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Description

The Configurable Scanning Submillimeter-wave Instrument/Radiometer (CoSSIR) ALOFT dataset consists of data measured onboard the NASA ER-2 aircraft 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). CoSSIR data are available from June 15, 2023 through July 29, 2023, in netCDF-4 format.

Product Summary

Platforms
NASA ER-2
Instruments
COSSIR
Spatial Extent

N: 35.925 S: 10.321 E: -79.761 W: -119.334

Location
CARIBBEAN ,
CENTRAL AMERICA ,
FLORIDA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2023-06-15 to 2023-07-29
Data Partner
Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/MSFC/GHRC)
Concept ID
C3671162869-GHRC_DAAC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
22
Processing Level
2
Science Keywords
Brightness Temperature ,
Atmospheric Water Vapor ,
Water Vapor Indicators ,
Cloud Properties ,
Precipitation Indicators

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Rachael Kroodsma, I. A. (2025). Configurable Scanning Submillimeter-wave Instrument/Radiometer (CoSSIR) ALOFT [Data set]. NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ALOFT/COSSIR/DATA101 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

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