Earth Sciences: Meteorology: Weather Phenomena: Thunderstorms and Lightning

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.

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 consequences from the effects of lightning can be reduced.

Manufactures specialized and high-tech lightning arrestors for power lines and antennas. Many downloadable PDF information sheets on protection and safety.

A short brief on lightning lore, statistics, and safety tips.

A compilation of a variety of educational resources, photos and sounds on lightning for all ages. Some excellent original photos.

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.

Real-Time Lightning Detector - 300 mile radius From Tampa Florida.

The Resource for Weather in the Net: Lightning Network. Live Lightning maps, data, and photographs.

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.

The science and the stories behind the bolts that strike our earth a hundred times every second. National Geographic report on lightning.

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.

Designs, manufactures, and installs the originally patented XIT Grounding System. Some good information here on grounding for lightning protection.

Detailed information, photographs and video of lightning, thunder, sprites, elves, blue jets, and myths and mythology.

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 Slovenia.

National Weather Service, Melbourne, Florida. A resource of lightning information for east-central Florida.

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.