Lightning Detection and Ranging System
TBMG-31995
04/01/1998
- Content
The Lightning Detection and Ranging (LDAR) system is a network of lightning-monitoring stations at Kennedy Space Center. The LDAR system contains equipment for measuring and indicating the three-dimensional locations and times of lightning flashes that have occurred within distances up to tens of kilometers. The LDAR system enables weather forecasters to give timely warnings of imminent lightning hazards that can affect local outdoor activities, and to terminate the warnings with confidence when lightning no longer poses a danger.
- Citation
- "Lightning Detection and Ranging System," Mobility Engineering, April 1, 1998.