning Detector - 300 mile radius From Tampa Florida. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.flamedia.com/lightning/light.htm All You Need to Know About Lightning All You Need to Know About Lightning: Detailed information, photographs and video of lightning, thunder, sprites, elves, blue jets, and myths and mythology. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.2dog.com/cat/lightning.html Los Alamos Sferic Array for Lightning Studies Los Alamos Sferic Array for Lightning Studies: Lightning research using a ground-based array of low- frequency lightning electric field sensors. One data "product" is a daily map of lightning of a large portion of the contiguous United States. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://edot.lanl.gov/ Lyncole Industries, Inc. Lyncole Industries, Inc.: Designs, manufactures, and installs the originally patented XIT Grounding System. Some good information here on grounding for lightning protection. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.lyncole.com/ Weather Web Weather Web: The Resource for Weather in the Net: Lightning Network. Live Lightning maps, data, and photographs. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://weather.hypermart.net/ Blikseminslagen.com Blikseminslagen.com: Van der Heide, Dutch manufacturer and system integrator of lightning protection and location equipment and related services. Offers online services for the Benelux region including lightning display, notification, analysis. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.blikseminslagen.com/ West Virginia Lightning West Virginia Lightning: A compilation of a variety of educational resources, photos and sounds on lightning for all ages. Some excellent original photos. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.wvlightning.com/ Lightning Prevention Systems Lightning Prevention Systems: Manufactures and installs static dissipation systems: Grounding, surge protectors, and site inspections. Lightning protection for homes, buildings, towers, factories, petro facilities, and boats. Includes educational lightning section. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.lpsnet.com/ Boltek Lightning Detectors Boltek Lightning Detectors: 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. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.boltek.com/ USA Today - Lightning information index USA Today - Lightning information index: Lightning information index. Lightning creates thunder. By definition, a thunderstorm has thunder, which means it has lightning even if you don`t see it. How lightning reaches the ground. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wlightn0.htm Lightning Protection Institute Lightning Protection Institute: 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. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.lightning.org/ Sept. 11 Close Lightning Strike Sept. 11 Close Lightning Strike: Rare lightning bolt caught on film on September 11, 2002. Contains pictures and an MPEG video for one of the oddest lightning bolts caught on film. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.mthurricane.com/September_11_2002_Lightning_Strike.htm Lightning Links Lightning Links: Links to relevant news articles and other sites on lightning, photos, lightning variations, fulgerites, lightning victims, books, and research sites. An extensive and useful compilation. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.sirlinksalot.net/lightning.html Savage Planet: Deadly Skies - How Lightning Forms Savage Planet: Deadly Skies - How Lightning Forms: A Channel Thirteen presentation shows how lightning is formed and research with triggered lightning. The animation "A Cloud-to-Ground Strike" provides a clear basic understanding. There is access to other phenomena on this "Savage Planet& (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://www.thirteen.org/savageplanet/03deadlyskies/01lforms/indexmid.html Unisys Weather: RCM Radar Images Unisys Weather: RCM Radar Images: A wide variety of real time weather maps. This web site contains thousands of weather related images. As a result, links to these images are grouped by data type, image type and region. (Thunderstorms and Lightning) http://weather.unisys.com/radar/rcm.html