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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLS DIGITAL DERIVED LIGHTNING FROM DMSP F10 V1 | DMSP 5D-2/F10 | OLS | 1994-02-01 to 1994-05-31 | GLOBAL | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | HDF4 |
| OLS DIGITAL DERIVED LIGHTNING FROM DMSP F12 V1 | DMSP 5D-2/F12 | OLS | 1995-05-01 to 1995-11-30 | GLOBAL | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | HDF4 |
| OPTICAL TRANSIENT DETECTOR (OTD) LIGHTNING V1 | OrbView-1 | OTD | 1995-04-13 to 2000-03-23 | GLOBAL | N: 70 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180 | HDF4 |
| Quality Controlled Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on International Space Station (ISS) Backgrounds V2 | ISS | LIS | 2017-03-01 to 2023-11-16 | TROPICS | 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 | ISS | LIS | 2017-03-01 to 2023-11-16 | TROPICS | N: 55 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 - HDF4 |
| Remote sensing of Electrification, Lightning, And Mesoscale/microscale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations (RELAMPAGO) Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) V1 | GROUND STATIONS | LMA | 2018-11-08 to 2019-04-20 | ARGENTINA | N: -29.856 S: -33.464 E: -61.959 W: -66.166 | ASCII - HDF5 - netCDF-4 |
| TCSP ER-2 LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) V1 | NASA ER-2 | LIP | 2005-07-02 to 2005-07-27 | ATLANTIC OCEAN | N: 24.7845 S: 4.68322 E: -53.0668 W: -99.7368 | ASCII |
| TRMM TROPICAL CYCLONE PRECIPITATION FEATURE (TCPF) DATABASE - LEVEL 1 V1 | TRMM | LIS, PR, TMI, VIRS | 1997-12-08 to 2011-12-30 | GLOBAL | N: 39.11 S: -39.14 E: 180 W: -179.98 | HDF4 |
| TRMM-LBA LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) V1 | NASA ER-2 | LIP | 1999-01-22 to 1999-02-24 | BRAZIL | N: -9 S: -16.0234 E: -47 W: -63.4124 | HDF4 |
| World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) Monthly Thunder Hour Data | WWLLN | VLF RECEIVERS | 2013-01-01 to 2024-12-31 | GLOBAL | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 |
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