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Lightning Sensor Station at MIST

Lightning Sensor Station at MIST

Department of EECE  has hosted a sensor station of the Worldwide Lightning Location Network (www.wwlln.net) in Bangladesh In collaboration with the Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington. This is the only host station in Bangladesh contributing to the detection of lightning over the globe by WWLLN. With this station’s commissioning, we now have access to the global lightning data gathered by WWLLN. Prof. Dr. Md Golam Mostafa of the EECE Department is collaborating on a research agreement with Professor Emeritus Dr. Robert Holzworth of the University of Washington. Dr. Holzworth is also the director of WWLLN.