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LIGHTNING DETECTION AND RANGING (LDAR) RAW DATA V1

Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

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: 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

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/LIS/LDAR/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 2a40463b-e423-4aa8-985e-0058020ae2c8
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=ldarraw
Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-83,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":31,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-78,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":26}
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash c0ed5dd87781be75db665c2a96c55fca70a0373d1178ca6e027dc1dd44faddb3
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 1997-02-28/1997-02-28

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