WSI Corporation and Unidata are pleased to announce the
availability of global lightning data to members of the
Unidata community.
WSI Corp.'s Global Lightning Network (GLN) provides high
quality real-time and archive lightning stroke data to
clients throughout the world. Lightning sensors are located
at more than 150 international hosting partner sites,
in addition to the detectors that make up the North American
Precision Lightning Network (all
NAPLN data is included in the GLN data feed). In
the key deployment areas, including North and South
America, Europe, and Asia/Australia, GLN detection
efficiency values are as high as 90-95%, with corresponding
location accuracies less than 1 km. Real-time data are
collected in a 1-minute bin, and contain cloud-to-ground
lightning stroke data and some cloud flash discharges.
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