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    • LIGHTNING DETECTION AND RANGING (LDAR) RAW DATA V1

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    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 December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1979878937-GHRC_DAAC
    Data First Published 1997-01-01
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2022-04-28
    Category LIS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Blakeslee, Richard J., Monte Bateman and Douglas M. Mach.1997. LIGHTNING DETECTION AND RANGING (LDAR) RAW DATA indicate subset used. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LDAR/DATA101
    Graphic Preview Description N/A
    Graphic Preview File https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/ksc-ldar/browse/
    Harvest Object Id 448db5e4-e8fb-45f2-be8a-abfac976c596
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/LIS/LDAR/DATA101
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -83.0 26.0 -78.0 31.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 5ba7047023274066dafddb6660ea6c5b20ea8a1c8f61ecb88e29e62dd59efe47
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1997-02-28T00:00:00Z/2008-06-11T23:59:59Z

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