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NARSTO PAC2001 CFS Cessna VOC, Particle Count, Ozone, and Meteorological Data 1 CESSNA 188 BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, UV OZONE DETECTORS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, WIND VANES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, OPC 2001-08-14 to 2001-08-31

N: 49.39 S: 48.85 E: 180 W: -180

ASCII
NARSTO PAC2001 Langley Site Gaseous, Particle, and Meteorological Data 1 GROUND STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS AETHALOMETER, TEMPERATURE PROBES, UV OZONE DETECTORS, GC-MS, TEOM, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, IR CO2 ANALYZER, PRESSURE SENSORS 2001-08-08 to 2001-09-02

N: 49.16 S: 48.41 E: -121.94 W: -123.6

ASCII
NARSTO PAC2001 NRC-IAR Convair 580 Particle Count, Ozone, Meteorological Data 1 CONVAIR CV-580 BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, UV OZONE DETECTORS 2001-08-14 to 2001-08-30

N: 60 S: 48.3 E: 180 W: -180

ASCII
NARSTO PAC2001 Sumas Eagle Ridge Gaseous, Particle, and Meteorological Data 1 GROUND STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS AETHALOMETER, UV OZONE DETECTORS, GC-MS, TEOM, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, IR CO2 ANALYZER, PRESSURE SENSORS 2001-08-13 to 2001-09-05

N: 49.06 S: 49.04 E: -122.24 W: -122.26

ASCII
NARSTO Pacific 2001 Air Quality Study (PAC2001) Golden Ears Gaseous and Particulate Matter (PM) Data 1 GROUND STATIONS AETHALOMETER, TEMPERATURE PROBES, UV OZONE DETECTORS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, XRF, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS, WIND MONITOR, PRESSURE SENSORS 2001-08-03 to 2001-08-11

N: 49.28 S: 49.27 E: -122.5 W: -122.58

ASCII
NARSTO Pacific 2001 Air Quality Study (PAC2001) Slocan Park (SLPK) Slocan Park Site Gaseous, Partculate Matter (PM), and Meteorological Data 1 GROUND STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS AETHALOMETER, TEMPERATURE PROBES, UV OZONE DETECTORS, GC-MS, TEOM, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, IR CO2 ANALYZER, PRESSURE SENSORS 2001-08-11 to 2001-09-01

N: 49.24 S: 49.23 E: -123.04 W: -123.06

ASCII
NARSTO SOS99 Nashville Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Surface Meteorology and Chemistry Data 1 GROUND STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS NDIR GAS ANALYZER, UV OZONE DETECTORS, PYRANOMETERS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY, ANEMOMETERS, THERMISTORS 1999-06-15 to 1999-07-16

N: 36.25 S: 36.16 E: -86.78 W: -87.36

ASCII
NARSTO SOS99 Nashville WP-3D Orion Air Chemistry Data 1 GROUND STATIONS BAROMETERS, LOPC-PMS, HPLC, HYGROMETERS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, GPS, SPECTRORADIOMETERS, THERMISTORS 1999-06-26 to 1999-07-19

N: 40.11 S: 27.7 E: -77.97 W: -94.04

ASCII
NARSTO SOS99NASH DOE G-1 Air Chemistry Data 1 G-1 AIRCRAFT BAROMETERS, AEROSOL COLLECTORS, HYGROMETERS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, GUST PROBES, SPECTRORADIOMETERS 1999-06-26 to 1999-06-26

N: 36.66 S: 35.97 E: -86.19 W: -86.98

ASCII
NASA S-Band Dual Polarimetric Doppler Radar (NPOL) IMPACTS V1 1 GROUND STATIONS NPOL 2020-01-10 to 2020-02-25

