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Atmospheric Electricity Data Access and Tools
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.
Atmospheric Electricity Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACES CONTINUOUS DATA V1 | 1 | ALTUS | ACCELEROMETERS, DOPS, ELECTRIC FIELD MILL, GERDIEN CONDUCTIVITY PROBE, RF ANTENNA, SCM, DIFLUX MAGNETOMETERS | 2002-07-10 to 2002-08-30 |
N: 26 S: 23 E: -81 W: -85 |
Binary | |
| ACES ELECTRIC FIELD MILL V1 | 1 | ALTUS | ELECTRIC FIELD MILL | 2002-07-10 to 2002-08-30 |
N: 26 S: 23 E: -81 W: -85 |
Binary | |
| ACES TRIGGERED DATA | 1 | ALTUS | ACCELEROMETERS, DOPS, ELECTRIC FIELD MILL, GERDIEN CONDUCTIVITY PROBE, RF ANTENNA, SCM | 2002-07-10 to 2002-08-30 |
N: 26 S: 23 E: -81 W: -85 |
Binary | |
| CAMEX-3 LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) V1 | 1 | NASA ER-2 | LIP | 1998-08-08 to 1998-09-27 |
N: 34.5879 S: 13.9761 E: -63.22 W: -89.971 |
HDF4 | |
| CAMEX-4 DC-8 LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | LIP | 2001-08-03 to 2001-09-24 |
N: 50 S: 10 E: -50 W: -105 |
Binary | |
| CAMEX-4 ER-2 LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) V1 | 1 | NASA ER-2 | LIP | 2001-08-18 to 2001-09-25 |
N: 39.4583 S: 16.5617 E: -61.9795 W: -88.4781 |
HDF4 | |
| CAMEX-4 MIPS FIELD MILL V1 | 1 | MIPS | RDEFM | 2001-08-14 to 2001-09-14 |
N: 24.8 S: 24.6 E: -81.5 W: -81.7 |
Binary | |
| CAMP2Ex Merge Data Files | 1 | NASA P-3 | Computer | 2019-08-22 to 2019-10-07 | ICARTT, ZIP | ||
| Combined Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Hourly Thunder Hour Data Product | 1 | GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18, GOES-19 | GLM | 2019-01-01 to 2025-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| Combined ISS and TRMM Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Annual Thunder Hour | 1 | ISS, TRMM | LIS | 1998-01-01 to 2023-11-16 |
N: 54.75 S: -54.75 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Cluster Integrity, Exception Resolution, and Reclustering Algorithm (CIERRA) | 1 | GOES-16, GOES-17 | GLM | 2017-01-12 to 2023-03-31 |
N: 57.267 S: -57.312 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Combined Monthly Thunder Hour Data Product | 1 | GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18, GOES-19 | GLM | 2019-01-01 to 2025-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GLM Events and Flashes Data | 1 | GOES-18, GOES-17 | GLM | 2021-03-15 to 2021-03-18 |
N: 55.464 S: -55.99 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Gridded Data Products | 1 | GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18, GOES-19 | GLM | 2017-12-18 to Present |
N: 57 S: -57 E: -76.2 W: 162.9 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GOES-R PLT Colorado Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | LMA | 2017-03-01 to 2017-05-31 |
N: 40.4564 S: 40.4364 E: -104.627 W: -104.647 |
ASCII | |
| GOES-R PLT Fly's Eye GLM Simulator (FEGS) | 1 | NASA ER-2 | FEGS | 2017-03-21 to 2017-05-17 |
N: 43.5724 S: 26.4493 E: -72.2019 W: -124.624 |
ASCII | |
| GOES-R PLT Kennedy Space Center Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | LMA | 2017-03-01 to 2017-06-01 |
N: 28.5963 S: 28.5763 E: -80.6413 W: -80.6613 |
ASCII | |
| GOES-R PLT Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) | 1 | NASA ER-2 | LIP | 2017-03-21 to 2017-05-17 |
N: 43.573 S: 26.449 E: -72.202 W: -124.625 |
ASCII | |
| GOES-R PLT North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | LMA | 2017-03-01 to 2017-06-01 |
N: 34.7346 S: 34.7146 E: -86.6353 W: -86.6553 |
ASCII | |
| GOES-R PLT Oklahoma Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | LMA | 2017-03-01 to 2017-06-01 |
N: 35.2891 S: 35.2691 E: -97.9079 W: -97.9279 |
ASCII | |
| GOES-R PLT Southern Ontario Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | LMA | 2017-04-01 to 2017-06-01 |
N: 43.676 S: 43.656 E: -79.5964 W: -79.6164 |
ASCII | |
| GOES-R PLT Washington D.C. Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | LMA | 2017-04-06 to 2017-06-01 |
N: 38.8988 S: 38.8788 E: -77.1586 W: -77.1786 |
ASCII | |
| GOES-R PLT West Texas Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | LMA | 2017-03-01 to 2017-06-01 |
N: 33.617 S: 33.597 E: -101.813 W: -101.833 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) IPHEx V1 | 1 | NASA ER-2 | LIP | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-14 |
N: 36.6427 S: 26.7991 E: -71.6108 W: -121.853 |
ASCII | |
| 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 |
Atmospheric Electricity Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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