Observations of lightning in relation to transitions in volcanic activity during the 3 June 2018 Fuego Eruption.

ABSTRACT: Satellite and ground-based remote sensing are combined to characterize lightning occurrence during the 3 June 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption in Guatemala. The combination of the space-based Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) and ground-based Earth Networks Total Lightning Network observed two distinct periods of lightning during this eruption totaling 75 unique lightning flash occurrences over five hours (57 in cloud, 18 cloud-to-ground). The first period of lightning coincided with the rapid growth of the ash cloud, while the second maxima occurred near the time of a deadly pyroclastic density current (PDC) and thunderstorm. Ninety-one percent of the lightning during the event was observed by only one of the lightning sensors, thus showing the importance of combining lightning datasets a

SUBMITTER: Schultz CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7582158 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature