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Optical Transient Detector (OTD) Data Sets

Optical Transient Detector (OTD)

  OTD is a space-based sensor which has been used to determine the distribution of lightning activity around the globe. It was launched into low earth orbit on April 1995 on the Orbview-1 (formerly Microlab-1) spacecraft. The OTD Mission ended March 23, 2000.  
     
  Documentation:
OTD Data and Software Overview
An Introduction to the Optical Transient Detector
 
     
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