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LIGHTNING DETECTION AND RANGING (LDAR) RAW DATA V1

Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

Lightning Detection and Ranging (LDAR) Raw data consists of level 1 lightning data collected from February 25, 1997 through June 11, 2008. The LDR system is located at the Kennedy Space Center. The center latitude and longitude of the LDAR network is 28.5387 and -80.6428. All x, y, and z values represent distance (in meters) from this location. LDAR is a volumetric lightning mapping system providing near real-time location of lightning in support of Space Shuttle operations. These data are in ASCII format.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
Maintainer
Identifier 10.5067/LIS/LDAR/DATA101
Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
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 c1a6feeb-f543-46e8-9042-258de584f035
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-83,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":31,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-78,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":26}
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash e87c6336c7edabe38da2956823d8e9d089966be9cb3dfccceff52909125f910d
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 1997-02-28/2008-06-11

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