CAMEX-3 LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) V1
The CAMEX-3 Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) dataset contains electrical field measurements of lightning within storms studied during the Convection And Moisture EXperiment 3 (CAMEX-3). The LIP was flown aboard the NASA ER-2 aircraft, enabling vector components of the electric field (i.e, Ex, Ey, Ez) to be readily obtained, thus greatly improving knowledge of the electrical structure within storms overflown. Measurements within this dataset include field mill data, conductivity probe temperatures from two probes, and navigation data. The field mills measure the components of the electric field over a wide dynamic range extending from fair weather electric fields, (i.e., a few to tens of V/m) to larger thunderstorm fields (i.e., tens of kV/m). Total lightning (i.e., cloud-to-ground, intracloud) is identified from the abrupt electric field changes in the data. The conductivity probe measures the air conductivity at the aircraft flight altitude. Storm electric currents can be derived using the electric field and air conductivity measurements.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 34.5879 S: 13.9761 E: -63.22 W: -89.971 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: HDF-4 |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | NASA ER-2 | |
| Data Center(s): | NASA/MSFC/GHRC, Global Hydrology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA | Instrument(s): | LIP |
| Version: | 1 | ||
- Other Citation Details: Blakeslee, Richard J..2000. CAMEX-3 LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) [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/CAMEX-3/LIP/DATA001
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/camex3/er2lip/er2lip_dataset.html, The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data, Instructions for citing GHRC data
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Projects
| Project Short Name | Campaigns | Project Dates |
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| CAMEX-3 | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
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| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | CARTESIAN |
Location Keywords
- OCEAN
- ATLANTIC OCEAN
- NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
- CARIBBEAN SEA
- CARIBBEAN
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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Format: HDF-4
Format Type: Native
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