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Lightning data for Jupiter's stealth superstorms in 2021-2022

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Feb 25, 2026 version files 5.96 GB

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Abstract

The Juno spacecraft recorded lightning radio pulses in channel 1 (600 MHz or 50 cm) of the Microwave Radiometer (MWR). The data come from four orbital passes that encountered meteorologically unique "stealth superstorms" in 2021-2022. The data are the foundation for an article finding that the power emitted by Jupiter's lightning pulses in these storms may be similar to that coming from storms on Earth. This dataset consists of binary files containing lightning intensity and geometrical data, and Jupyter notebooks used to read the binaries and generate the plots in the manuscript.