N: 39.4762 S: 37.0488 E: -73.7959 W: -76.8875

netCDF-3
NASA Water Vapor Project MEaSUREs (NVAP-M) CLIMATE Layered Precipitable Water 1 Aqua, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-9, GROUND STATIONS AIRS, HIRS, RADIOSONDES 1988-01-01 to 2009-12-01 NetCDF-4
NASA Water Vapor Project MEaSUREs (NVAP-M) CLIMATE Total Precipitable Water 1 Aqua, DMSP 5D-2/F10, DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F14, DMSP 5D-2/F15, DMSP 5D-2/F8, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-9, GROUND STATIONS AIRS, SSM/I, HIRS, RADIOSONDES 1988-01-01 to 2009-12-01 NetCDF-4
NASA Water Vapor Project MEaSUREs (NVAP-M) NVAP WEATHER Total Precipitable Water 1 Aqua, DMSP 5D-2/F10, DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F14, DMSP 5D-2/F15, DMSP 5D-2/F8, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-9, GROUND STATIONS AIRS, SSM/I, HIRS, RADIOSONDES, GPS 1988-01-01 to 2009-12-01 NetCDF-4
NASA Water Vapor Project MEaSUREs (NVAP-M) OCEAN Total Precipitable Water 1 DMSP 5D-2/F10, DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F14, DMSP 5D-2/F15, DMSP 5D-2/F8 SSM/I 1988-01-01 to 2009-12-01 NetCDF-4
NASA Water Vapor Project MEaSUREs (NVAP-M) WEATHER Layered Precipitable Water 1 Aqua, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-9, GROUND STATIONS AIRS, HIRS, RADIOSONDES 1988-01-01 to 2009-12-01 NetCDF-4
National Airborne Sounder Testbed - Interferometer (NAST-I) WHyMSIE 1 NASA ER-2 NAST-I 2024-10-22 to 2024-11-13

N: 41.472 S: 19.137 E: -90.913 W: -130.369

netCDF-3
NCEP/DOE Reanalysis II, for GSSTF, 0.25 x 0.25 deg, Daily Grid V3 (GSSTF_NCEP) 3 NCEP-GFS NOT APPLICABLE 1987-07-01 to 2009-01-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

NCEP/DOE Reanalysis II, for GSSTF, 0.25x0.25 deg, Monthly grid V3 (GSSTFM_NCEP) 3 NCEP-GFS NOT APPLICABLE 1987-07-01 to 2008-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

NCEP/DOE Reanalysis II in HDF-EOS5, for GSSTF2c, 1x1 deg Daily grid V2c (GSSTF_NCEP) 2c NCEP-GFS NOT APPLICABLE 1987-07-01 to 2009-01-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

NCEP/DOE Reanalysis II in HDF-EOS5, for GSSTF2c, 1x1 deg Monthly grid V2c (GSSTFM_NCEP) 2c NCEP-GFS NOT APPLICABLE 1987-07-01 to 2008-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

NCSU Soundings IMPACTS 1 GROUND STATIONS RAWINSONDES 2020-02-20 to 2023-02-12

N: 35.777 S: 35.757 E: -78.623 W: -78.643

netCDF-4
NEMS/Nimbus-5 Level 2 Output Data V001 (NEMSN5L2) 001 Nimbus-5 NEMS 1972-12-17 to 1973-10-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

New York State Mesonet IMPACTS 1 GROUND STATIONS BAROMETERS, DISDROMETERS, LIDAR, RADIOMETERS, THERMOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS 2020-01-03 to 2023-03-02

N: 44.9057 S: 40.594 E: -72.1909 W: -79.6375

PNG
Nimbus Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer 6.7 µm Grayscale Swath Data L1, TIFF V001 1 Nimbus-4, Nimbus-5, Nimbus-6 THIR 1975-06-13 to 1975-11-11

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

5 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers TIFF
Nimbus Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer 6.7 µm Water Vapor Remapped Digital Data Daily L3, GeoTIFF V001 1 Nimbus-4 6.7um Radiometer, THIR 1970-05-10 to 1971-03-25

N: 60 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

20 Kilometers x 20 Kilometers GeoTIFF
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