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

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.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2019-08-03T00:00:00Z
    End:  2019-10-07T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2019-08-03T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2019-10-07T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 15.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 2.00000
Bounding Box West Long -90.00000
Bounding Box East Long -73.00000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : GOES-R_Users_Guide_AppX.pdf

Documentation #2 : GOES-R_Users_Guide_V1.pdf

Documentation #3 : GOES-R_Users_Guide_V2.pdf

Documentation #4 : GOES-R_Users_Guide_V3.pdf

Documentation #5 : GOES-R_Users_Guide_V4.pdf

Documentation #6 : GOES-R_Users_Guide_V5.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format TAR: Unix Tape ARchive (TAR) Format File (application/x-tar)
Standardized Resource Format Archive
Asset Size 38283 MB
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Access Constraints none
Software Implementation Language N/A

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Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
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Publication Date 2020-08-12T16:30:37
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/PJQB-S6KY-GH0M
Alternate Identifier 590.016
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:05:19Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::590.016
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation (2020). GOES-16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Lightning Cluster-Filter Algorithm (LCFA) Data. 1.0. https://doi.org/10.26023/PJQB-S6KY-GH0M. Accessed 05 August 2025.

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