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Daile Zhang
Assistant Research Scientist, University of Maryland College Park
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Developing & Deploying Tools to Better Observe Lightning in the Washington D.C. Area & Beyond
ADVANCES IN INSTRUMENTATION AND SIGNAL AND DATA PROCESSING METHODS  FOR ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY APPLICATIONS III POSTER
atmospheric and space electricity | 13 december 2022
Daile Zhang, Mason G. Quick, Alexander C. Friedman...
The greater Washington D.C. area is a populous area with high lightning risk. Currently, both satellite- and ground-based lightning detection networks...
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A calibration baseline for lightning radiometry from space
ADVANCES IN THE ACQUISITION, PROCESSING, AND ANALYSIS OF LIGHTNING FINGERPRINTS FOR ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY APPLICATIONS I ORAL
atmospheric and space electricity | 15 december 2021
Mason G. Quick, Daile Zhang, William J. Koshak, Ke...
Measurements of lightning optical emission through the tops of thunderstorms have been recorded from a variety of airborne and spaceborne platforms ov...
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Update of Maintenance and Development of the Mid-Atlantic Lightning Mapping Array (MALMA)
ADVANCES IN THE ACQUISITION, PROCESSING, AND ANALYSIS OF LIGHTNING FINGERPRINTS FOR ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY APPLICATIONS II POSTER
atmospheric and space electricity | 15 december 2021
Guangyang Fang, Scott D. Rudlosky, Mason G. Quick,...
The Washington DC- and NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF)- Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) have been combined as the Mid-Atlantic LMA (MALMA) since the ...
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Fusing GEO and LEO Lightning Observations
ADVANCES IN THE ACQUISITION, PROCESSING, AND ANALYSIS OF LIGHTNING FINGERPRINTS FOR ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY APPLICATIONS I ORAL
atmospheric and space electricity | 15 december 2021
Daile Zhang, Mason G. Quick, Timothy J. Lang, Kenn...
The Geostationary Lightning Mappers (GLMs) onboard the NOAA Geostationary Operational and Environmental Satellites GOES-East and GOES-West continuousl...
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A Case Study Inter-comparing MALMA and GLM
METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY OF ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY AND LIGHTNING II POSTER
atmospheric and space electricity | 13 december 2021
Terrence Pierce, Daile Zhang, Guangyang Fang, Scot...
The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) satellites continuously observes thunderstorm...
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An Evaluation Study of the International Space Station Lightning Imaging Sensor
ADVANCES IN INSTRUMENTATION AND SIGNAL AND DATA PROCESSING METHODS FOR ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY APPLICATIONS I
atmospheric and space electricity | 10 december 2020
Daile Zhang
As a satellite-based optical lightning instrument with overlapping observations with the GOES Geostationary Lightning Mappers (GLMs), the Lightning Im...
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Time Evolution of Satellite-Based Optical Properties in Lightning Flashes, and its Impact on GLM Flash Detection
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
22 march 2020
Daile Zhang, Kenneth L. Cummins

The GOES‐16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) detection efficiency (DE) is studied over a full year (2018/19) in central Florida using the...

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Changes to the Appearance of Optical Lightning Flashes Observed From Space According to Thunderstorm Organization and Structure
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
16 february 2020
Michael J. Peterson, Scott D. Rudlosky, Daile Zhan...

Optical lightning observations from space reveal a wide range of flash structure. Lightning imagers such as the Geostationary Lightning Mapper and ...

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