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1995 to 2014 monthly gridded climatologies of total lightning flash rates derived from two satellite-based sensors, the Optical Transient Detector (OTD) and Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS). The dataset provides a merged, long-term record, with robust tropical and subtropical coverage from LIS and high-latitude data from OTD. It is produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and is available in formats including BIN, ISO, HTML, and PDF.
License is specified as 'other-license-specified' on Data.gov but is 'None' on NASA Earthdata; users should verify terms. Primary data is in MP4 format, with supporting files in BIN, ISO, HTML, and PDF.