North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (NALMA) Data

This data set contains source-level and flash-level data from the North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (NALMA) during the Intensive Observing Periods (IOPs) of the VORTEX-SE 2016 campaign. The data are in gzipped tar files by IOP which contain columnar ASCII data files.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2016-02-23T00:00:00Z
    End:  2016-05-01T23:59:59Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2016-02-23T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2016-05-01T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 39.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 31.00000
Bounding Box West Long -92.00000
Bounding Box East Long -81.00000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : VSE_NALMA_Data_Documentation_updated_20171214.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format TAR/GNU Zip (.tar.gz/.tgz) (application/x-gzip)
Standardized Resource Format Archive
Asset Size 2762 MB
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Access Constraints none
Software Implementation Language N/A

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Author Lawrence D. Carey ORCID icon
Sarah Stough ORCID icon
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory ROR icon

Publication Date 2017-12-15T15:59:45
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6Z899T8
Alternate Identifier 527.018
Resource Version 1.1
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:44:57Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::527.018
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Lawrence D. Carey, Sarah Stough. (2017). North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (NALMA) Data. 1.1. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6Z899T8. Accessed 12 March 2026.

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