World Wide Lightning Location Network Tropical Cyclones (WWLLN-TC - University of Washington)

Data provided by:	University of Washington in Seattle
Data accessibility:	export map
Link to the data:	Hurricane Matthew as a well known example Acccess current and previous tropical cyclones
File type:	jpeg, jpeg
Data type:	hazard specific data
Hazard:	Severe Storm
Disaster cycle phase:	Disaster Risk Management, Response, Recovery
Space-based Information:	VLF Data, Microwave satellite data
Satellites and Sensors:	TRMM (PR)
Spatial coverage:	Global
Temporal coverage:	Archive, Near-real time
Technical Specifications:	Lightning location sensors at VLF (3-30 kHz) Microwave sattelite data
Costs:	free
Contact:	WWLLN-TC
Restrictions/ Citation of the dataset:	WWLLN and the U. of Washington are not responsible for use of these data in the forecasting of tropical cyclones. If you include data from this site in your research, please reference the WWLLN-TC Eos Project Update article: Solorzano, N. N., J. N. Thomas, and C. Bracy (2018), Monitoring tropical cyclones with lightning and satellite data, Eos, 99, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EO092439. Published on 19 February 2018. https://eos.org/project-updates/monitoring-tropical-cyclones-with-lightning-and-satellite-data

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