Brazil BrasilDAT Lightning Network Data

This data set contains every detection of cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud lightning from the INPE (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais) BrasilDAT (Sistema Brasileiro de Detecção de Descargas atmosféricas) lightning network during the RELAMPAGO (Remote sensing of Electrification, Lightning, And Meso-scale/micro-scale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations) field season.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2018-11-01T00:00:00Z
    End:  2018-12-15T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2018-12-15T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat -21.00000
Bounding Box South Lat -31.00000
Bounding Box West Long -59.00000
Bounding Box East Long -53.00000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : Readme_Lightning_data_Brazil.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format CSV: Comma Separated Value (text/csv)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 266 MB
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Author Kleber Naccarato
Luiz Machado
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2019-06-14T14:57:47
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/N9QW-SAKN-R311
Alternate Identifier 553.024
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-12-26T23:50:03Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::553.024
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Kleber Naccarato, Luiz Machado. (2019). Brazil BrasilDAT Lightning Network Data. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/N9QW-SAKN-R311. Accessed 20 February 2025.

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