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Quality Controlled Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on International Space Station (ISS) Science Data V3
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/lis/isslis/data114
The Quality Controlled Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on International Space Station (ISS) Science Data dataset was collected by the LIS instrument mounted on the ISS and are used to detect the distribution and variability of total lightning occurring in the Earth’s tropical and subtropical regions.
Description
This dataset consists of quality controlled science data. This data collection can be used for severe storm detection and analysis, as well as for lightning-atmosphere interaction studies.
The LIS instrument makes measurements during both day and night with high detection efficiency. The data are available in both HDF-4 and netCDF-4 formats, with corresponding browse images in GIF format. This reprocessed version 3 dataset covers the entire mission from March 1, 2017 through November 16, 2023.
Links
Get the data
- Resource eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/eo_pdfs/May_June_2016_color%20508.pdf ↗
LIS on ISS: Expanded Global Coverage and Enhanced Applications
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/JD094iD11p13329/abstract ↗
The detection of lightning from geostationary orbit
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Lightning Primer earthdata.nasa.gov/topics/atmosphere/lightning ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui ↗
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD) FOR THE LIGHTNING IMAGING SENSOR (LIS)
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/data-recipes/iss-lis-lightning-flash-location-quickview-… ↗
ISS LIS Lightning Flash Location Quickview using Python 3.0 and GIS
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Instructions for citing GHRC data ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20140011702.pdf ↗
Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) for the International Space Station (ISS): Mission Description and Science Goals
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui ↗
International Space Station (ISS) Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Provisional datasets User Guide
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3838944284-GHRC_DAAC.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3838944284-GHRC_DAAC ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
- Resource ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui ↗
download · from data nasa gov
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/quality-controlled-lightning-imaging-sensor-lis-on-int… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/lis/isslis/data114 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3838944284-GHRC_DAAC.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=13109ea6-609c-4630-97cb-a3e98960a… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3838944284-GHRC_DAAC.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- International Space Station · Lightning · Lightning Imaging Sensor
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Energy · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Image 65% · Imaging 75% · Space instrumentation 75%
Provenance · 2 source records, 21 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3838944284-GHRC_DAAC | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 13109ea6-609c-4630-97cb-a3e98960a532 | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:510906 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (75%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:energy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:lis | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-electricity/lightning | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:imaging | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:iss | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |