LIS 0.1 DEGREE VERY HIGH RESOLUTION GRIDDED LIGHTNING MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGY (VHRMC) V1
The LIS 0.1 Degree Very High Resolution Gridded Lightning Monthly Climatology (VHRMC) dataset consists of gridded monthly climatologies of total lightning flash rates seen by the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) from January 1, 1998 through December 31, 2013. LIS is an instrument on the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission satellite (TRMM) used to detect the distribution and variability of total lightning occurring in the Earth's tropical and subtropical regions. This information can be used for severe storm detection and analysis, and also for lightning-atmosphere interaction studies. The gridded climatologies include annual mean flash rate, mean diurnal cycle of flash rate with 24 hour resolution, and mean annual cycle of flash rate with daily, monthly, or seasonal resolution. All datasets are in 0.1 degree spatial resolution. The mean annual cycle of flash rate datasets (i.e., daily, monthly or seasonal) have both 49-day and 1 degree boxcar moving averages to remove diurnal cycle and smooth regions with low flash rate, making the results more robust.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 38.0 S: -38.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: netCDF-4 |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | TRMM | |
| Data Center(s): | NASA/MSFC/GHRC, Global Hydrology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA | Instrument(s): | LIS |
| Version: | 1 | ||
- Other Citation Details: Albrecht, Rachel I, Steve Goodman, Dennis Buechler, Richard J. Blakeslee and Hugh Christian.2016. LIS 0.1 DEGREE VERY HIGH RESOLUTION GRIDDED LIGHTNING MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGY (VHRMC) [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/DATA302
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/lis/climatology/LIS/doc/LIS_VHRES_Guide.pdf, The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset
- PI DOCUMENTATION: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00193.1, Where are the lightning hotspots on Earth?
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data, Instructions for citing GHRC data
Collection Information
Data Identification
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Processing Level
3
https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/proc_level
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Collection Progress
Complete
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Access Constraints
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Acquisition Information
Projects
| Project Short Name | Campaigns | Project Dates |
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| LIS | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
Temporal Information
Temporal Keywords
- Monthly Climatology
Spatial Information
| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | CARTESIAN |
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- TROPICS
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: netCDF-4
Format Type: Native
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