World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) Global Lightning Climatology (WGLC) and time series, 2022 update

Kaplan, Jed O.; Lau, Katie Hong-Kiu

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-5665-2022

Articles | Volume 14, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-5665-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-5665-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 12

Brief communication

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21 Dec 2022

Brief communication |

| 21 Dec 2022

World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) Global Lightning Climatology (WGLC) and time series, 2022 update

Jed O. Kaplan and Katie Hong-Kiu Lau

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-5665-2022-supplement

Data sets

The WWLLN Global Lightning Climatology and timeseries (WGLC) Jed O. Kaplan and Katie Hong-Kiu Lau https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6007052

Model code and software

ARVE-Research/WGLC-scripts: First release (v1.0.0) Jed O. Kaplan https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7389753

Short summary

Global lightning strokes are recorded continuously by a network of ground-based stations. We consolidated these point observations into a map form and provide these as electronic datasets for research purposes. Here we extend our dataset to include lightning observations from 2021.