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| Dataset | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Processing Level | Data Format | Science Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPCP Precipitation Level 3 Daily 0.5-Degree V3.3 (GPCPDAY) | 1998-01-01 to 2025-12-31 | 3.3 | COMPLETE | 3 | Precipitation, Precipitation Rate | |
| GPCP Precipitation Level 3 Monthly 0.5-Degree V3.3 (GPCPMON) | 1983-01-01 to 2025-12-31 | 3.3 | COMPLETE | 3 | Precipitation, Precipitation Rate | |
| Atmospheric Profiles: TOVS - NOAA (FIFE) | 1987-01-01 to 1987-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | CSV | Atmospheric Ozone, Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Boundary Layer Temperature, Cloud Frequency |
| SAFARI 2000 TOVS Surface and Atmospheric Parameters, 1-Deg, 1999-2001 | 1999-01-01 to 2001-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | Shapefile | Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Frequency, Water Vapor, Skin Temperature, Air Temperature, Radiative Forcing, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Precipitation Amount |
| GPCP Precipitation Level 3 Daily 0.5-Degree V3.2 (GPCPDAY) | 2000-06-01 to 2021-09-30 | 3.2 | COMPLETE | 3 | Precipitation, Precipitation Rate | |
| GPCP Precipitation Level 3 Monthly 0.5-Degree V3.2 (GPCPMON) | 1983-01-01 to 2023-12-31 | 3.2 | COMPLETE | 3 | Precipitation, Precipitation Rate | |
| TOVS GLA MONTHLY GRIDS from NOAA-6 02 (TOVSAMNA) | 1979-08-01 to 1983-03-31 | 02 | COMPLETE | 3 | Surface Pressure, Longwave Radiation, Net Radiation, Atmospheric Temperature, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Virtual Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Temperature Anomalies, Vertical Profiles, Virtual Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Layered Precipitable Water, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Clouds, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Precipitation Amount | |
| TOVS GLA MONTHLY GRIDS from NOAA-10 02 (TOVSAMNG) | 1987-01-01 to 1991-08-31 | 02 | COMPLETE | 3 | Surface Pressure, Longwave Radiation, Net Radiation, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Atmospheric Temperature, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Virtual Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Temperature Anomalies, Vertical Profiles, Virtual Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Layered Precipitable Water, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Clouds, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Precipitation Amount | |
| TOVS GLA MONTHLY GRIDS from NOAA-11 02 (TOVSAMNH) | 1988-11-01 to 1998-12-31 | 02 | COMPLETE | 3 | Surface Pressure, Longwave Radiation, Net Radiation, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Atmospheric Temperature, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Virtual Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Temperature Anomalies, Vertical Profiles, Virtual Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Layered Precipitable Water, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Clouds, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Precipitation Amount | |
| TOVS GLA MONTHLY GRIDS from NOAA-12 02 (TOVSAMND) c | 1991-06-01 to 1998-11-30 | 02 | COMPLETE | 3 | Surface Pressure, Longwave Radiation, Net Radiation, Atmospheric Temperature, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Virtual Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Temperature Anomalies, Vertical Profiles, Virtual Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Clouds, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Precipitation Amount | |
| TOVS GLA MONTHLY GRIDS from NOAA-14 02 (TOVSAMNJ) | 1995-02-01 to 2004-12-31 | 02 | COMPLETE | 3 | Surface Pressure, Longwave Radiation, Net Radiation, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Atmospheric Temperature, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Virtual Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Temperature Anomalies, Vertical Profiles, Virtual Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Layered Precipitable Water, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Clouds, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Precipitation Amount | |
| TOVS GLA MONTHLY GRIDS from NOAA-7 02 (TOVSAMNC) | 1981-08-01 to 1985-01-31 | 02 | COMPLETE | 3 | Surface Pressure, Longwave Radiation, Net Radiation, Atmospheric Temperature, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Virtual Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Temperature Anomalies, Vertical Profiles, Virtual Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Layered Precipitable Water, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Clouds, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Precipitation Amount | |
