ALDIS cloud to ground lightning strike occurrence aggregated to spatiotemporal ERA5 cells (summer months 2010 to 2019)

<p>The dataset contains a binary classification whether at least one cloud-to-ground lightning flash as detected by the ALDIS [1] lightning location system occurred in the previous hour in an ERA5 grid cell. Data with an amplitude between -2 kA and +15 kA are excluded.<br><br></p> <p>The data cover 8.25E to 16.75E longitude and 45.25N to 49.75N latitude.<br><br>Non-commercial use is allowed conditional on proper citation of the data source, ALDIS, and the accompanying manuscript <em>Ehrensperger, G., Simon, T., Mayr, G. J., and Hell, T.: Identifying lightning processes in ERA5 soundings with deep learning, Geosci. Model Dev., 18, 1141&ndash;1153, <a href="https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1141-2025">https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1141-2025</a>, 2025</em>.</p>