WWLLN Lightning Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/553.006

Summary
This data set contains global lightning location data from the World Wide
Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) for the RELAMPAGO time period. The data are
in a comma-delimited ASCII format in daily gzipped tar files. These data were
provided by Dr. Robert Holzworth at the University of Washington. These data
were collected in real time and have not had any additional processing or
quality control applied.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 553.006

Versions
  1.0

Citation
Example citation following ESIP guidelines (http://bit.ly/data_citation):

 Holzworth, R. 2019. WWLLN Lightning Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth
 Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/553.006. Accessed 18
 Aug 2019.

If you plan to cite this dataset in a publication, please email us at:
 eol-datahelp@ucar.edu
We may be able to provide an updated citation that includes a DOI.

Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * RELAMPAGO: Remote sensing of Electrification, Lightning, And
Mesoscale/microscale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/RELAMPAGO

Additional information
 * Frequency: criteria
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Electrification

Platforms
 * World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN)

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY > LIGHTNING
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > LIGHTNING

Documentation
 * readme_relampago_wwlln.txt [3 KiB]
   http://data.eol.ucar.edu/datafile/nph-get/553.006/readme_relampago_wwlln.txt

Restrictions
 * authorization required

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2018-10-11 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2019-01-05 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -90.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 180.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: Robert Holzworth <bobholz@washington.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/973

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/553.006?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/553.006?format=isotc211