North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) Raw Data V1

Description

The North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) Raw Data are used to validate the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on the International Space Station (ISS), the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument, and other current and future lightning measurements. These data are also used in convective storm process studies, including but not limited to validation of convection-resolving models that predict lightning. These NALMA data files are available from December 17, 2019 and are ongoing in ASCII format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=nalmaraw
33 NALMA Dataset Collection User Guide https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/lma/nalmaraw/doc/nalma_dataset.pdf
21 North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA): VHF Source Retrieval Algorithm and Error Analyses https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021%3C0543:NALMAL%3E2.0.CO;2
21 VHF radio pictures of cloud flashes https://doi.org/10.1029/JC086iC05p04041
21 VHF radio pictures of lightning flashes to ground https://doi.org/10.1029/JD093iD10p12683
21 Accuracy of the Lightning Mapping Array https://doi.org/10.1029/2004JD004549
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FNALMA%2FDATA301
21 A GPS-based ThreeDimensional Lightning Mapping System: Initial Observations in Central New Mexico https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL010856
21 The North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array: Recent severe storm observations and future prospects https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.11.035
21 A Hyperbolic System for Obtaining VHF Radio Pictures of Lightning https://doi.org/10.1029/JC076i006p01478

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  • atmospheric-electricity
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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