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NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1983 (SNF) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1983-01-01 to 1983-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1984 (SNF) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1984-01-01 to 1984-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1985 (SNF) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1985-01-01 to 1985-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1986 (SNF) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1986-01-01 to 1986-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1987 (SNF) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1987-01-01 to 1987-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1988 (SNF) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1988-01-01 to 1988-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1989 (SNF) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1989-01-01 to 1989-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1990 (SNF) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
OMI/Aura Water Vapor (H2O) Total Column 1-orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V004 (OMH2O) 004 Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present

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

OMPS-N21 L2 LP Water Vapor (H2O) Vertical Profile swath orbital 3slit V1 (OMPS_N21_LP_L2_H2O_DAILY) 1 NOAA-21 OMPS 2022-11-10 to Present

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

OMPS-NPP LP L2 Water Vapor (H2O) Vertical Profile swath orbital 3slit V1 (OMPS_NPP_LP_L2_H2O_ML) 1 Suomi-NPP OMPS 2012-02-07 to Present

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

ORACLES Merge Data Files 1 NASA P-3, NASA ER-2 Computer 2016-07-28 to 2019-03-23

N: 37.95 S: -34.95 E: 14.94 W: -76.44

NetCDF-4
ORACLES Model Derived Measurements 1 MODELS Computer 2016-08-27 to 2018-10-27

N: 37.95 S: -23.11 E: 14.94 W: -76.39

ICARTT
ORACLES Navigational and Meteorological Data 1 NASA P-3, NASA ER-2 4STAR, LGR, WVISO, GPS, HYGROMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2016-08-02 to 2018-10-27

N: 40.69 S: -23.11 E: 14.94 W: -76.44

ICARTT
OWLETS-1 Ozonesonde Data 1 GROUND STATIONS OZONESONDES 2017-07-06 to 2017-09-13

N: 37.54 S: 36.61 E: -75.05 W: -76.92

ICARTT
OWLETS-1 Sherpa Aircraft Data 1 C-23 Sherpa, UC-12B GC-MS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, LGR, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, GPS, HYGROMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, CAFE, 2B Technologies, GeoTASO 2017-07-07 to 2017-09-12

N: 38.01 S: 36.69 E: -75.41 W: -77.38

HDF5
OWLETS-2 Ozonesonde Data 1 GROUND STATIONS OZONESONDES 2018-06-07 to 2018-07-11

N: 39.57 S: 38.54 E: -75.66 W: -77.34

ICARTT
OWLETS-2 Surface (Ground) Data 1 GROUND STATIONS, Vaisala HydroMet AWS GAS SENSORS, LGR CRDS, Picarro G2401, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS 2018-05-23 to 2018-08-02

N: 39.26 S: 39.24 E: -76.36 W: -76.72

ICARTT
OWLETS-2 University of Maryland Cessna Aircraft Data 1 UMD Cessna, HU-25A GPS, GAS SENSORS, TSI-3563 Neph, AETHALOMETER, PSAP, Picarro G2401, LGR CRDS, GeoTASO 2017-07-07 to 2018-07-20

N: 42.14 S: 37.23 E: -71.94 W: -77.48

ICARTT, HDF5
P-3 Meteorological and Navigation Data IMPACTS 1 NASA P-3 GPS, HYGROMETERS, KT19 Pyrometer, RADAR ALTIMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2020-01-12 to 2023-02-28

N: 48.237 S: 33.261 E: -64.987 W: -95.243

ASCII
PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter Facility Instrument Data 1 TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS CAS, CIP, PCASP 2024-08-29 to 2024-09-28

N: 38.11 S: 33.49 E: -116.98 W: -125.33

ICARTT
PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter In-Situ Aerosol Data 1 TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS APS, UHSAS, TSI-3563 Neph, POPS 2024-08-29 to 2024-09-28

N: 38.11 S: 33.49 E: -116.98 W: -125.33

ICARTT
PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter In-Situ Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm (ISARA) Analysis Data 1 TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS Computer 2024-09-03 to 2024-09-29

N: 38.1 S: 33.62 E: -116.98 W: -124.24

NetCDF-4
PACE-PAX ER-2 High Spectral Resolution Lidar-2 Data 1 NASA ER-2 HSRL-2 2024-09-06 to 2024-10-01

N: 40.77 S: 32.56 E: -113.22 W: -127.56

HDF5, PDF
PACE-PAX ER-2 Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP) Data 1 NASA ER-2 RSP-2 2024-08-29 to 2024-10-02

N: 42.42 S: 31.58 E: -112.42 W: -128.52

NetCDF-4
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