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Lightning 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 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 | |
| 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 | |
| HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) WORLD WIDE LIGHTNING LOCATION NETWORK (WWLLN) STORMS V1 | 1 | WWLLN | GPS, RF ANTENNA, VLF RECEIVERS | 2012-08-28 to 2014-10-20 |
N: 68.994 S: 12.9 E: -15.001 W: -116.595 |
netCDF-4, ASCII | |
| International Space Station (ISS) Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Annual Thunder Hour | 1 | ISS | LIS | 2017-03-01 to 2023-11-16 |
N: 54.75 S: -54.75 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| KSC ADVANCED GROUND BASED FIELD MILL V1 | 1 | AGBFM | ELECTRIC FIELD MILL | 1997-08-01 to 2012-11-22 |
N: 28.99 S: 28 E: -80 W: -80.99 |
Binary | |
| LIGHTNING DETECTION AND RANGING (LDAR) RAW DATA V1 | 1 | LDAR | RF ANTENNA | 1997-02-28 to 2008-06-11 |
N: 31 S: 26 E: -78 W: -83 |
Binary | |
| Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on TRMM Backgrounds V4 | 4 | TRMM | LIS | 1998-01-01 to 2015-04-08 |
N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF4, netCDF-4 | |
| Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on TRMM Backgrounds V5 | 5 | TRMM | LIS | 1998-01-01 to 2015-04-08 |
N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF4 - netCDF-4 |
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