Lo mfanekiso ubonakalisa imitha ebanjwe yi-GLM ngeyure enye ngoFebruwari 14, 2017. Umfanekiso-NOAA
Umbane obonwa eMhlabeni uyamangalisa, kodwa ... ungacinga ukuba ungazibona usemajukujukwini? Ngoku elo phupha lingazaliseka, kuphela endaweni yokuba sikwi-astronaut yesiphekepheke singayonwabela imifanekiso ngaphandle kokushiya ikhaya sibulela kwiGeostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) engena kwibhodi ye-GOES-16 ye-NOAA.
Enkosi ngale mifanekiso, izazi zemozulu ziya kuba nakho ukuqikelela ngendlela elula ngakumbi apho umbane kunye nemibane ziya kubetha khona.
I-GLM sisixhobo esenzelwe ukufumanisa amaxesha kwi-geostationary orbit ehambisa idatha, kude kube ngoku, ibingafumaneki kwizazinzulu. Imephu ihlala ijonga nakuphi na ukukhanya kwiNtshona yeIkhweyitha, eya kuthi incede ekufumaneni isaqhwithi.
Ukuba kukho imvula enkulu, idatha efunyenweyo iya kubonisa ukuba iinkqwithela ziphelelwa ngamandla okanye, ngokuchaseneyo, ziyaqina. Ezi datha ziya kudityaniswa nenye idatha efunyenwe yiradar kunye nezinye iisathelayithi, kwaye iya kuba lulwazi oluluncedo kakhulu ekulindeleni imozulu embi., kunye nokukhupha izilumkiso kunye nezaziso ixesha elingaphezulu kwangaphambili.
Oopopayi be-GLM babonisa imibane ehambelana nenkqubo evelise iindudumo ezinkulu kunye neenkanyamba eTexas ngoFebruwari 14, 2017. Umfanekiso-NOAA
I-GLM iyakwazi ukubona umbane kwilifu, elihlala lithatha imizuzu emihlanu ukuya emhlabeni. Oko kungangabonakala ngathi lixesha elide, kodwa kubalulekile ukwazisa bonke abo benza imisebenzi yangaphandle ngokwenziwa kwesiphango kwaye ke bathintele umonakalo onokwenzeka.
Ukuba ufuna ukwazi ngakumbi nge-GOES-16 satellite, nqakraza apha.