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ISS LIS Lightning Flash Location Quickview using Python 2.7 and GIS

Visualize lightning flash locations across several user-selected Lightning Imaging Sensor aboard the International Space Station (ISS LIS) swath data files and other processes.

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Jan. 4, 2018

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Use ArcGIS to Convert LIS Very High Resolution Gridded Lightning Climatology NetCDF Data to GeoTIFF Format

This data recipe shows how to bring gridded netCDF data into ArcMap and create a GeoTIFF file enabling GIS analysis and map making.

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Oct. 10, 2017

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New Lightning Imaging Sensor to be Installed on the International Space Station

The installation of a Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on the International Space Station (ISS) will enable detection of 98% of Earth's lightning on an annual basis.

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April 20, 2021

FLASH—A New Source for Global Lightning Data is Now Available

Provisional data from the Lightning Imaging Sensor aboard the International Space Station - LIS (ISS) are now available through NASA's GHRC DAAC and LANCE.

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April 20, 2021

Lightning seen from the shore of Lake Maracaibo

The Maracaibo Beacon

Researchers stalk seasonal lightning in the most struck place on Earth.

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April 19, 2021

Lightning strikes near Helsinki, Finland during a 2012 storm.

Striking New Ground

Lightning is much more complex—and extreme—than you think.

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April 19, 2021

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ISS LIS Lightning Flash Location Quickview using Python 2.7 and GIS

Use ArcGIS to Convert LIS Very High Resolution Gridded Lightning Climatology NetCDF Data to GeoTIFF Format

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New Lightning Imaging Sensor to be Installed on the International Space Station

FLASH—A New Source for Global Lightning Data is Now Available

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ISS LIS Lightning Flash Location Quickview using Python 2.7 and GIS

Use ArcGIS to Convert LIS Very High Resolution Gridded Lightning Climatology NetCDF Data to GeoTIFF Format

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New Lightning Imaging Sensor to be Installed on the International Space Station

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