Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on TRMM Backgrounds V4

Description

The Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Backgrounds was collected by the LIS instrument on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite used to detect the distribution and variability of total lightning occurring in the Earth’s tropical and subtropical regions. This data can be used for severe storm detection and analysis, as well as for lightning-atmosphere interaction studies. The LIS instrument makes measurements during both day and night with high detection efficiency. These data are available in both HDF-4 and netCDF-4 formats.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
33 LIS/OTD Software Guide https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/lis/LISOTD_UserGuide.pdf
33 LIS Initial Data Release Notes https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/lis/LISOTD_ReleaseNotes.pdf
21 Anomalous data receipt and processing conditions https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/lightning/data/data_lis_trmm_anomalies.html
19 LISOTD V1.1 Software Package https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/lis/LISOTD_1.1.tar.gz
21 Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Micro Article https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/earth-observations-lightning-imaging-sensor
21 Lightning Micro Article https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/lightning
21 GHRC Lightning Home Page https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/lightning/
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FLIS%2FLIS%2FDATA101
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=lislipG
21 ISS LIS Lightning Flash Location Quickview using Python 2.7 and GIS https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/data-recipes/iss-lis-lightning-flash-location-quickview-using-python-27-and-gis
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/lis/trmm/doc/lislip_dataset.pdf
21 ISS LIS Lightning Flash Location Quickview using Python 3.0 and GIS https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/data-recipes/iss-lis-lightning-flash-location-quickview-using-python-30-and-gis
33 Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) for the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/preservation/LIS/atbd-lis-2000.pdf

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

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