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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
This data recipe guides the user through a Python script that enables visualization of Optical Transient Detector (OTD) lightning flash locations.
Data Recipe
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
Enables the visualization of lightning flash locations across several user-selected ISS LIS swath data files and other processes.
Data Recipe
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