LIS 0.1 DEGREE VERY HIGH RESOLUTION GRIDDED LIGHTNING DIURNAL CLIMATOLOGY (VHRDC) V1

Description

The LIS 0.1 Degree Very High Resolution Gridded Lightning Diurnal Climatology (VHRDC) dataset consists of gridded diurnal 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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Name Format Description Link
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=lisvhrdc
22 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/browse_sample/ghrc/lis/lisvhrc/VHRDC/lisvhrdc_hourly_09.JPG
21 Collection DOI for set of related datasets http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS/DATA306
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/lis/climatology/LIS/doc/LIS_VHRES_Guide.pdf
21 Where are the lightning hotspots on Earth? http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00193.1
21 LIS Very High Resolution Climatology Data Reader Code https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/lis/climatology/LIS/doc/read_example-LIS_VHRC.R
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/lis/climatology/LIS/VHRDC/animations/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Google Earth Tool https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/lightning/data/data_lis_vhr-climatology.html
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FLIS%2FLIS%2FDATA303
21 Highlights from Albrecht et. al's 'Where Are the Lightning Hotspots on Earth?' publication https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/highlights-albrecht-et-als-where-are-lightning-hotspots-earth%E2%80%99-publication

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

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