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Monthly HDF data files provide a digitized record of global lightning signatures identified as streaks on filmstrip imagery from the DMSP Operational Linescan System. The dataset covers specific months across a 19-year period from 1973 to 1991, compiled by the GHRC DAAC. This archive represents an early satellite-based effort to catalog lightning activity.
License is listed as 'other-license-specified'; users must review the specific terms. Primary data format is HDF, with ancillary formats including HTML, ISO, and BIN.