LIS/OTD 0.5 Degree High Resolution Annual Climatology (HRAC) V2.3.2015
The LIS/OTD 0.5 Degree High Resolution Annual Climatology (HRAC) contains a variety of gridded climatologies of total lightning flash rates obtained from two lightning detection sensors - the spaceborne Optical Transient Detector (OTD) on Orbview-1 and the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) onboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite. The long LIS (equatorward of about 38 degree) record makes the merged climatology most robust in the tropics and subtropics, while the high latitude data is entirely from OTD. The HRAC dataset includes annual flash rate climatology data on a 0.5 degree grid in HDF and netCDF-4 format.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 89.75 S: -89.75 E: 179.75 W: -179.75 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: HDF-4 - netCDF-4/CF |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | OrbView-1, TRMM | |
| Data Center(s): | NASA/MSFC/GHRC, Global Hydrology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA | Instrument(s): | OTD, LIS |
| Version: | 2.3.2015 | ||
- Other Citation Details: Cecil, Daniel J.2006. LIS/OTD 0.5 Degree High Resolution Annual Climatology (HRAC) [indicate subset used]. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS-OTD/DATA301
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110015779.pdf, The 13 years of TRMM Lightning Imaging Sensor: From individual flash characteristics to decadal tendencies
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/lis_climatology/LISOTD_climatology_dataset.pdf, LIS/OTD Climatology Dataset Collection User Guide
- PI DOCUMENTATION: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/lis_climatology/LISOTD_Climo_prod_table.doc, Products in LIS-OTD gridded climatology files
- ALGORITHM DOCUMENTATION: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.06.028, Gridded lightning climatology from TRMM-LIS and OTD: Dataset description
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data, Instructions for citing GHRC data
Collection Information
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Projects
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| LIS | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
Temporal Information
Temporal Keywords
- Annual Climatology
Spatial Information
| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | CARTESIAN |
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- GLOBAL
Data Centers
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NASA/MSFC/GHRC
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Global Hydrology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
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320 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, Alabama 35805
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Archive And Distribution Information
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Format: HDF-4 - netCDF-4/CF
Format Type: Native
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