Array · collection · 2026
International Space Station (ISS) Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Annual Thunder Hour
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/isslis/ath/data101
This thunder hour dataset is based on lightning observations from the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) that operated aboard the International Space Station (ISS) from 1 March 2017 to 16 November 2023.
Description
The data are provided at 0.05° latitude/longitude resolution for latitudes between 54.75ºS and 54.75ºN. A thunder hour is defined as an hour during which thunder can be heard from a given location. Thunder hours represent a historical measure of lightning occurrence and a metric of thunderstorm frequency that is comparatively less sensitive to geographic variations in the detection capabilities of a lightning location system.
Thunder hours represent the average number of hours per year during which two or more LIS group centroids were observed within 15 km of each grid point. The ISS LIS annual thunder hour dataset is available as a single netCDF-4 file.
Links
Get the data
- 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
- Lightning Primer earthdata.nasa.gov/topics/atmosphere/lightning ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui ↗
The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset
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
- 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
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3870175389-GHRC_DAAC.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3870175389-GHRC_DAAC ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/international-space-station-iss-lightning-imaging-sens… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/isslis/ath/data101 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=f27f3cf5-6a38-4977-ad3b-375bd3ca1… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3870175389-GHRC_DAAC.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3870175389-GHRC_DAAC.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- International Space Station · Lightning · Lightning Imaging Sensor · Thunder Hour
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Energy · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Imaging 75% · Space sciences 70%
Provenance · 2 source records, 21 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3870175389-GHRC_DAAC | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | f27f3cf5-6a38-4977-ad3b-375bd3ca1813 | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:5109 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (70%) |
| 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[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-electricity/lightning/thunder-hour | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| 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 |