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Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) ALOFT
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/aloft/lip/data101
The Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) ALOFT dataset consists of electrical field measurements of lightning and navigation data collected by the Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) flown onboard the NASA ER-2 aircraft.
Description
These data were gathered during the Airborne Lightning Observatory for Fly’s Eye Geostationary Lightning Mapper Simulator and Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (ALOFT) field campaign. ALOFT aimed to study terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) and gamma-ray glows in thunderstorms and to validate observations from the International Space Station Lightning Imaging Sensor (ISS LIS) and the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM).
These data are available from June 15, 2023 through July 31, 2023 in ASCII format.
Links
Get the data
- Resource journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atot/24/9/jtech2080_1.xml ↗
General matrix inversion technique for the calibration of electric field sensor arrays on aircraft platforms
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource doi.org/10.1175/jtech2039.1 ↗
A low-noise, microprocessor-controlled, internally digitizing rotating-vane electric field mill for airborne platforms
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource doi.org/10.1029/2004gl021802 ↗
Observed electric fields associated with lightning initiation
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-24-0060.1 ↗
Hunting for Gamma Rays above Thunderstorms: The ALOFT Campaign
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
- Resource doi.org/10.1175/jtech1918.1 ↗
Retrieving storm electric fields from aircraft field mill data. Part II: Applications
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3890967328-GHRC_DAAC.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3890967328-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/lightning-instrument-package-lip-aloft ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/aloft/lip/data101 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3890967328-GHRC_DAAC.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=e7585259-7dfc-41c4-a52d-1972c3729… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3890967328-GHRC_DAAC.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Electric Field · Lightning · Lightning Instrument Package · NASA Earth Resources-2 · Radiance
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Energy · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Imaging 75%
Provenance · 2 source records, 21 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3890967328-GHRC_DAAC | 14 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | e7585259-7dfc-41c4-a52d-1972c3729215 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| 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:lip | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-electricity/electric-field | 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/oceans/ocean-optics/radiance | 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:nasa-er-2 | 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 |