Camex-4 ER-2 Lightning Instrument Package (LIP)

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Originator: Blakeslee, R.

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Camex-4 ER-2 Lightning Instrument Package (LIP)

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Online_Linkage: http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_catalog/c4elip.html

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The Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX) is a series of field research investigations sponsored by the Earth Science Enterprise of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The fourth field campaign in the CAMEX series (CAMEX-4) ran from 16 August to 25 September, 2001 and was based out of Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida. CAMEX-4 focused on the study of tropical cyclone (hurricane) development, tracking, intensification, and landfalling impacts using NASA-funded aircraft and surface remote sensing instrumentation. The ER-2 Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) allows the vector components of the electric field (i.e, Ex,Ey, Ez ) to be readily obtained, and thus, greatly improves our knowledge of the electrical structure of storms overflown. The field mills measure the components of the electric field over a wide dynamic range extending from fair weather electric fields, (i.e., a few to tens of V/m) to larger thunderstorm fields (I.e., tens of kV/m). Total lightning (i.e., cloud-to-ground, intracloud) is identified from the abrupt electric field changes in the data. The conductivity probe measures the air conductivity at the aircraft flight altitude. Storm electric currents can be derived using the electric field and air conductivity measurements.

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Beginning_Date: 20010808

Ending_Date: 20010926

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Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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North_Bounding_Coordinate: 50.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 10.0

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY > ATMOSPHERIC CONDUCTIVITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY > ELECTRIC FIELD

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY > LIGHTNING

Theme_Keyword: NASA ER-2 > NASA EARTH RESOURCES-2

Theme_Keyword: LIP > LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE

Theme_Keyword: CAMEX > CONVECTION AND MOISTURE EXPERIMENT

Theme_Keyword: EOSDIS > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA INFORMATION SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: CAMEX-4 > CONVECTION AND MOISTURE EXPERIMENT 4

Theme_Keyword: CWIC > CEOS WGISS INTEGRATED CATALOG

Theme_Keyword: Eosdis

Theme_Keyword: Nasa Er-2

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Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: MONTE BATEMAN

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: DOUGLAS M. MACH

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Global Hydrology and Climate Center

Address: 320 Sparkman Drive

City: Huntsville

State_or_Province: AL

Postal_Code: 35805

Country: USA

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Address: Global Hydrology & Climate Center

Address: 320 Sparkman Drive

City: Huntsville

State_or_Province: AL

Postal_Code: 35805

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (256) 961-7804

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 256-961-7830

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dmach@nasa.gov

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Contact_Organization: NASA/MSFC/GHRC > Global Hydrology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA

Contact_Person: GHRC USER SERVICES OFFICE

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: GHRC User Services Office

Address: Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC)

Address: 320 Sparkman Drive

City: Huntsville

State_or_Province: AL

Postal_Code: 35805

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 256-961-7932

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 256-961-7859

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ghrcdaac@itsc.uah.edu

Resource_Description: c4elip

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Transfer_Size: 639 Mb

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://reverb.echo.nasa.gov/reverb/#utf8=%E2%9C%93...

Access_Instructions:

Refine your granule search with ECHO's next generation Earth Science discovery tool (Reverb) using information from this record.

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http://camex.nsstc.nasa.gov/

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CAMEX-4 project home page

Fees: $0

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:

Metadata_Review_Date: 20110404

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: SHERRY HARRISON

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 320 Sparkman Dr.

City: Huntsville

State_or_Province: AL

Postal_Code: 35805

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 256-961-7973

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ghrcdaac@itsc.uah.edu

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time