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    OPTICAL TRANSIENT DETECTOR (OTD) LIGHTNING V1

    Metadata Updated: February 22, 2025

    The Optical Transient Detector (OTD) records optical measurements of global lightning events in the daytime and nighttime. The data includes individual point (lightning) data, satellite metadata, and several derived products. The OTD was launched on 3 April 1995 aboard the Microlab-1 satellite into a near polar orbit with an inclination of 70 degrees with respect to the equator, at an altitude of 740 km.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from nasa test json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1979889849-GHRC_DAAC
    Data First Published 1996-11-15
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-19
    Category LIS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id dc051d12-6668-4491-97fd-ef0cdc910b83
    Harvest Source Id a73e0c30-4684-40ef-908e-d22e9e9e5f86
    Harvest Source Title nasa test json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/LIS/OTD/DATA101
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -70.0 180.0 70.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 5b59b09974c5b71e0cb08e287927ad66e04eca1fbca6f18da69c0563d8f43ab9
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1995-04-13T01:37:27Z/2000-03-23T19:17:37Z

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