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    • GLM Events and Flashes Data

    Metadata Updated: July 10, 2025

    The GLM Events and Flashes Data consist of the size and number of lightning flashes and events. The data were collected from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument on the GOES-16 and GOES-17 satellites and are available as L1b events (raw) and L2 flashes (processed). They are available from March 15, 2021, through March 18, 2021, in netCDF-4 and HDF-5 formats.

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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 July 10, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 10, 2025
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/GLM/DATA101
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-09
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
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    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3891ab1e682903e640664eae27115ba8aed0b6448e22d49a19b2a2725dba4a64
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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