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    • CAMEX-4 DC-8 LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP) V1

    Metadata Updated: September 4, 2025

    The CAMEX-4 DC-8 Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) dataset was collected by the ER-2 Lightning Instrument Package (LIP), which allows the vector components of the electric field (i.e, Ex, Ey, Ez) to be readily obtained, and thus, greatly improves our knowledge of the electrical structure of storms overflown during the CAMEX-4 campaign. 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 April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 4, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 4, 2025
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/CAMEX-4/LIP/DATA001
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-27
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=c4dlip
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-105,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":50,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-50,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":10}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 444d2e62e99849898de87a93786925928cc9becb781dcacb06a1335b3e20afa6
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2001-08-03/2001-08-03

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