file format : GeoTIFF File Format
file title  : LISOTD
last update : 20-April-2010
producer    : T. Hengl
lineage     : http://spatial-analyst.net/scripts/getHRFCdata.R
data type   : Byte
gdal driver : GTiff
columns     : 7200
rows        : 3600
meas. scale : numeric
description : Lightning combined Flash Rate
proj4string : +proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84
ref. system : geographic
ref. units  : arcdegrees
unit dist.  : 1
min. X      : -180
max. X      : 180
min. Y      : -90
max. Y      : 90
pos'n error : 500
resolution  : 0.05
min. value  : 0
max. value  : 255
display min : 0
display max : 75
value units : flashes/km2/yr
value error : unspecified
flag value  : 255
flag def'n  : unavailable data
src. Eng    : LIS/OTD 0.5 Degree High Resolution Full Climatology (HRFC)
src. URL    : http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/
src. scale  : 50 km
src. refs   : Christian, HJ et al 2003. Global frequency and distribution of lightning as observed by the Optical Transient Detector. J. Geophys. Res, 108 4005.
src. date   : 1998-2005
src. owner  : NASA Global Hydrology Resource Center
legend cats : 0