Lightning Density Data

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identifier urn:wmo:md:ca-eccc-msc:75dfb8cb-9efc-4c15-bcb5-7562f89517ce
type dataset
created 2023-01-30T00:00:00Z
updated
title Lightning Density Data
description The Canadian Lightning Detection Network (CLDN) provides lightning monitoring across most of Canada. The data distributed here represents a spatio-temporal aggregation of the observations of this network available with an accuracy of a few hundred meters. More precisely, every 10 minutes, the reported observations are processed in the following way: The location of observed lightning (cloud-to-ground and intra-cloud) in the last 10 minutes is extracted. Using a regular horizontal grid of about 2.5km by 2.5km, the number of observed lightning flashes within each grid cell is calculated. These grid data are normalized by the exact area of each cell (in km2) and by the accumulation period (10min) to obtain an observed flash density expressed in km-2 and min-1. A mask is applied to remove data located more than 250km from Canadian land or sea borders.
wmo:dataPolicy core
keywords
  • Lightning
  • Real-time
  • Thunderstorm
  • Weather and Climate
  • National (CA)
  • Atmosphere
themes concepts: id: Storms
id: Weather
id: Detection

scheme: https://canada.multites.net/cst/EAEAD1E6-7DD2-4997-BE7F-40BFB1CBE8A2/CST20230912.rdf
concepts: id: weather

scheme: https://codes.wmo.int/wis/topic-hierarchy/earth-system-discipline
contacts addresses: deliveryPoint: 77 Westmorland Street, suite 260
city: Fredericton
administrativeArea: New Brunswick
postalCode: E3B 6Z4
country: Canada

roles: host
organization: Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Meteorological Service of Canada
name: National Inquiry Response Team / Équipe nationale de réponse des demandes du public
position: National Inquiry Response Team
hoursOfService: 0700h - 1500h EST
contactInstructions: email
phones: value: +18199972800

emails: value: ECWeather-Meteo@ec.gc.ca

links: rel: canonical
type: text/html
href: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change.html

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