Acknowledgments
The authors thank members of the NASA Marshall lightning group –
including Dan Cecil, Patrick Gatlin, Bill Koshak, Doug Mach, Mason
Quick, and Chris Schultz – for helpful discussions regarding this
study’s results. Rich Blakeslee (NASA Emeritus) served as the original
Principal Investigator for ISS LIS. This research and the ISS LIS
mission itself are funded by NASA’s Earth from ISS program. In
particular, the support of ISS LIS by key NASA Headquarters personnel –
including Jamie Wicks, Warren Case, Paul Brandinger, Will McCarty, Aaron
Piña, Tsengdar Lee, and the late Gail Skofronick-Jackson – is
gratefully acknowledged. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.