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    • GLM Events and Flashes Data

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

    The GLM Events and Flashes Data consist of the size and number of lightning flashes and events. The data were collected from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument on the GOES-16 and GOES-17 satellites and are available as L1b events (raw) and L2 flashes (processed). They are available from March 15, 2021, through March 18, 2021, in netCDF-4 and HDF-5 formats.

    Access & Use Information

    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 19, 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 19, 2025
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/GLM/DATA101
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-11
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id e4a89e22-9cbb-4472-af8b-eae88fa5adb8
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?&q=glml1bflash
    Old Spatial {"NorthBoundingCoordinate":55.464,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-55.99,"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 2e09fc87adaac5d2b4371510c4315b978018d431cdc47f41249e36d87b7dc4f7
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2021-03-15/2021-03-15

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