Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on the International Space Station (ISS)

Installed on the International Space Station in February 2017, LIS measures lightning between +/- 48° latitude—a geographic range that includes nearly all global lightning. The LIS instrument was decommissioned in November 2023.

To download ISS LIS data, register for an Earthdata Login. Use the table below to access specific LANCE data products.

ISS LIS

Product Download Description Volume
(GB/day)
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isslis_v2_nrt NRT Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on International Space Station (ISS) Science Data HDF4: 0.04

netCDF: 0.29

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isslisg_v2_nrt NRT Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on International Space Station (ISS) Backgrounds HDF4: 0.06

netCDF: 0.06

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Citations:

Blakeslee, Richard J. (2021). NRT Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on International Space Station (ISS) Science Data [indicate subset used]. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. doi:10.5067/LIS/ISSLIS/DATA109

Blakeslee, Richard J. (2021). NRT Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on International Space Station (ISS) Backgrounds [indicate subset used]. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. doi:10.5067/LIS/ISSLIS/DATA209

 

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