LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Annual Climatology Time Series (LRACTS) V2.3.2015

Description

The LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Annual Climatology Time Series (LRACTS) consists of gridded climatologies of total lightning flash rates seen by the spaceborne Optical Transient Detector (OTD) and Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS). The long LIS (equatorward of about 38 degree) record makes the merged climatology most robust in the tropics and subtropics, while the high latitude data is entirely from OTD. The LRACTS dataset include annual flash rate time series data in MP4 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%2FLIS-OTD%2FDATA306
22 Browse Sample https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/browse_sample/ghrc/lis/lisotd/lolracts/LRACTS_COM_V2.3.2015.jpg
21 Digital Object Identifier for a collection of related datasets https://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS-OTD/DATA311
10 Products in LIS-OTD gridded climatology files https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/lis_climatology/LISOTD_Climo_prod_table.doc
21 Gridded lightning climatology from TRMM-LIS and OTD: Dataset description http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.06.028
21 Read SDS Arrays From an A HDF file https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/lis_climatology/getgrid.pro
21 Read an SDS grid from the LIS/OTD HDF climatology files https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/lis_climatology/read_sds.pro
21 Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Overview https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/lightning/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=lolracts
33 The 13 years of TRMM Lightning Imaging Sensor: From individual flash characteristics to decadal tendencies https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110015779.pdf
33 LIS/OTD Climatology Dataset Collection User Guide https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/lis_climatology/LISOTD_climatology_dataset.pdf
21 Global frequency and distribution of lightning as observed from space by the Optical Transient Detector https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2002JD002347
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/lis/climatology/LIS-OTD/LRACTS/animations/

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

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