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Description

The Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Science Data was collected by the LIS instrument on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite used to detect the distribution and variability of total lightning occurring in the Earth’s tropical and subtropical regions. This data can be used for severe storm detection and analysis, as well as for lightning-atmosphere interaction studies. The LIS instrument makes measurements during both day and night with high detection efficiency. These data are available in both HDF-4 and netCDF-4 formats, with corresponding browse images in GIF format.

Product Summary

Platforms
TRMM
Instruments
LIS
Spatial Extent
N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180
Geographic Region
TROPICS
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1998-01-01 to 2015-04-08
Data Partner
Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/MSFC/GHRC)
Concept ID
c1983762329-ghrc_daac
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated

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.

Copy Citation

Blakeslee, R. (2025). Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on TRMM Science Data [Data set]. NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS/DATA201 Date Accessed: 2025-07-06

Documents

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) for the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS)
DATA RECIPE ISS LIS Lightning Flash Location Quickview using Python 2.7 and GIS
DATA RECIPE ISS LIS Lightning Flash Location Quickview using Python 3.0 and GIS
MICRO ARTICLE Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Micro Article
MICRO ARTICLE Lightning Micro Article

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