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GOES-16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Lightning Cluster-Filter Algorithm (LCFA) Data

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OTREC

Summary

This data set contains the lightning detection data from the GOES-16 satellite Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Lightning Cluster-Filter Algorithm (LFCA) during the period of Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection (OTREC) field project operations. The data are in NetCDF files packed into daily tar files.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/PJQB-S6KY-GH0M
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2020-08-12)
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Related projects	OTREC: Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection
Frequency	< 1 minute
Language	English
ISO Topic Categories	climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Categories	Lightning Satellite
Platforms	GOES-16
Instruments	GLM - Geostationary Lightning Mapper
GCMD Science Keywords	LIGHTNING LIGHTNING Expand keywords
Documentation	GOES-R_Users_Guide_AppX.pdf [3 MiB] GOES-R_Users_Guide_V1.pdf [919 KiB] GOES-R_Users_Guide_V2.pdf [601 KiB] GOES-R_Users_Guide_V3.pdf [4 KiB] GOES-R_Users_Guide_V4.pdf [3 MiB] GOES-R_Users_Guide_V5.pdf [7 KiB]
Related links	info: OTREC Data Policy homepage: OTREC Home Page info: OTREC Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2019-08-03 00:00:00
End datetime	2019-10-07 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 15.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 2.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -90.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -73.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2020. GOES-16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Lightning Cluster-Filter Algorithm (LCFA) Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/PJQB-S6KY-GH0M. Accessed 14 Nov 2025.

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