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Instrument

LIP
Lightning Instrument Package

The Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) is an in situ airborne system that detects electric fields. LIP uses eight electric field mills and a conductivity probe to measure the three-dimensional components of electric fields in thunderstorms around it. LIP has a sampling frequency of 0.02 seconds and an accuracy of 2.5%.

Image of the LIP sensor
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Magnetic/Electric
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Electricity > Electric Field
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Electricity
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Electricity > Lightning
Troposphere
0.02 s
Point
N/A
https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH2039.1External Link

Instrument Operation

GRIP

Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes

2010
Tropical Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Eastern North Pacific, Caribbean Sea
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1 Deployment
· 24 Data Products
TCSP

Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes

2005
Costa Rica, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, eastern North Pacific
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1 Deployment
· 14 Data Products
IMPACTS

Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms

2020—2023
Eastern United States
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3 Deployments
· 66 Data Products
IPHEx

Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment

2014
Southern Appalachians, including portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia
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1 Deployment
· 47 Data Products
CAMEX

Convection and Moisture Experiment

1993—2001
US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean
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4 Deployments
· 70 Data Products
ALOFT

Airborne Lightning Observatory for FEGS and TGFs

2023
Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Central America, Caribbean Sea
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
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TRMM-LBA

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission-Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere

1999
Brazil, Southwest Amazon basin
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1 Deployment
· 1 Data Product
CaPE

Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment

1991
East-Central Florida
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
CAMEX

Convection and Moisture Experiment

1993—2001
US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean
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4 Deployments
· 70 Data Products

Data Products

Filter data products from this instrument by specific campaigns, platforms, or formats.

Campaigns
CAMPAIGNS
Platforms
PLATFORMS
10.5067/CAMEX-3/LIP/DATA001External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GRIP/LIP/DATA201External Link
Global Hawk
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/TCSP/LIP/DATA101External Link
10.5067/CAMEX-4/LIP/DATA001External Link
Douglas DC-8
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GOESRPLT/LIP/DATA101External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IPHEX/LIP/DATA101External Link
10.5067/IMPACTS/LIP/DATA101External Link
10.5067/CAMEX-4/LIP/DATA002External Link