Data · dataset · 2026
Hourly Gridded Accumulations of Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Flash Counts on the NCEP G211 Grid (2018–2026)
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
This dataset provides a continuous, high-resolution record of lightning activity across the Americas and adjacent oceanic regions, derived from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instruments aboard the GOES-16 and GOES-19 satellites.
Description
Lightning flash counts are accumulated hourly onto the NCEP G211 (approximately 40 km) and a nested 20 km half-spacing grid for the period January 2018 through December 2026. The data are provided in netCDF-4, adhering to CF-1.8 metadata conventions.
This collection is designed to support the training and validation of machine learning models. By standardizing diverse satellite eras into a uniform spatial and temporal framework, this dataset lowers the barrier for multi-year lightning climatology research.
Links
Get the data
- Resource Homepage doi.org/10.5065/axv2-gx20 ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/hourly-gridded-accumulations-of-geostationary-lightnin… ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=683da2ca-50e6-44f0-8259-7d3d62ca3… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 7 field assertions
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| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
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| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
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