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Description

The Advanced Ground Based Field Mill (AGBFM) network consists of 34
(31 operational) field mills located at Kennedy Space Center (KSC),
Florida. The field mills measure the electrostatic vertical field.
This system can measure electrostatic fields in the range of 4 V/m
to 32 kV/m at 10 Hz resolution (digitized at 50 Hz). Individual
lightning events can be detected within approximately 50 nautical
miles of KSC proper.

Product Summary

Platforms
AGBFM
Instruments
ELECTRIC FIELD MILL
Projects
LIS
Spatial Extent

N: 28.99 S: 28 E: -80 W: -80.99

Location
FLORIDA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1997-08-01 to 2012-11-22
Data Partner
Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/MSFC/GHRC)
Concept ID
C1979872892-GHRC_DAAC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
5588
Processing Level
1B
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Electric Field ,
Lightning

Citation

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Lloyd Albright, J. B. (2025). KSC ADVANCED GROUND BASED FIELD MILL [Dataset]. NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/LIS/FIELDMILL/DATA101 Date Accessed: 2026-09-11

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