Lightning data from space first demonstrated the dramatic domination of land over ocean storms (Orville and Henderson 1986), later confirmed by the Optical Transient Detector (Christian et al. 2003).

• 空中闪电的分布资料第一次显现出陆地上比起海洋的风暴要来的多，随后由光学瞬间感应器所观测的资料确立。