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Naval Research Laboratory

iSTORM

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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) instrument, the in-Situ Thunderstorm Observer for Radiation Mechanisms (iSTORM), provides paradigm-changing observations of ionizing radiation from tropical thunderstorms aboard a NASA ER-2 high-altitude research aircraft.  NRL designed and built the iSTORM instrument, which is shown integrated into the pod of the NASA ER-2. (Photo provided by Daniel Shy)

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Daniel Shy

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