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Description

The Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Backgrounds version 5 was collected by the LIS instrument on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite used to detect the distribution and variability of total lightning occurring in the Earth’s tropical and subtropical regions. This data can be used for severe storm detection and analysis, as well as for lightning-atmosphere interaction studies. The LIS instrument makes measurements during both day and night with high detection efficiency. These data are available in both HDF-4 and netCDF-4 formats.

Product Summary

Platforms
TRMM
Instruments
LIS
Spatial Extent

N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180

Location
TROPICS
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1998-01-01 to 2015-04-08
Data Partner
Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/MSFC/GHRC)
Concept ID
C4066467497-GHRC_DAAC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
192600
Processing Level
1B
Science Keywords
Lightning ,
Lightning

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.

Copy Citation

Lang, T. (2026). Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on TRMM Backgrounds V5 [Data set]. NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LIS/DATA601 Date Accessed: 2026-03-17

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