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Service Description: These data represent recorded lightning strikes, including cloud-cloud lightning activity. The Alaska Fire Service (AFS) owns and maintains the Alaska Lightning Detection Network (ALDN). The network is intended to support the day-to-day activities of wildland fire managers and these data may not be suitable for trend analysis. Data from 2012 forward was collected using the Time Of Arrival (TOA) system that reports strokes not flashes.

Map Name: AK_Recorded_Lightning

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Description: These data represent recorded lightning strikes, including cloud-cloud lightning activity. The Alaska Fire Service (AFS) owns and maintains the Alaska Lightning Detection Network (ALDN). The network is intended to support the day-to-day activities of wildland fire managers and these data may not be suitable for trend analysis. Data from 2012 forward was collected using the Time Of Arrival (TOA) system that reports strokes not flashes.

Copyright Text: U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska Fire Service

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Title: Recorded Lightning Strikes
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Comments: These data represent recorded lightning strikes, including cloud-cloud lightning activity. The Alaska Fire Service (AFS) owns and maintains the Alaska Lightning Detection Network (ALDN). The network is intended to support the day-to-day activities of wildland fire managers and these data may not be suitable for trend analysis. Data from 2012 forward was collected using the Time Of Arrival (TOA) system that reports strokes not flashes.
Subject: These data represent recorded lightning strikes,including cloud-cloud lightning activity, for the last 2 weeks. Users requiring additional lighting data should visit https://fire.ak.blm.gov/predsvcs/maps.php. Also included is a layer that depicts the location and status of lightning detectors within the Alaska Lightning Detection Network. he Alaska Fire Service (AFS) owns and maintains the Alaska Lightning Detection Network (ALDN). The network is intended to support the day-to-day activities of wildland fire managers and these data may not be suitable for trend analysis. Data from 2012 forward was collected using the Time Of Arrival (TOA) system that reports strokes not flashes.
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Keywords: Alaska,BLM,Bureau of Land Management,climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere,DOI,environment,Fire,Geospatial,lightning,Management
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