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LIS Resources
Read the latest Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) news and access learning resources designed to help you optimize your Earth science research.
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Visualize lightning flash locations across several user-selected Lightning Imaging Sensor aboard the International Space Station (ISS LIS) swath data files and other processes.
Data Recipe
Jan. 4, 2018
This data recipe shows how to bring gridded netCDF data into ArcMap and create a GeoTIFF file enabling GIS analysis and map making.
Data Recipe
Oct. 10, 2017
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The installation of a Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on the International Space Station (ISS) will enable detection of 98% of Earth's lightning on an annual basis.
News
April 20, 2021
Provisional data from the Lightning Imaging Sensor aboard the International Space Station - LIS (ISS) are now available through NASA's GHRC DAAC and LANCE.
News
April 20, 2021
Researchers stalk seasonal lightning in the most struck place on Earth.
Feature Article
April 19, 2021
Lightning is much more complex—and extreme—than you think.
Feature Article
April 19, 2021
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