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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

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Dataset Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
TCSP ER-2 LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) V1 1 NASA ER-2 LIP 2005-07-02 to 2005-07-27

N: 24.7845 S: 4.68322 E: -53.0668 W: -99.7368

ASCII
TRMM TROPICAL CYCLONE PRECIPITATION FEATURE (TCPF) DATABASE - LEVEL 1 V1 1 TRMM LIS, PR, TMI, VIRS 1997-12-08 to 2011-12-30

N: 39.11 S: -39.14 E: 180 W: -179.98

HDF4
TRMM-LBA LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) V1 1 NASA ER-2 LIP 1999-01-22 to 1999-02-24

N: -9 S: -16.0234 E: -47 W: -63.4124

HDF4
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Annual Thunder Hour 1 TRMM LIS 1998-01-01 to 2015-04-08

N: 37.75 S: -37.75 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Wallops Flight Facility Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) 1 GROUND STATIONS LMA 2020-01-01

N: 39.891 S: 36.294 E: -73.304 W: -77.875

ASCII
Washington, D.C. Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) 1 GROUND STATIONS LMA 2020-01-01

N: 40.688 S: 37.091 E: -74.724 W: -79.346

ASCII
World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) Monthly Thunder Hour Data 1 WWLLN VLF RECEIVERS 2013-01-01 to 2025-12-31

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

netCDF-4
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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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