The WGLC global gridded monthly lightning stroke density and climatology

This dataset contains global lightning stroke density calculated from georeferenced stroke count data from the World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN). The real-time raw stroke count data were reprocessed by WWLLN to remove artifacts and improve geolocation, which resulted in the \"AE\" georeferenced and timestamped stroke count data. These data were then gridded at 0.5 degree and hourly resolution, converted into density, and corrected for detection efficiency using the WWLLN global gridded detection efficiency maps. The corrected hourly grids were then aggregated into monthly totals and into a multi-year monthly mean climatology. The data cover the period 2010-2018 and will be updated in the coming years. […]