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NASA LISOTD 2p5 Monthly: Monthly Flash Density Rate data

Monthly Flash Density Rate from NASA LISOTD 2p5: Satellite monthly and daily flash density rate data from OTD and TRMM-LIS at 2.5 deg.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time
grid: /T (months since 1995-01-01 12:00:00) ordered (Jan 1996) to (Dec 2013) by 1.0 N= 216 pts :grid
Longitud
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (178.75W) to (178.75E) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
Latitud
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (88.75S) to (88.75N) by 2.5 N= 72 pts :grid

Other Info

CE
null
CS
null
datatype
realarraytype
file_missing_value
0.0
hdf_name
LRMTS_COM_FR
missing_value
NaN
units
Flashes /km2 /day
valid_range
[ 0.0 0.2740847 ]
history
NASA LISOTD 2p5 Monthly
Averaged in T with overlapping interval 2.0
Boxes with less than 0.0% dropped

References

Cecil, S, D. Buechler and R. Blakeslee, 2014: Gridded lightning climatology from TRMM-LIS and OTD: dataset description. Atm. Res., 135-136, 404-414

Albrecht, Rachel I, Steve Goodman, Dennis Buechler, Richard Blakeslee and Hugh Christian. 2016. LIS 0.1 Degree Very High Resolution Gridded Lightning Monthly Climatology (VHRMC). Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS/DATA302

Last updated: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 01:36:02 GMT

Data Views

TXY
[ X Y | T]MMM


Filters

Here are some filters that are useful for manipulating data. There are actually many more available, but they have to be entered manually. See Ingrid Function Documentation for more information. Average over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
RMS (root mean square with mean *not* removed) over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
RMSA (root mean square with mean removed) over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
Maximum over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
Minimum over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
Detrend (best-fit-line) over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
Convert units from Flashes/km^2/day to

Note on units