LIS/OTD Gridded Lightning Climatology Data Collection
Version 2.3.2014

The LIS/OTD Gridded Lightning Climatology Data Collection is comprised of the ten LIS/OTD Gridded Lightning Climatology Datasets listed below with their individual DOIs. These ten data sets offer full, annual, monthly and diurnal climatologies, and time series of lightning observed from space from May 1995 through December 2013, including both Optical Transient Detector and TRMM Lightning Imaging Sensor, at 0.5 and 2.5 degree resolutions. Both the LIS and the OTD instruments were developed by NASA Marshall Flight Center (MSFC). Information about each dataset in this collection including its citation is provided on the landing page at the appropriate DOI link below.

To cite the entire collection, please use the following:

Cecil, D.J., D. Buechler, and R. Blakeslee. 2014. LIS/OTD Gridded Lightning Climatology Data Collection.
Data set available online [https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/lis/climatology/] from the NASA EOSDIS Global Hydrology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. doi: http:/dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS-OTD/DATA311

For more information on GHRC DAAC citations, see these Instructions for citing GHRC data.

General Characteristics

Collections:	Lightning Products, Lightning from Satellites
Projects:	TRMM, LIS
Platforms:	MICROLAB-1, TRMM
Instruments:	LIS, OTD
Parameters:	LIGHTNING
Processing level:	3
Format:	HDF

Coverage

Red dots or areas indicate coverage range.

Location:	GLOBAL
Spatial resolution:	n/a
North boundary:	90°
West boundary:	-180°
East boundary:	180°
South boundary:	-90°
Temporal resolution:	Full, Annual, Monthly, Diurnal, Time Series
Start date:	1995-05-04
Stop date:	2013-12-31

Member Datasets and More Information

HRAC:	LIS/OTD 0.5 Degree High Resolution Annual Climatology (HRAC) http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS-OTD/DATA301
HRFC:	LIS/OTD 0.5 Degree High Resolution Full Climatology (HRFC) http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS-OTD/DATA302
HRMC:	LIS/OTD 0.5 Degree High Resolution Monthly Climatology (HRMC) http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS-OTD/DATA303
LRADC:	LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Res Annual Diurnal Climatology (LRADC) http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS-OTD/DATA304
LRAC:	LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Annual Climatology (LRAC) http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS-OTD/DATA305
Time Series:	LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Annual Climatology Time Series http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS-OTD/DATA306
LRDC:	LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Diurnal Climatology (LRDC) http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS-OTD/DATA307
LRFC:	LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Full Climatology (LRFC) http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS-OTD/DATA308
LRMTS:	LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Monthly Time Series (LRMTS) http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS-OTD/DATA309
LRTS:	LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Time Series (LRTS) http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS-OTD/DATA310

Documentation

Guide:	http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/lis_climatology/LISOTD_climatology_dataset.html The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset
PI Documentation:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.06.028 This is the URL for Principal Investigator documentation that is currently online for download.
PI Documentation:	https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/lis_climatology /LISOTD_Climo_prod_table.doc This is the URL for Principal Investigator documentation that is currently online for download.
Software:	https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/lis_climatology/getgrid.pro Software, such as a sample reader, is available for this dataset
Software:	https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/lis_climatology/read_sds.pro Software, such as a sample reader, is available for this dataset
Homepage:	https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/lightning/dataset-info.html The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset

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