Data · dataset · 2026
GOES-16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Lightning Detection Gridded Product Data
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
This data set contains the lightning detection gridded product data from the GOES-16 satellite Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) during the period of RELAMPAGO operations.
Description
Included are flash/group extent density, flash/group centroid density, event density, average flash area, and total energy. The data are in NetCDF files packed into daily tar files.
Links
Get the data
- Resource Homepage doi.org/10.26023/j6y4-nxaa-sf0j ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/goes-16-geostationary-lightning-mapper-glm-lightning-d… ↗
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=a165bcca-4e54-4dea-9b48-b04cf72b7… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Energy · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | a165bcca-4e54-4dea-9b48-b04cf72b75d8 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
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| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:energy | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
| publication_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 |