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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 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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Atmospheric Electricity Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPM Ground Validation Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) IPHEx V1 | NASA ER-2 | LIP | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-14 | NORTH CAROLINA | N: 36.6427 S: 26.7991 E: -71.6108 W: -121.853 | ASCII |
| GRIP LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) V1 | GLOBAL HAWK | LIP | 2010-08-28 to 2010-09-24 | CARIBBEAN | N: 35.997 S: 12.09 E: -71.457 W: -124.4 | ASCII |
| HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) WORLD WIDE LIGHTNING LOCATION NETWORK (WWLLN) STORMS V1 | WWLLN | GPS, RF ANTENNA, VLF RECEIVERS | 2012-08-28 to 2014-10-20 | NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN | N: 68.994 S: 12.9 E: -15.001 W: -116.595 | netCDF-4 - ASCII |
| KSC ADVANCED GROUND BASED FIELD MILL V1 | AGBFM | ELECTRIC FIELD MILL | 1997-08-01 to 2012-11-22 | FLORIDA | N: 28.99 S: 28 E: -80 W: -80.99 | Binary |
| LIGHTNING DETECTION AND RANGING (LDAR) RAW DATA V1 | LDAR | RF ANTENNA | 1997-02-28 to 2008-06-11 | FLORIDA | N: 31 S: 26 E: -78 W: -83 | Binary |
| Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on TRMM Backgrounds V4 | TRMM | LIS | 1998-01-01 to 2015-04-08 | TROPICS | N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180 | HDF4 - netCDF-4 |
| Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on TRMM Science Data V4 | TRMM | LIS | 1998-01-01 to 2015-04-08 | TROPICS | N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180 | HDF4 - netCDF-4 |
| Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) IMPACTS V2 | NASA ER-2 | LIP | 2020-01-15 to 2023-03-02 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | N: 48.66 S: 26.91 E: -64.89 W: -123.62 | ASCII |
| LIS 0.1 DEGREE VERY HIGH RESOLUTION GRIDDED LIGHTNING ANNUAL CLIMATOLOGY (VHRAC) V1 | TRMM | LIS | 1998-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | TROPICS | N: 38 S: -38 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 |
| LIS 0.1 DEGREE VERY HIGH RESOLUTION GRIDDED LIGHTNING DIURNAL CLIMATOLOGY (VHRDC) V1 | TRMM | LIS | 1998-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | TROPICS | N: 38 S: -38 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 |
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