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Description

The GOES-R PLT Fly’s Eye GLM Simulator (FEGS) dataset consists of lightning flash, lightning pulse, and radiance data collected by the FEGS flown aboard a NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft during the GOES-R Post Launch Test (PLT) airborne science field campaign. The GOES-R PLT airborne science field campaign took place between March 21 and May 17, 2017 in support of the post-launch product validation of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). These data files are available in ASCII format with browse imagery available in PNG format.

Product Summary

Platforms
NASA ER-2
Instruments
FEGS
Spatial Extent

N: 43.5724 S: 26.4493 E: -72.2019 W: -124.624

Location
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2017-03-21 to 2017-05-17
Data Partner
Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/MSFC/GHRC)
Concept ID
C1979115640-GHRC_DAAC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
50
Processing Level
1A
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Lightning

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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Mason Quick, H. C. (2025). GOES-R PLT Flys Eye GLM Simulator (FEGS) [Data set]. NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/GOESRPLT/FEGS/DATA101 Date Accessed: 2026-05-12

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A rapid GammaRay Glow flux reduction observed from 20 km altitude Kochkin, P., Sarria, D., Lehtinen, N., Mezentsev, A., Yang, S., Genov, G., Ullaland, K., Marisaldi, M., stgaard, N., Christian, H. J., Grove, J. E., Quick, M., AlNussirat, S., Wulf, E. Lightning
Observations of Lightning NOx Production From GOESR Post Launch Test Field Campaign Flights Allen, Dale J., Pickering, Kenneth E., Lamsal, Lok, Mach, Douglas M., Quick, Mason G., Lapierre, Jeff, Janz, Scott, Koshak, William, Kowalewski, Matthew, Blakeslee, Richard Lightning, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cirrus Cloud Systems, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Particle Properties, Lidar Depolarization Ratio
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