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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 | Version Sort ascending | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLS ANALOG DERIVED LIGHTNING V1 | 1 | DMSP 5D-2/F10, DMSP 5D-2/F9, DMSP 5D-1/F1, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-2/F7, DMSP 5B/F3 | OLS | 1973-06-01 to 1991-12-16 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF4 | |
| 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 | |
| Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) ALOFT | 1 | NASA ER-2 | LIP | 2023-06-15 to 2023-07-31 |
N: 35.96 S: 10.89 E: -80.4 W: -118.56 |
ASCII | |
| OLS DIGITAL DERIVED LIGHTNING FROM DMSP F10 V1 | 1 | DMSP 5D-2/F10 | OLS | 1994-02-01 to 1994-05-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF4 | |
| ACES CONTINUOUS DATA V1 | 1 | ALTUS | ACCELEROMETERS, DOPS, ELECTRIC FIELD MILL, FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETERS, GERDIEN CONDUCTIVITY PROBE, RF ANTENNA, SCM | 2002-07-10 to 2002-08-30 |
N: 26 S: 23 E: -81 W: -85 |
Binary | |
| 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 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 | |
| World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) Monthly Thunder Hour Data | 1 | WWLLN | VLF RECEIVERS | 2013-01-01 to 2024-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| OLS DIGITAL DERIVED LIGHTNING FROM DMSP F12 V1 | 1 | DMSP 5D-2/F12 | OLS | 1995-05-01 to 1995-11-30 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF4 | |
| 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 |
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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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