Lightning in the eruption of the Volcan de Fuego 2018 - Seeing from earth and space

Abstract

A phenomenon that occurs regularly during explosive volcanic eruptions is the presence of lightning associated with the development of the volcanic plume. Remote detection of these electrical discharges can be helpful in volcanic monitoring. In recent years, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-16) satellite has provided information on recorded electrical discharges through its sensor, the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). This information is in addition to the detection of lightning strokes by ground stations that was already being used for this purpose. In this work we propose to use the data provided by the GLM and the Earth Networks Total Lightning Network (ENTLN) to analyze the electrical activity that occurred during the eruption of the Volcan de Fuego on June 3, 2018