Can the TSI detect lightning activity?
NO. Detecting lightning is technically very difficult as you have to be lucky enough to captrue the stroke precisely when the CCD is acquiring the image open, which is statistically highly unlikely. To capture lighting automatically, a much different technical approach for the detector would be required, such as a streak camera or a phosphorized CCD. The YESDAQ back end image capture database software would also need to be modified as natural lighting events always occur asynchronously.
