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Contents of gridded Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) vertical total electron content (VTEC) data derived from GPS lightning detections - 2018 (NCEI Accession 0241206)

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These files contain data products derived from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) broadband radio-frequency (RF) sensors on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites that measure transient events in the very-high frequency (VHF, 30-300 MHz) range. As a RF signal from transient broadband lightning events travels through the ionosphere, it is dispersed, so lower frequencies arrive later in time than higher frequencies. This dispersion can be used to determine the slant total electron content (STEC, or the integrated electron density along the line of sight between the lightning location and the GPS satellite in medium Earth orbit (MEO)). A mapping factor is used to project the slant TEC (along the line of sight) to a vertical TEC (VTEC), which is the integrated electron density vertically above a given location. The VTEC measurements from lightning events are combined in latitude, longitude, and time bins, and the median VTEC in a given bin is provided in these data files. This binning creates a time and spatial averaged sparse global TEC product from lightning events that can be used to compare to other TEC measurement products such as from GPS ground-based receivers.
  • Cite as: Lay, Erin H.; Tippmann, Jeffery D.; Wiens, Kyle C. (2021). Contents of gridded Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) vertical total electron content (VTEC) data derived from GPS lightning detections - 2018 (NCEI Accession 0241206). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0241206. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -180
East: 180
South: -60
North: 60
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Publication Dates
  • publication: 2021-10-04
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
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Submission Package ID: T24AJN
Purpose This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
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  • accessLevel: Public
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  • Cite as: Lay, Erin H.; Tippmann, Jeffery D.; Wiens, Kyle C. (2021). Contents of gridded Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) vertical total electron content (VTEC) data derived from GPS lightning detections - 2018 (NCEI Accession 0241206). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0241206. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • satelliteObservation
Provider Keywords
  • GPS Epoch Time
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) vertical total electron content (VTEC)
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
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  • Cite as: Lay, Erin H.; Tippmann, Jeffery D.; Wiens, Kyle C. (2021). Contents of gridded Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) vertical total electron content (VTEC) data derived from GPS lightning detections - 2018 (NCEI Accession 0241206). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0241206. Accessed [date].
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  • 2021-10-04T21:06:06Z - NCEI Accession 0241206 v1.1 was published.
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  • Parameter or Variable: LANL VTEC (measured); Units: TECU; Observation Category: satellite; Sampling Instrument: GPS.
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  • GPS
Last Modified: 2023-11-12T13:09:00Z
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