| TOVS GLA MONTHLY GRIDS from NOAA-8 02 (TOVSAMNE) | 1983-05-01 to 1984-05-31 | 02 | COMPLETE | 3 | Surface Pressure, Longwave Radiation, Net Radiation, Atmospheric Temperature, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Virtual Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Temperature Anomalies, Vertical Profiles, Virtual Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Clouds, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Precipitation Amount | |
| TOVS GLA MONTHLY GRIDS from NOAA-9 02 (TOVSAMNF) | 1985-01-01 to 1986-12-31 | 02 | COMPLETE | 3 | Surface Pressure, Longwave Radiation, Net Radiation, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Atmospheric Temperature, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Virtual Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Temperature Anomalies, Vertical Profiles, Virtual Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Clouds, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Precipitation Amount | |
| TOVS GLA MONTHLY GRIDS from TIROS-N 02 (TOVSAMTN) | 1978-12-01 to 1979-12-31 | 02 | COMPLETE | 3 | Surface Pressure, Longwave Radiation, Net Radiation, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Atmospheric Temperature, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Virtual Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Temperature Anomalies, Vertical Profiles, Virtual Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Layered Precipitable Water, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Clouds, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Precipitation Amount | |
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 1 TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Data | 1986-10-14 to 1986-11-02 | 1 | COMPLETE | 2 | Binary | Atmospheric Ozone, Barometric Altitude, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Top Temperature, Infrared Imagery, Surface Pressure, Dew Point Temperature, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature |
| International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) TOVS in Native Data Format | 1980-01-01 to 2009-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | Binary | Vertical Profiles, Atmospheric Ozone, Total Precipitable Water, Air Temperature, Boundary Layer Temperature, Water Vapor Profiles |
| CanSISE Observation-Based Ensemble of Northern Hemisphere Terrestrial Snow Water Equivalent, Version 1 | 1981-01-01 to 2010-12-31 | 1 | DEPRECATED | Not provided | NetCDF | Snow Water Equivalent |
| CanSISE Observation-Based Ensemble of Northern Hemisphere Terrestrial Snow Water Equivalent, Version 2 | 1981-01-01 to 2010-12-31 | 2 | COMPLETE | Not provided | NetCDF | Snow Water Equivalent |
| Satellite Observations of Arctic Change, Version 1 | 1966-01-01 to 2026-05-07 | 1 | DEPRECATED | Not provided | PNG | Air Temperature, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Sea Ice Concentration, Seasonally Frozen Ground, Snow Cover, Vegetation Cover, Water Vapor |
| TOVS Pathfinder Path-P Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Atmospheric Parameters, Version 1 | 1979-07-12 to 2001-12-31 | 1 | ACTIVE | 3 | HDF | Air Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Precipitable Water, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Emissivity, Wind Stress |
| PEM Tropics A Satellite Data | 1996-08-28 to 1999-04-16 | 1 | COMPLETE | 2 | GTE, EPS, GIF, JPEG | Flight Data Logs, Wildfires |
| TOVS GLA 5 DAY GRIDS from NOAA-10 V01 (TOVSA5NG) | 1986-11-26 to 1991-08-29 | 01 | COMPLETE | 3 | Atmospheric Ozone, Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Virtual Temperature, Vertical Profiles, Virtual Temperature, Humidity, Layered Precipitable Water, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Precipitation Amount, Land Surface Temperature, Sea Level Pressure, Sea Surface Temperature | |
| TOVS GLA 5 DAY GRIDS from NOAA-11 V01 (TOVSA5NH) | 1988-10-12 to 1994-06-30 | 01 | COMPLETE | 3 | Atmospheric Ozone, Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Virtual Temperature, Vertical Profiles, Virtual Temperature, Humidity, Relative Humidity, Layered Precipitable Water, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Land Surface Temperature, Sea Level Pressure, Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Surface Height | |
| TOVS GLA 5 DAY GRIDS from NOAA-12 V01 (TOVSA5ND) | 1991-07-04 to 1994-06-30 | 01 | COMPLETE | 3 | Atmospheric Ozone, Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Virtual Temperature, Vertical Profiles, Humidity, Layered Precipitable Water, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Land Surface Temperature, Sea Level Pressure, Sea Surface Temperature |
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