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Belgian Lightning Location System (BELLS)

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Total lightning observations, i.e., cloud-to-ground (CG) strokes and intra/inter-cloud (IC) pulses, in Belgium. BELLS data is given in Universal Time! (local time winter = UT +1; local time summer = UT + 2). Each record contains following fields:

1. Network type, 0 = LF, 1 = VHF-TOA, 2 = VHF-ITF, 3 = VLF

2. Year, 1970 to 2032.

3. Month, with January as 1 and December as 12.

4. Day of the month, 1 to 31.

5. Hour, 0 to 23.

6. Minute, 0 to 59.

7. Second, 0 to 60.

8. Nanosecond, 0 to 999999999.

9. Latitude of the calculated location in decimal degrees, to 4 decimal places, -90.0 to 90.0.

10. Longitude of the calculated location in decimal degrees, to 4 decimal places, -180.0 to 180.0.

11. Altitude in meters, -4950 to +60535. This field will be 0 if the altitude is not provided in the lightning data.

12. The altitude uncertainty in meters. This field will be 0 if the altitude uncertainty is not provided in the lightning data.

13. Estimated peak current in kiloamps, -9999 to 9999.

14. VHF Range normalized power, -9999.0 to 9999.0

15. Multiplicity for flash data (1 to 99) or 0 for strokes.

16. Cloud pulse count for the lightning record. This field will be -1 if the lightning did not contain the cloud pulse count attribute.

17. Number of sensors participating in the solution, 2 to 99.

18. Degrees of freedom when optimizing location, 0 to 99.

19. The error ellipse angle as a clockwise bearing from 0 degrees north, 0 to 180.0 degrees

20. The error ellipse semi-major axis length in kilometers, 0 to 50.0km.

21. The error ellipse semi-minor axis length in kilometers, 0 to 50.0km.

22. Chi-squared value from location optimization, 0 to 999.99

23. Rise time of the waveform in microseconds, 0 to 99.9

24. Peak-to-zero time of the waveform in microseconds, 0 to 999.9

25. Maximum rate-of-rise of the waveform in kA/usec (will be a negative rate if discharge is negative), -999.9 to 999.9

26. Cloud indicator, 1 if Cloud-to-cloud discharge, 0 for Cloud-to-ground

27. Angle indicator, 1 if sensor angle data used to compute position, 0 otherwise

28. Signal indicator, 1 if sensor signal data used to compute position, 0 otherwise

29. Timing indicator, 1 if sensor timing data used to compute position, 0 otherwise

30. Flash ID, a unique integer value identifying the flash grouping a stroke belongs to or 0 if not set.

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Date (Révision)
Datum (revisie)
Datum (Überarbeitung)
2024-10-01
Identificateur
Identifier
Identifikator
RMI-be / lightning
Etat
Status
Bearbeitungsstatus
Mise à jour continue
continu geactualiseerd
Kontinuierliche Aktualisierung
Point de contact
contactpunt
Ansprechpartner
 
Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique
Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut van België
Königliche Meteorologische Institut

Propriétaire
eigenaar
Eigentümer / Datenherr
 
Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique
Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut van België
Königliche Meteorologische Institut

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Atmosferische omstandigheden
    Conditions atmosphériques
    Atmosphärische Bedingungen
Keywords
  • federal government
  • observation
  • lightning
Spatial scope
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    National
    National
Contraintes d'accès
(Juridische) toegangsrestrictie
Zugriffseinschränkungen
Autres restrictions
anders
Benutzerdeifinierte Einschränkungen
Overige beperkingen
Autres contraintes
Andere Einschränkungen
Geen beperkingen op openbare toegang
Pas de restrictions concernant l'accès public
Öffentliche Zugang nicht beschränkt
Contraintes d'utilisation
(Juridische) gebruiksbeperking
Nutzungseinschränkungen
Droit de propriété intellectuelle / Droit patrimonial
intellectueel eigendom
Geistiges Eigentum
Restrictions de manipulation
Veiligheidsrestricties
Sicherheitseinstufung
Non classifié
vrij toegankelijk
Unbeschränkt
Type de représentation spatiale
Ruimtelijk schema
Räumliche Darstellungsart
Vecteur
vector
Vektor
Langue
Taal
Sprache
English
Catégorie ISO
Onderwerp
Thematik
  • Climatologie/Météorologie/Atmosphère
    klimatologie, meteorologie atmosfeer
    Atmosphäre
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Begin date
1998-01-01T00:00:00
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4258
Format (encodage)
Distributie formaat
Abgabeformat
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Ressource en ligne
OnLine bronnen
Online
Portail opendata de l'IRM ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

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Niveau kwaliteitsbeschrijving
Bezugsebene
Jeu de données
dataset
Datenbestand
Other
dataset

Cohérence du domaine de valeurs
Domain consistentie
Konsistenz des Wertebereichs

Name of measure
INSPIRE Conformity

Résultat de conformité
Resultaat conformiteit met de specificatie
Konformitätsergebnis

Date (Publication)
Datum (publicatie)
Datum (Publikation)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Degré de conformité
Indicatie van conformiteit met de specificatie
Bestanden
No
Statement
BELLS is a low-frequency ground-based lightning network. The lightning sensors and central processor are based on Vaisala technology. Only lightning records that fulfill certain quality criteria, e.g., length of the semi-major axis, minimum number of sensors participating, are included.
Identifiant de la fiche
Metadata ID
Metadatensatzidentifikator
RMI_DATASET_LIGHTNING XML
Langue
Taal
Sprache
English
Type de ressource
Hierarchisch niveau
Hierarchieebene
Jeu de données
dataset
Datenbestand
Date des métadonnées
Metadata datum
Datum
2024-10-01
Point de contact
contactpunt
Ansprechpartner
 
Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique
Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut van België
Königliche Meteorologische Institut

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