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    • GLM Events and Flashes Data

    Metadata Updated: February 6, 2026

    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 February 6, 2026

    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 February 6, 2026
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/GLM/DATA101
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-03
    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 876c28d9-0f27-4841-9837-ac50bae5182c
    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 ffb481f63be3c25cfcef4751177be8436730921c9ddd2432ec33a5f9d940bdac
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2021-03-15/2021-03-15

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