CAMEX-4 ER-2 LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) V1

Description

The CAMEX-4 ER-2 Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) dataset was collected by the ER-2 LIP, which allows the vector components of the electric field (i.e, Ex, Ey, Ez ) to be readily obtained, and thus greatly improves our knowledge of the electrical structure of storms overflown. 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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FCAMEX-4%2FLIP%2FDATA002
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=c4elip
21 The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/camex4
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/camex4/LIP_ER-2/browse/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/camex4/c4elip/c4elip_dataset.html
16 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/camex4/LIP_ER-2/browse/LIP_2001.265_140.gif

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  • atmospheric-electricity
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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