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Aerosols Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPM Ground Validation Ceilometers UConn | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | CEILOMETERS | 2023-12-15 to 2024-05-21 |
N: 41.818 S: 41.798 E: -72.284 W: -72.304 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Cloud Physics LiDAR (CPL) OLYMPEX V1 | 1 | NASA ER-2 | CPL | 2015-11-09 to 2015-12-15 |
N: 49.6338 S: 34.1575 E: -117.774 W: -130.045 |
ASCII, HDF5 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) VISIBILITY SENSOR FD12P AND PRESENT WEATHER DETECTOR GCPEX V1 | 1 | WEATHER STATIONS | FD12P WEATHER SENSOR | 2012-01-15 to 2012-03-01 |
N: 44.69 S: 44.49 E: -79.73 W: -79.93 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION UND CITATION CLOUD MICROPHYSICS GCPEX V2 | 2 | UND CITATION II | CDP, CPC, CPI PROBES, HVPS, INS, LASER HYGROMETERS, NEVZOROV PROBE, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS KING PROBE, ROSEMOUNT ICING DETECTOR | 2012-01-19 to 2012-02-24 |
N: 46.3615 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7659 W: -80.3847 |
Multiple | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION UND CITATION CLOUD MICROPHYSICS IPHEx V1 | 1 | UND CITATION II | CDP, CPC, CPI PROBES, HVPS, INS, LASER HYGROMETERS, NEVZOROV PROBE, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS KING PROBE, ROSEMOUNT ICING DETECTOR | 2014-03-06 to 2014-06-13 |
N: 35.59 S: 35.23 E: -82.06 W: -83.1 |
ASCII, Binary | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION VAISALA CEILOMETER IPHEx V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | CEILOMETERS | 2014-05-06 to 2014-06-16 |
N: 35.56 S: 35.48 E: -83.04 W: -83.18 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GRIP CLOUD MICROPHYSICS V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | CAPS, CDP, PIP | 2010-08-13 to 2010-09-25 |
N: 40 S: 0 E: -71.5 W: -100 |
ASCII | |
| GRIP LANGLEY AEROSOL RESEARCH GROUP EXPERIMENT (LARGE) V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | APS, CNC, OPC, OPTSPEC, TSI-3562 Nephelometer, UHSAS | 2010-08-24 to 2010-09-22 |
N: 34.7517 S: 12 E: -55.3183 W: -97.83 |
ASCII | |
| GRIP LIDAR ATMOSPHERIC SENSING EXPERIMENT (LASE) V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | DIAL, LASER HYGROMETERS | 2010-08-13 to 2010-09-25 |
N: 34.7533 S: 12 E: -55.3183 W: -117.083 |
ASCII | |
| H08 Deep Blue Level 3 daily aerosol data, 1x1 degree grid | 1 | Himawari-8 | AHI | 2019-05-01 to 2020-05-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
10 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| H08 Deep Blue Level 3 monthly aerosol data, 1x1 degree grid | 1 | Himawari-8 | AHI | 2019-05-01 to 2020-05-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
10 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface PM2.5 Black Carbon concentration at census level, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_BC_CENSUS) | 1 | HAQES | NOT APPLICABLE | 2022-11-01 to Present |
N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132 |
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| HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface PM2.5 Black Carbon concentration at county level, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_BC_COUNTY) | 1 | HAQES | NOT APPLICABLE | 2022-11-01 to Present |
N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132 |
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| HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface PM2.5 Black Carbon concentration, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_BC) | 1 | HAQES | NOT APPLICABLE | 2022-11-01 to Present |
N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | |
| HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface PM2.5 Organic Carbon concentration at census level, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_OC_CENSUS) | 1 | HAQES | NOT APPLICABLE | 2022-11-01 to Present |
N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132 |
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| HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface PM2.5 Organic Carbon concentration at county level, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_OC_COUNTY) | 1 | HAQES | NOT APPLICABLE | 2022-11-01 to Present |
N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132 |
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| HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface PM2.5 Organic Carbon concentration, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_OC) | 1 | HAQES | NOT APPLICABLE | 2022-11-01 to Present |
N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | |
| HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface total PM2.5 concentration at census level, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_TOT_CENSUS) | 1 | HAQES | NOT APPLICABLE | 2022-01-02 to Present |
N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132 |
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| HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface total PM2.5 concentration at county level, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_TOT_COUNTY) | 1 | HAQES | NOT APPLICABLE | 2022-01-02 to Present |
N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132 |
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| HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface total PM2.5 concentration, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_TOT) | 1 | HAQES | NOT APPLICABLE | 2022-01-02 to Present |
N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | |
| High Mountain Asia 12 km Modeled Estimates of Aerosol Transport, Chemistry, and Deposition Reanalysis, 2003-2019 V001 | 1 | Aqua, MODELS, Terra | MODIS, NOT APPLICABLE, MOPITT | 2003-01-01 to 2019-08-31 |
N: 57.767 S: 4.873 E: 138.953 W: 44.647 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | netCDF-4 classic |
| High Mountain Asia MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth V001 | 1 | Aqua, Terra | MODIS | 2000-02-01 to 2019-03-31 |
N: 48.5 S: 9.5 E: 99.5 W: 55.5 |
ASCII | |
| Himawari-08 AHI Deep Blue Aerosol L2 | 1 | Himawari-8 | AHI | 2019-05-01 to 2020-04-30 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
10 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| HIRDLS/Aura Level 2 Daily Geophysical Parameters V007 (HIRDLS2) | 007 | Aura | HIRDLS | 2005-01-29 to 2008-03-17 |
N: 80 S: -64 E: 180 W: -180 |
300 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers | |
| HIRDLS/Aura Level 3 Extinction at 12.1 Microns 1deg Lat Zonal Fourier Coefficients V007 (H3ZFC12MEXT) | 007 | Aura | HIRDLS | 2005-01-22 to 2008-03-17 |
N: 80 S: -64 E: 180 W: -180 |
Aerosols Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppEEARS | The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. | Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization | |
| ASDC CALIPSO Search and Subset Tool | The CALIPSO Search and Subset web application enables a more sophisticated approach to selecting and ordering CALIPSO lidar data by date, time and geolocation. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| Panoply | Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. | Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison | |
| SOOT | NASA's Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) provides users with suborbital field campaign data discovery and download capabilities. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization |
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