
Lesi sithombe sikhombisa imisebe ebanjwe yi-GLM ngehora elilodwa ngoFebhuwari 14, 2017. Isithombe - NOAA
Umbani obonwa eMhlabeni uyamangalisa, kodwa... ungacabanga ukuwubona usemkhathini? Manje lelo phupho lingafezeka, kuphela esikhundleni sokuba semkhunjini kasomkhathi singajabulela izithombe ngaphandle kokushiya ikhaya ngenxa Imephu ye-Geostationary Lightning (GLM) esesikebheni sesathelayithi ye-NOAA's GOES-16.
Ngenxa yalezi zithombe, izazi zezulu zizokwazi ukubikezela ngendlela elula kakhulu lapho umbani nombani zizoshaya khona.
I-GLM iyithuluzi elenzelwe ukuthola izikhathi kumjikelezo we-geostationary odlulisa imininingwane, kuze kube manje, ebingakatholakali kososayensi. Umephu ufuna ngokungaphezi noma yimuphi umbane eNtshonalanga Nenkabazwe, ozosiza ukuthola iziphepho. Leli khono libalulekile ukuze uqonde kangcono izenzakalo zasemkhathini ezenzeka emkhathini wethu, kuhlanganise nalezo ezingabangelwa Ukuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo.
Uma kunemvula enkulu, idatha etholakalayo izokhombisa ukuthi ngabe balahlekelwa amandla noma, kunalokho, bayaqina. Le datha izohlanganiswa nenye idatha etholwe i-radar namanye amasathelayithi, futhi izoba ulwazi oluwusizo kakhulu ukulindela isimo sezulu esibi., kanye nokukhipha izexwayiso nezaziso isikhathi esithe xaxa kusengaphambili.
Le animation ye-GLM ikhombisa umbani ohlotshaniswa nesistimu ekhiqize iziphepho ezinkulu nezinye iziphepho eTexas ngoFebhuwari 14, 2017. Isithombe - NOAA
I-GLM futhi iyakwazi ukuthola umbani efwini, okuvame ukuthatha okungenani imizuzu emihlanu ukufika phansi. Lokho kungase kungabonakali njengesikhathi esiningi, kodwa kubalulekile ukuxwayisa wonke umuntu ohlanganyela emisebenzini yangaphandle mayelana nokwakheka kwesiphepho futhi ngaleyo ndlela kuvimbele umonakalo ongenzeka. Ukuze uqonde kangcono umthelela walezi zenzakalo, kubalulekile ukwazi izinhlobo zama-meteors okungenzeka ezimeni ezahlukene, kuhlanganisa nalezo ezingase zihlobane nazo amafu entaba-mlilo ngezinye izikhathi ezikhiqiza umbani.
Uma ufuna ukwazi kabanzi nge-satellite yeGoES-16, chofoza lapha.