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    • CAMEX-3 LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) V1

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    The CAMEX-3 Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) dataset contains electrical field measurements of lightning within storms studied during the Convection And Moisture EXperiment 3 (CAMEX-3). The LIP was flown aboard the NASA ER-2 aircraft, enabling vector components of the electric field (i.e, Ex, Ey, Ez) to be readily obtained, thus greatly improving knowledge of the electrical structure within storms overflown. Measurements within this dataset include field mill data, conductivity probe temperatures from two probes, and navigation data. The field mills measure the components of the electric field over a wide dynamic range extending from fair weather electric fields, (i.e., a few to tens of V/m) to larger thunderstorm fields (i.e., tens of kV/m). Total lightning (i.e., cloud-to-ground, intracloud) is identified from the abrupt electric field changes in the data. The conductivity probe measures the air conductivity at the aircraft flight altitude. Storm electric currents can be derived using the electric field and air conductivity measurements.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1979111865-GHRC_DAAC
    Data First Published 2000-10-30
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2022-04-28
    Category CAMEX-3, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Blakeslee, Richard J..2000. CAMEX-3 LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) indicate subset used. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-3/LIP/DATA001
    Graphic Preview Description N/A
    Graphic Preview File https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/camex3/er2lip/browse/
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-3/LIP/DATA001
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -89.971 13.9761 -63.22 34.5879
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 8df96cf3c6b033844bebd7552dab18be8185d83247930f4b0690b8da82a9e5c9
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1998-08-08T12:33:07Z/1998-09-27T23:27:05Z

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