Bounded Transient Time Leader Emissions Tracking & Strike Prediction (BoTTLE)
Skylar Wardlaw et al.
The goal of project BoTTLE is to propose a new methodology to predict lightning strike locations by combining atmospheric particle(muon) detection, initiating mathematical simulations, and low-altitude tropospheric observations. This project builds on the cascading theory of galactic cosmic rays, where muons are produced; consequently, this approach explores how such particles provide the final ionization necessary to initiate lightning discharges. The team is currently assembling a muon detecto