Earth Networks to Provide Lightning Data Support for NOAA’s National Weather Service
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded Earth Networks a five-year, $2.5 million contract to provide the National Weather Service access to a lightning data. NWS will use the company’s Total Lightning Network in efforts to identify weather conditions, increase weather warning lead times and help forecasters gain situational awareness, Earth Networks said Thursday. The network is designed to monitor in-cloud lightning activity […] More