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Summary
The product is a 2.5 deg x 2.5 deg gridded composite of climatological total
(IC+CG) lightning bulk production as a function of local hour, expressed as a
flash rate density (fl/km2/hr). Climatologies (v2.2) from the 5-yr OTD
(4/95-3/00) and 8-yr LIS (1/98-12/05) missions are included, as well as a
combined OTD+LIS climatology and supporting base data (flash countsand viewing
times). Best-available detection efficiency corrections and instrument cross
normalizations have been applied.

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: NASA LIS/OTD Science Team Dataset Title: LIS/OTD 2.5 Degree Low Resolution Diurnal Climatology (LRDC) Dataset Release Place: Huntsville, AL Dataset Publisher: NASA/MSFC/GHRC Version: 2.2 Online Resource: http://thunder.nsstc.nasa.gov/data/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-04-13 Stop Date: 2005-12-31

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 2.5 degree Longitude Resolution: 2.5 degree Horizontal Resolution Range: 250 km - < 500 km or approximately 2.5 degrees - < 5.0 degrees Temporal Resolution: Annual Temporal Resolution Range: Annual Climatology

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY > LIGHTNING ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > LIGHTNING

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

TRMM > Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission MICROLAB-1 > OSC Microlab-1 Satellite

Instrument

OTD > Optical Transient Detector LIS > Lightning Imaging Sensor

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Access Constraints
none

Use Constraints
none

Ancillary Keywords

EOSDIS LIGHTNING CLIMATOLOGY

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Global Hydrology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA Data Center URL: http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/ Data Center Personnel Name: GHRC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: 256-961-7932 Fax: 256-961-7859 Email: ghrc at eos.nasa.gov Contact Address: GHRC User Services Office Global Hydrology and Climate Center 320 Sparkman Drive City: Huntsville Province or State: AL Postal Code: 35805 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP Distribution Size: 13MB Distribution Format: HDF Fees: $0

Personnel

DENNIS BOCCIPPIO Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: 256-961-7909 Email: dennis.boccippio at nasa.gov Contact Address: 320 Sparkman Drive City: Huntsville Province or State: AL Postal Code: 35805 Country: USA SHERRY HARRISON Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: 256-961-7973 Email: sharrison at itsc.uah.edu Contact Address: GHRC User Services Office Global Hydrology and Climate Center 320 Sparkman Drive City: Huntsville Province or State: AL Postal Code: 35805 Country: USA

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: Access to GHRC Lightning Data Link: GET DATA > WIST Description: Refine your granule search using the Warehouse Inventory Search Tool (WIST) using information from this record.

Publications/References
Instrument and Calibration/Validation:

Goodman, S.J.; Christian, H.J.; Rust, W.D. (1988): A comparison of the optical
pulse characteristics of intracloud and cloud-to-ground lightning as observed
above clouds. J. Appl. Met. 27, 1369-1381.

Christian, H.J.; Blakeslee, R.J.; Goodman, S.J. (1989): The Detection of
... Lightning from Geostationary Orbit. J. Geophys. Res. 94, 13329-13337.

Christian, H.J.; Blakeslee, R.J.; Goodman, S.J. (1992): Lightning imaging
sensor for the Earth Observing System. (TM-4350.) NASA. 44 pages. Available
from Center for Aerospace Information, P.O. Box 8757, Baltimore Washington
International Airport, Baltimore, MD 21240.

Christian, H.J.; Driscoll, K.T.; Goodman, S.J.; Blakeslee, R.J.; Mach,DA;
Buechler,DE (1996): The Optical Transient Detector (OTD). Proc. 10th
International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity, Osaka, Japan.

Kummerow, C.; Barnes, W.; Kozu, T.; Shiue, J.; Simpson, J. (1998): The Tropical
Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) sensor package. J. Atmos. Oc. Tech. 15,
809-817.

Christian, H.J.; Blakeslee, R.J.; Goodman, S.J.; Mach, D.A.; Stewart, M.F.;
Buechler, D.E.; Koshak, W.J.; Hall, J.M.; Boeck, W.L.; Driscoll, K.T.;
Boccippio, D.J. (1999): The Lightning Imaging Sensor. Proc. 11th Intl. Conf.
on Atmospheric Electricity (NASA), Guntersville, AL, 7-11 June. 746-749.

Ushio, T.; Driscoll, K.T.; Heckman, S.; Boccippio, D.J.; Koshak, W.J.;
Christian, H.J. (1999): Initial comparison of the Lightning Imaging Sensor
(LIS) with Lightning Detection and Ranging (LDAR). Proc. 11th Intl. Conf. on
Atmospheric Electricity (ICAE), Guntersville, AL, 6-11 June. 738-741.

Christian, H.J.; Blakeslee, R.J.; Goodman, S.J.; Mach, D.M. (eds.) (2000):
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) for the Lightning Imaging Sensor
(LIS). http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/bookshelf/pubs/atbd-lis-2000.pdf Posted:
1 Feb 2000. (NASA / Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812)

Koshak, W.J.; Bergstrom, J.W.; Stewart, M.F.; Christian, H.J.; Hall, J.M.;
Solakiewicz, R.J. (2000): Laboratory calibration of the Optical Transient
Detector and Lightning Imaging Sensor. J. Atmos. Oc. Tech. 17, 905-915.

