The Atmospheric Electricity Research & Training (AERT) group at the University of Maryland researches atmospheric electricity, to find out about the team, click the link below.

To learn more about each individual member, click the link below.

To keep up with the major activities of the AERT group, visit the blog page which details events and procedures in which the AERT group facilitated.

The AERT group creates numerous videos for the public to learn about recent lightning activities and developing research, for more information, click the link below.

MALMA is the Mid-Atlantic Lightning Mapping Array and is a combination of the DCLMA and Wallops Island LMA. The sensors detect lightning using VHF waves. For more information and live updates, please visit the MALMA website.

DCLMA stands for the DC Lightning Mapping Array as a part of the larger LMA network started by New Mexico Tech. DCLMA is an 8 station network that detects the VHF waves from lightning. For more information, please visit the DCLMA website.

To learn more about how we investigate satellite products, model data, radar imagery and many other weather data through VR, please click the link below.

There have been tremendous atmospheric electricity related studies done by AERT and other groups, to view these references, click the link below.

To contact AERT, visit the page linked below and fill out the form.