Description
The LIS 0.1 Degree Very High Resolution Gridded Lightning Annual Climatology (VHRAC) dataset consists of gridded annual 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.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| View the primary investigator's documentation for this dataset | HTML | Where are the lightning hotspots on Earth? | Open resource |
| View information related to this dataset | HTML | Collection DOI for set of related datasets | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Instructions for citing GHRC data | Open resource |
| View a micro article on this dataset | HTML | Highlights from Albrecht et. al's 'Where Are the Lightning Hotspots on Earth?' publication | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset | Open resource |
| Use this dataset in a web based tool | HTML | Google Earth Tool | Open resource |
| Get a related visualization | JPG | Sample browse image | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset | Open resource | |
| Downloadable software applications | HTML | LIS Very High Resolution Climatology Data Reader Code | Open resource |
| Get a related visualization | HTML | N/A | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link | Open resource |