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Dataset Descriptions & Ordering Information

The data collected by Lightning Team instruments is archived and cataloged by the Global Hydrology Resource Center where it is made available free of charge (see below) . Some datasets also have additional software packages available. Information on these software packages is in the documentation provided by the GHRC.

NOTE: Most data sets have browse images which are created as soon as possible after initial data ingest. As time allows, quality control procedures are performed, especially on satellite datasets. QC refers to data which has been through quality control procedures, while Non QC refers to "non quality controlled" for which only the browse images have been generated. Where possible, we have provided both.

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[INLINE] Satellite-based Lightning Sensors [Click here to Order Data] [INLINE]
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 LIS
Lightning Imaging Sensor: Launched Nov, 1997 - Investigating lightning activity in the tropics
  Documentation

» ReadMe File   [text only]
» Release Notes   [Acrobat PDF format]
» LIS/OTDView Software   [17,019K tar.Z]
» TRMM Maneuver Times
» LIS Data Processing Anomalies
  Browse Images
» Non QC Browse
» Non QC Orbit Predictions   [next 6 days]
» QC Browse
» Space Time Domain Search

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 OTD
Orbital Transient Detector: Launched April, 1995 - Used to obtain global lightning climatologies
  Documentation

» ReadMe File   [text only]
» Release Notes   [Acrobat PDF format]
» LIS/OTDView Software   [17,019K tar.Z]
  Browse Images

» Non QC Browse
» QC Browse

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[INLINE] Surface-based Lightning Networks [Click here to Order Data] [INLINE]
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 US NLDN

National Lightning Detection Network: Coverage of the Continental US
  Documentation

» Information

  Browse Images
» 1994 - Current [Restricted]
» Latest Interactive Browse

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 NLDN Long Range
Long Range National Lightning Detection Network: Lightning up to 1000 miles beyond CONUS
  Documentation

» Information

  Browse Images

» Online Browse Images

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 LDAR Florida
Florida Lightning Detection and Ranging: Detection Network at Kennedy Space Center
  Documentation

» Information

  Browse Images

» Online Browse Images

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[INLINE] TRMM Validation [Click here to Order Data] [INLINE]
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 Florida Ground Truth
TRMM Validation Florida Ground Truth TRMM Validation Data Coincident With LIS Overpasses
  Documentation

» Information

  Browse Images
» Latest Interactive Browse

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[INLINE] Data can be ordered free of charge from the GHRC through HyDRO, the GHRC's online data ordering system, or by contacting the GHRC User Services Office . Please note that not all datasets archived by the GHRC are from the Lightning Team. Most datasets are available in several media forms, including digital tape and ftp download, and are available in compressed or uncompressed formats. Most datasets are stored in HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) files. Information about this format is available from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the URL http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/. NCSA provides a public domain library supporting HDF on a wide variety of computer platforms.
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