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Description

The University of Bergen: Bismuth-Germanium Oxide detector (UIB-BGO) dataset consists of gamma-ray counts to monitor transient luminous events and gamma-ray glows collected during the Airborne Lightning Observatory for Fly’s Eye Geostationary Lightning Mapper Simulator and Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (ALOFT) field campaign. UIB-BGO is a gamma-ray detector package that flew aboard the NASA ER-2 high altitude research aircraft and provided real-time downlink of gamma-ray counts. ALOFT aimed to study terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) and gamma-ray glows in thunderstorms and to validate observations from the International Space Station Lightning Imaging Sensor (ISS LIS) and the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). Data files are available from July 3, 2023, through July 29, 2023, in ASCII format.

Product Summary

Platforms
NASA ER-2
Instruments
BGO
Spatial Extent
N: 29.92 S: 10.888 E: -80.404 W: -95.351
Geographic Region
CARIBBEAN,
CENTRAL AMERICA,
FLORIDA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2023-07-03 to 2023-07-29
Data Partner
Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/MSFC/GHRC)
Concept ID
C3733856563-GHRC_DAAC
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
2
Science Keywords
GAMMA RAY

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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??stgaard, N., Marisaldi, M., Ullaland, K., Yang, S., Qureshi, B., S??ndergaard, J., & Husa, B. (2025). UIB-BGO ALOFT [Data set]. NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ALOFT/BGO/DATA101 Date Accessed: 2025-10-07

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