Boccippio, D.J.; Driscoll, K.T.; Koshak, W.J.; Blakeslee, R.J.; Boeck, W.L.;
Mach, D.A.; Buechler, D.E.; Christian, H.J.; Goodman, S.J. (2000): The Optical
Transient Detector (OTD): Instrument characteristics and cross-sensor
validation. J. Atmos. Oc. Tech. 17, 441-458.

Thomas, R.J.; Krehbiel, P.R.; Rison, W.; Hamlin, T.; Boccippio, D.J.; Goodman,
S.J.; Christian, H.J. (2000): Comparison of ground-based 3-dimensional
lightning mapping observations with satellite-based LIS observations in
Oklahoma. Geophys. Res. Lett. 27, 1703-1706.

Boccippio, D.J.; Koshak, W.J.; Blakeslee, R.J. (2001): Performance assessment
of the Optical Transient Detector and Lightning Imaging Sensor: I. Predicted
diurnal variability. J. Atmos. Oc. Tech., to be submitted (preprint available
upon request).

LIS/OTD-Enabled Science & Applications:

Boccippio, D.J.; Wong, C.; Williams, E.R.; Boldi, R.; Christian, H.J.; Goodman,
S.J. (1998): Global validation of single-station Schumann resonance lightning
location. J. Atmos. Sp. Terr. Phys. 60, 701-712.

Christian, H.J.; Blakeslee, R.J.; Boccippio, D.J.; Boeck, W.L.; Buechler, D.E.;
Driscoll, K.T.; Goodman, S.J.; Hall, J.M.; Koshak, W.J.; Mach, D.M.; Stewart,
M.F. (1999): Global frequency and distribution of lightning as observed by the
Optical Transient Detector (OTD). Proc. 11th Intl. Conf. on Atmospheric
Electricity (ICAE), Guntersville, AL, 7-11 June. 726-729.

Driscoll, K.T. (1999): A comparison between lightning activity and passive
microwave measurements. 11th International Conf. on Atmospheric Electricity
(ICAE), Guntersville, AL, 7-11 June 1999. 523-526.

Cecil, D.J.; Zipser, E.J. (2000): Relationships between tropical cyclone
intensity and satellite-based indicators of inner core convection: 85 GHz
ice-scattering signature and lightning. Mon. Wea. Rev., 111, 979-996.

Buechler, D.E.; Driscoll, K.T.; Goodman, S.J.; Christian, H.J. (2000):
Lightning activity within a tornadic thunderstorm observed by the Optical
Transient Detector (OTD). Geophys. Res. Lett ., 27, 2253-2256.

Goodman, S.J.; Buechler, D.E.; Knupp, K.; Driscoll, K.T.; McCaul, E.W. (2000):
The 1997-98 El Nino event and related wintertime lightning variations in the
Southeastern United States. Geophys. Res. Lett. 27, 541-544.

Jeker, D.P.; Pfister, L.; Thompson, A.M.; Brunner, D.; Boccippio, D.J.;
Pickering, K.E.; Wernli, H.; Kondo, Y.; Staehelin, J. (2000): Measurements of
nitrogen oxides at the tropopause: Attribution to convection and correlation
with lightning. J. Geophys. Res., D 105, 3679-3700.

Boccippio, D.J.; Goodman, S.J.; Heckman, S. (2000): Regional differences in
tropical lightning distributions. J. Appl. Met. 39, 2231-2248.

Williams, E.R.; Rothkin, K.; Stevenson, D.; Boccippio, D.J. (2000): Global
lightning variations caused by changes in thunderstorm flash rate and by
changes in the number of thunderstorms. J. Appl. Met. 39, 2223-2230.

Nesbitt, S.W.; Zipser, E.J.; Cecil, D.J. (2000): A census of precipitation
features in the tropics using TRMM: Radar, ice scattering and lightning
observations. J. Clim. 13, 4087-4106.

Rodgers, E.; Olson, W.; Halverson, J.; Simpson, J.; Pierce, H. (2000):
Environmental forcing of supertyphoon Paka's (1997) latent heat structure. J.
Appl. Met., 39, 1983-2006.

Boccippio, D.J.; Cummins, K.L.; Christian, H.J.; Goodman, S.J. (2001): Combined
satellite and surface-based estimation of the intracloud / cloud-to-ground
lightning ratio over the continental United States. Mon. Wea. Rev. 129,
108-122.

Toracinta, E.R.; Zipser, E.J. (2001): Lightning and SSM/I ice-scattering
mesoscale convective systems in the global tropics. J. Appl. Met. 40,
983-1002.

Boccippio, D.J.; Heckman, S.; Goodman, S.J. (2001): A diagnostic analysis of
the Kennedy Space Center LDAR network. 2: Cross-sensor studies. J. Geophys.
Res. 106, 4787-4796.

Chang, D.E.;Weinman, J.A.; Morales, C.A.; Olson, W.S. (2001): The effect of
spaceborne microwave and ground-based continuous lightning measurements on
forecasts of the 1998 Groundhog Day storm. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 1809-1833.

Ushio, T.; Heckman, S.; Boccippio, D.J.; Christian, H.J. (2001): A survey of
thunderstorm flash rates compared to cloud top height using TRMM satellite
data. J. Geophys. Res., D, accepted.

Boccippio, D.J. (2001): Lightning scaling laws revisited. J. Atmos. Sci. ,
accepted

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-08-29 Last DIF Revision Date: 2006-10-11

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