LIGHTNING DETECTION AND RANGING (LDAR) RAW DATA V1

Description

Lightning Detection and Ranging (LDAR) Raw data consists of level 1 lightning data collected from February 25, 1997 through June 11, 2008. The LDR system is located at the Kennedy Space Center. The center latitude and longitude of the LDAR network is 28.5387 and -80.6428. All x, y, and z values represent distance (in meters) from this location. LDAR is a volumetric lightning mapping system providing near real-time location of lightning in support of Space Shuttle operations. These data are in ASCII format.

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%2FLIS%2FLDAR%2FDATA101
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=ldarraw
16 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/browse_sample/ghrc/lis/ldarraw/ldarB_2008.019_v2_daily.gif
21 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/ksc-ldar/doc/ldar_dataset.html
21 The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/lightning/
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/ksc-ldar/browse/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data

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  • atmospheric-electricity
  • atmosphere
  • weather-events
  • earth-science

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