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NASA collects data on a wide range of lightning data from location-specific lightning detection counts to field campaign data useful for instrument validation. Our datasets and tools help users find and integrate the data they need to determine how electricity flows through Earth’s atmosphere and predict where lightning may strike.

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Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on TRMM Science Data V5 5 TRMM LIS 1998-01-01 to 2015-04-08

N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180

HDF4 - netCDF-4
Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on TRMM Backgrounds V5 5 TRMM LIS 1998-01-01 to 2015-04-08

N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180

HDF4 - netCDF-4
Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on TRMM Backgrounds V4 4 TRMM LIS 1998-01-01 to 2015-04-08

N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180

HDF4, netCDF-4
Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on TRMM Science Data V4 4 TRMM LIS 1998-01-01 to 2015-04-08

N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180

HDF4, netCDF-4
Quality Controlled Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on International Space Station (ISS) Science Data V3 3 ISS LIS 2017-03-01 to 2023-11-16

N: 55 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4 - HDF4
Quality Controlled Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on International Space Station (ISS) Backgrounds V3 3 ISS LIS 2017-03-01 to 2023-11-16

N: 55 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4 - HDF4
LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Time Series (LRTS) V2.3.2015 2.3.2015 OrbView-1, TRMM OTD, LIS 1995-05-04 to 2015-04-08

N: 88.75 S: -88.75 E: 178.75 W: -178.75

HDF4, netCDF-4
LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Diurnal Climatology (LRDC) V2.3.2015 2.3.2015 OrbView-1, TRMM OTD, LIS 1995-05-04 to 2014-12-31

N: 88.75 S: -88.75 E: 178.75 W: -178.75

HDF4, netCDF-4
LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Full Climatology (LRFC) V2.3.2015 2.3.2015 OrbView-1, TRMM OTD, LIS 1995-05-04 to 2014-12-31

N: 88.75 S: -88.75 E: 178.75 W: -178.75

HDF4, netCDF-4
LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Monthly Climatology Time Series (LRMTS) V2.3.2015 2.3.2015 TRMM, OrbView-1 LIS, OTD 1995-05-04 to 2015-04-08

N: 88.75 S: -88.75 E: 178.75 W: -178.75

HDF4, netCDF-4
LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Annual Climatology Time Series (LRACTS) V2.3.2015 2.3.2015 OrbView-1, TRMM OTD, LIS 1995-05-04 to 2015-04-08

N: 88.75 S: -88.75 E: 178.75 W: -178.75

HDF4, netCDF-4
LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Annual Diurnal Climatology (LRADC) V2.3.2015 2.3.2015 TRMM, OrbView-1 LIS, OTD 1995-05-04 to 2014-12-31

N: 88.75 S: -88.75 E: 178.75 W: -178.75

HDF4, netCDF-4
LIS/OTD 0.5 Degree High Resolution Monthly Climatology (HRMC) V2.3.2015 2.3.2015 TRMM, OrbView-1 LIS, OTD 1995-05-04 to 2014-12-31

N: 89.75 S: -89.75 E: 179.75 W: -179.75

HDF4, netCDF-4
LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Annual Climatology (LRAC) V2.3.2015 2.3.2015 TRMM, OrbView-1 LIS, OTD 1995-05-04 to 2014-12-31

N: 88.75 S: -88.75 E: 178.75 W: -178.75

HDF4, netCDF-4
LIS/OTD 0.5 Degree High Resolution Full Climatology (HRFC) V2.3.2015 2.3.2015 OrbView-1, TRMM OTD, LIS 1995-05-04 to 2014-12-31

N: 89.75 S: -89.75 E: 179.75 W: -179.75

HDF4, netCDF-4
LIS/OTD 0.5 Degree High Resolution Annual Climatology (HRAC) V2.3.2015 2.3.2015 OrbView-1, TRMM OTD, LIS 1995-05-04 to 2014-12-31

N: 89.75 S: -89.75 E: 179.75 W: -179.75

HDF4, netCDF-4
Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) IMPACTS V2 2 NASA ER-2 LIP 2020-01-15 to 2023-03-02

N: 48.66 S: 26.91 E: -64.89 W: -123.62

ASCII
Quality Controlled Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on International Space Station (ISS) Backgrounds V2 2 ISS LIS 2017-03-01 to 2023-11-16

N: 55 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

HDF4, netCDF-4
Quality Controlled Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on International Space Station (ISS) Science Data V2 2 ISS LIS 2017-03-01 to 2023-11-16

N: 55 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4, HDF4
NAMMA LIGHTNING ZEUS DATA V2 2 GROUND STATIONS GPS CLOCKS, SFERICS DETECTOR 2006-08-01 to 2006-10-01

N: 89.9292 S: -89.8757 E: 180 W: -180

ASCII
LIS/OTD Reprocessed Flash Climatology 2 TRMM, OrbView-1, ISS LIS, OTD 1995-04-13 to 2023-11-16

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

HDF4
PISTON 2018 Research Vessel (RV) Thompson ship datasets of ocean, atmosphere, and air-sea interaction 1 R/V Thompson SEA-POL, CTD, ADCP, CHAM, SO, ROSR, W-Band Radar, CEILOMETERS, RADIOMETERS, RAWINSONDES, DISDROMETERS, GPS, Hemisphere VS1000, Gill WindMaster Pro, Vaisala HMT330, ORG-815-DA, Vaisala PTB330, NOAA PSL Sea Snake, SBE-21, Riegl LD90-3100VHS-FLP, Eppley PIR, Vaisala HMT337 2018-08-18 to 2018-10-13

N: 22.7 S: 7.3 E: 136.997 W: 120.06

netCDF-4, Text File, TAR
Remote sensing of Electrification, Lightning, And Mesoscale/microscale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations (RELAMPAGO) Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) V1 1 GROUND STATIONS LMA 2018-11-08 to 2019-04-20

N: -29.856 S: -33.464 E: -61.959 W: -66.166

ASCII, HDF5, netCDF-4
GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Gridded Data Products 1 GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18, GOES-19 GLM 2023-04-14 to Present

N: 57 S: -57 E: -76.2 W: 162.9

netCDF-4
GRIP LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) V1 1 GLOBAL HAWK LIP 2010-08-28 to 2010-09-24

N: 35.997 S: 12.09 E: -71.457 W: -124.4

ASCII
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Atmospheric Electricity Data Tools

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GUARDIAN The GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) is a near real-time (NRT) ionospheric monitoring tool for natural hazards warning. Monitoring Natural Events
LIS Space Time Domain Search The Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Space Time Domain Search allows users to quickly perform a space time domain search of LIS science products. Search and Discovery
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