Identification

Title

WWLLN Lightning Data

Alternative title(s)

553.006

Abstract

This data set contains global lightning location data from the World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) for the RELAMPAGO time period. The data are in a comma-delimited ASCII format in daily gzipped tar files. These data were provided by Dr. Robert Holzworth at the University of Washington. These data were collected in real time and have not had any additional processing or quality control applied.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/553.006

protocol: https

name: WWLLN Lightning Data homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac_pw/fgr_form/id=553.006

protocol: https

name: WWLLN Lightning Data Data Order Form

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via FTP.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

553.006

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

World Wide Lightning Location Network - WWLLN

Keyword set

keyword value

Electrification

Lightning

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY > LIGHTNING

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > LIGHTNING

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-180.00000

East bounding longitude

180.00000

North bounding latitude

90.00000

South bounding latitude

-90.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2018-10-11T00:00:00Z

End position

2019-01-05T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2019-02-15T23:13:43Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

Access to these data requires a password.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-07T22:44:00Z

Metadata language