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Lightning Climatology Derived from World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) for US East Coast and European North Sea

Dataset ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.21947/2476837· OSTI ID:2476837
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  1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

This dataset contains gridded (1x1 km) data of lightning stroke observations during 2020, 2021, and 2022 over the US East Coast and European North Sea. Data processing involved intersecting each of the ~26 million lightning strokes over the US East Coast and ~365 thousand strokes over the North Sea within a corresponding 1x1 km grid, resulting in each grid reporting a 'strokes per square kilometer' and 'energy per square kilometer'. For the US, these results are presented as annual averages for 2020, 2021, and 2022, while for the North Sea results are presented as a 3-year annual average.

Research Organization:
Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
OSTI ID:
2476837
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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