Articles | Volume 13, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3219-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3219-2021
Data description paper
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06 Jul 2021
Data description paper |  | 06 Jul 2021

The WGLC global gridded lightning climatology and time series

Jed O. Kaplan and Katie Hong-Kiu Lau

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The WWLLN Global Lightning Climatology and timeseries (WGLC) Jed O. Kaplan and Katie Hong-Kiu Lau https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4774528

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Lightning is an important atmospheric phenomenon and natural hazard, but few long-term data are freely available on lightning stroke location, timing, and power. Here, we present a new, open-access dataset of lightning strokes covering 2010–2020, based on a network of low-frequency radio detectors. The dataset is comprised of GIS maps and is intended for researchers, government, industry, and anyone for whom knowing when and where lightning is likely to strike is useful information.
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