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Optical Transient Detector

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-007717

A space-based sensor designed to detect and locate lightning flashes during both day and night. It was flown on the OrbView-1 satellite and provided valuable data on the global distribution and frequency of lightning. The instrument used a staring imager to observe a specific region of the Earth for rapid changes in light intensity.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-007717
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
AbbreviationOTD
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-007717",
  "term": "Optical Transient Detector",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A space-based sensor designed to detect and locate lightning flashes during both day and night. It was flown on the OrbView-1 satellite and provided valuable data on the global distribution and frequency of lightning. The instrument used a staring imager to observe a specific region of the Earth for rapid changes in light intensity.",
  "abbreviation": "OTD",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/optical-transient-detector/"
}

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