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GOES-R PLT West Texas Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) V1

Metadata Updated: January 15, 2026

The GOES-R PLT West Texas Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) dataset consists of total lightning data measured from the West Texas LMA (WTXLMA) network during the GOES-R Post Launch Test (PLT) airborne science field campaign. The GOES-R PLT airborne science field campaign took place in support of the post-launch product validation of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). The LMA measures the arrival time of radiation from a lightning discharge at multiple stations and locates the sources of radiation to produce a three-dimensional map of total lightning activity. These data files are available in compressed ASCII files and are available from March 1, 2017 through June 1, 2017.

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 January 15, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date January 15, 2026
Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
Maintainer
Identifier 10.5067/GOESRPLT/LMA/DATA701
Data Last Modified 2026-01-13
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=goesrpltwtlma
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Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 2371067354d6671190b2056e494caafd865fc984a85a6f5695ddcc401112717b
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 2017-03-01/2017-03-01

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