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August 16, 2025Open Access

Enhancing Early Warnings in Africa with MTG Lightning Imager Observations

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SJSini JääskeläinenAMAntti MäkeläMEMatti Eerikäinen

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Overview

Assessment shows enhanced thunderstorm predictions in East Africa, indicating better early warning systems.

Key Points

  • The MTG Lightning Imager enhances the accuracy of thunderstorm forecasts in East Africa, increasing safety for communities.
  • Using data from the summer of 2025, results demonstrate improved forecasting accuracy, especially for convective storms.
  • Observation of lightning in real time, via satellite, provides data that ground-based systems lack, especially over larger areas.
  • Implementation of advanced weather monitoring can significantly bolster emergency responses to severe weather conditions.

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Jääskeläinen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68a366b20a429f797332cda1https://doi.org/10.5194/ecss2025-77
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