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LIS Resources
Read the latest Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) news and access learning resources designed to help you optimize your Earth science research.
LIS Learning Resources
Join us May 3 at 2 p.m., EDT [UTC -4], to learn how to use the Lightning Dashboard at NASA's Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center (GHRC DAAC) to visualize and analyze NASA's lightning data.
Webinar
Join us to learn how the new International Space Station (ISS) Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) data can be used within Python, GIS and other applications to study lightning that occurred during the 2017 hurricane season.
Webinar
Near real-time products enable the management of ongoing events; standard data products are heavily processed and intended for scientific research.
Data Basics
Join us to learn about the importance of lightning observations- for seasonal and long-term trends in lightning activity. We will focus on data and applications from the International Space Station's (ISS) Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) instrument.
Webinar
Satellite data shows that communities in western Nepal and northern Bangladesh are at an increased risk for lightning related injury.
Data in Action
NASA's Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) surveyed lightning flashes of all shapes, sizes, and radiances across the tropics.
Data in Action
NASA's Global Hydrology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center (GHRC DAAC) has released 10 different gridded lightning climatology datasets.
Data in Action
NASA climatology datasets have revealed Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, as the peak lightning hotspot on Earth.
Data in Action
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LIS News
The Lightning Imaging Sensor measured the amount, rate, and radiant energy of lightning around the globe both day and night.
Feature Article
NASA’s GHRC DAAC helps scientists like Dr. Timothy Lang use lightning data to better understand the processes in convective storms.
Data User Story
Who Uses NASA Earth Science Data? Eric Bruning, to study the relationships of storm electrification and lightning to the thermodynamics, microphysics, kinematics, and dynamics of thunderstorms.
Data User Story
Who uses NASA Earth science data? Dr. Charles Ichoku, to study the global and regional impacts of fires in Northern Sub-Saharan Africa.
Data User Story
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