Gridded lightning climatology from TRMM-LIS and OTD: Dataset description

Adler, 2009, A ten-year tropical rainfall climatology based on a composite of TRMM products, J. Meteor. Soc. Jpn., 87A, 281, 10.2151/jmsj.87A.281 Albrecht, 2011, The 13 years of TRMM Lightning Imaging Sensor: from individual flash characteristics to decadal tendencies Blakeslee, R.J., Mach, D.M., Bateman, M.G., Bailey, J.C., this issue. Seasonal variations in the lightning diurnal cycle and implications for the global electric circuit. Atmos. Res. Boccippio, 2002, Performance assessment of the Optical Transient Detector and Lightning Imaging Sensor, I, predicted diurnal variability, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 19, 1318, 10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<1318:PAOTOT>2.0.CO;2 Brooks, 1925, The distribution of thunderstorms over the globe, Geophys. Memo., 3, 147 Bürgesser, 2012, Characterization of the lightning activity of “Relámpago del Catatumbo”, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 10.1016/j.jastp.2012.01.013 Cecil, 2012, Toward a global climatology of severe hailstorms as estimated by satellite passive microwave imagers, J. Clim., 25, 687, 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00130.1 Christian, 2003, Global frequency and distribution of lightning as observed from space by the Optical Transient Detector, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4005, 10.1029/2002JD002347 Hernandez, 2008, The QBO's influence on lightning production in the tropics Kummerow, 2000, The status of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission after 2years in orbit, J. Appl. Meteorol., 39, 1965, 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<1965:TSOTTR>2.0.CO;2 Mackerras, 1998, Global lightning: total, cloud and ground flash estimates, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 19,791, 10.1029/98JD01461 Orville, 1979, Global lightning flash frequency, Mon. Weather Rev., 107, 934, 10.1175/1520-0493(1979)107<0934:GLFF>2.0.CO;2