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Vaisala National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) Flash Data (Restricted)


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        abstract:  The National Lightning Detection Network, NLDN, consists of over 100 remote, ground-based sensing stations located across the United States that instantaneously detect the electromagnetic signals given off when lightning strikes the earth's surface. These remote sensors send the raw data via a satellite-based communications network to the Network Control Center (NCC) operated by Vaisala Inc. in Tucson, Arizona. Within seconds of a lightning strike, the NCC's central analyzers process information on the location, time, polarity, and communicated to users across the country. Through a partnership with Vaisala and cooperative effort with the U.S. Air Force 14th Weather Squadron, summarized daily files from 1986 to present are archived to be at the NOAA National Center for Environmental Information (NCEI). Through a contract with Vaisala, the raw data from NCEI is available only to government and military users.
        purpose:  There are many possible applications for NLDN information. Initial efforts at NCEI include: 1) Support for U.S. Air Force 14th Weather Squadron, who develop specialized reports and climatological products for military interests. 2) Relating lightning flash events to reported lightning-based casualties and damage in the NCDC Storm Events Database. 3) County and grid-based summaries of lightning data, which can be made available to all users.
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                        name:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
                        description:  NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information.
                        function:  (CI_OnLineFunctionCode) information
                    hoursOfService:  8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
                role:  (CI_RoleCode) distributor
            distributionOrderProcess:  (MD_StandardOrderProcess)
                fees:  In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free, however fees may apply for data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media.
                orderingInstructions:  Data in this archival information package are not currently available for public download from NCEI. Please contact NCEI Information Services directly for access to these data.
            distributorFormat:  (MD_Format)
                name:  ASCII
                version: (missing)
            distributorTransferOptions:  (MD_DigitalTransferOptions)
                transferSize: (missing)
                onLine:  (CI_OnlineResource)
                    linkage: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
                    protocol:  HTTPS
                    applicationProfile:  Web Browser
                    name:  NCEI Customer Support
                    description:  Data in this archival information package are not currently available for public download from NCEI. Please contact NCEI Information Services. Through a contract with Vaisala, the raw data from NCEI is available only to government and military users.
                    function:  (CI_OnLineFunctionCode) offlineAccess
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    dataQualityInfo:  (DQ_DataQuality)
        scope:  (DQ_Scope)
            level:  (MD_ScopeCode) dataset
            extent:  #boundingExtent
        lineage:  (LI_Lineage)
            statement:  Contact Vaisala for in depth information on the current or historical quality coverage and control of the network.
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  Raw data collected from stations are sent to Vaisalala's Network Control Center (NCC) central analyzers process information on the location, time, polarity, and communicated to users across the country.
                rationale:  The raw data is defined as containing the exact location and time of the flash event. Summarized data (number of flashes per day in region 'x') may be distributed to all.
                dateTime: (missing)
                processor:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                    organisationName: (missing)
                    role:  (CI_RoleCode) processor
                source:  sd001
            source:  (LE_Source)
                description:  flash lightning totals from the National Lightning Detection Network, NLDN, stations.
                sourceCitation:  (CI_Citation)
                    title:  National Lightning Detection Network
                    date:  (CI_Date)
                        date:  1986
                        dateType:  (CI_DateTypeCode) publication
                    citedResponsibleParty:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                        organisationName:  VAISALA > Vaisala, Inc.
                        role:  (CI_RoleCode) originator
                    citedResponsibleParty:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                        organisationName: (missing)
                        contactInfo:  (CI_Contact)
                            onlineResource:  (CI_OnlineResource)
                                linkage: ftp://ftp-restricted.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/lightning/
                                applicationProfile:  Web Browser
                                name:  National Lightning Detection Network
                                description:  Raw flash lightning totals from the National Lightning Detection Network, NLDN, stations.
                                function:  (CI_OnLineFunctionCode) information
                        role: (missing)
                sourceExtent:  (EX_Extent)
                    geographicElement:  (EX_GeographicBoundingBox)
                        extentTypeCode:  1
                        westBoundLongitude:  -125.0
                        eastBoundLongitude:  -66.0
                        southBoundLatitude:  24.0
                        northBoundLatitude:  50.0
                    temporalElement:  (EX_TemporalExtent)
                        extent:
                          TimePeriod:
                            beginPosition:  1986
                            endPosition:
                sourceStep:  ps001
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    dataQualityInfo:  (DQ_DataQuality)
        scope:  (DQ_Scope)
            level:  (MD_ScopeCode) repository
            levelDescription:  (MD_ScopeDescription)
                other:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
        lineage:  (LI_Lineage)
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2015-04-22T00:00:00
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    metadataMaintenance:  (MD_MaintenanceInformation)
        maintenanceAndUpdateFrequency:  (MD_MaintenanceFrequencyCode) asNeeded
        maintenanceNote:  Bulk metadata change applied on 2018-11-05. See version control repository history for metadata change details.