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ATMOS L2 Trace Gases on Potential Temperature Grid, Tab Delimited Format V3 (ATMOSL2TT) at GES DISC 3 Spacelab-3, ATLAS-1, ATLAS-2, ATLAS-3 ATMOS 1985-04-30 to 1985-05-01, 1992-03-25 to 1992-04-02, 1993-04-08 to 1993-04-16, 1994-11-03 to 1994-11-12

N: 75 S: -73 E: 180 W: -180

ATMOS L2 Trace Gases on Pressure Grid, Fixed Field Format V3 (ATMOSL2PF) at GES DISC 3 Spacelab-3, ATLAS-1, ATLAS-2, ATLAS-3 ATMOS 1985-04-30 to 1985-05-01, 1992-03-25 to 1992-04-02, 1993-04-08 to 1993-04-16, 1994-11-03 to 1994-11-12

N: 75 S: -73 E: 180 W: -180

ATMOS L2 Trace Gases on Pressure Grid, Tab Delimited Format V3 (ATMOSL2PT) at GES DISC 3 Spacelab-3, ATLAS-1, ATLAS-2, ATLAS-3 ATMOS 1985-04-30 to 1985-05-01, 1992-03-25 to 1992-04-02, 1993-04-08 to 1993-04-16, 1994-11-03 to 1994-11-12

N: 75 S: -73 E: 180 W: -180

Atmos. Profile: Radiosonde - NCDC (FIFE) 1 BALLOONS RADIOSONDES 1988-10-01 to 1989-10-31

N: 39.07 S: 37.77 E: -95.63 W: -99.97

CSV
ATom: Flight Dynamics and Environmental Parameters of the NASA DC-8 Aircraft 1 NASA DC-8 HYGROMETERS, DADS 2016-07-29 to 2018-05-21

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

multiple
ATom: In Situ Atmospheric Water Vapor from the Diode Laser Hygrometer, Version 2 2 NASA DC-8 DLH 2016-07-29 to 2018-05-21

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

ICARTT
ATom: In-Situ Measurements of Airflow and Aerosols from Multiple Airborne Campaigns 1 NASA DC-8 MMS, CAPS 2013-06-10 to 2018-05-21

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

CSV
ATom: L2 Measurements from the Programmable Flask Package (PFP) Whole Air Sampler 1 NASA DC-8 FLASKS 2016-07-29 to 2018-05-21

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

ICARTT
ATom: Measurements from the UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species (UCATS) 1 NASA DC-8 TUNABLE DIODE LASER, UCATS-GC 2016-07-12 to 2018-05-21

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

ICARTT
ATom: Simulated Data Stream for Modeling ATom-like Measurements 1 MODELS Computer 1997-08-01 to 2016-08-21

N: 59.8 S: -59.8 E: 180 W: 178.9

multiple
ATTREX Global Hawk UAS In-Situ Trace Gas Measurements 1 GLOBAL HAWK WAS, DLH, HUPCRS, NOAA-H2O, UCATS-GC, NOAA-O3 2011-10-01 to 2014-03-14 ICARTT
AVIRIS-Classic: L2 Calibrated Reflectance, Facility Instrument Collection, V1 1 NOAA Twin Otter, NASA ER-2, NASA WB-57F AVIRIS 2008-06-11 to Present

N: 48.6945 S: 18.5747 E: -81.0205 W: -171.842

multiple
BOREAS AES Canadian Hourly and Daily Surface Meteorological Data, R1 2 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS SNOW MEASURING ROD, TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, WIND MONITOR, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, WET BULB THERMOMETERS 1975-01-01 to 1997-01-01

N: 57.35 S: 52.17 E: -97.83 W: -107.87

Binary
BOREAS AES Five-day Averaged Surface Meteorological and Upper Air Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, RAIN GAUGES, SNOW MEASURING ROD, WET BULB THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1976-01-01 to 1997-01-01

N: 57.35 S: 52.17 E: -97.83 W: -107.87

ASCII
BOREAS AFM-01 NOAA/ATDD Long-EZ Aircraft Flux Data over the SSA 1 Airplane THERMISTORS, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, GUST PROBES, IRGA, PRESSURE SENSORS 1994-05-25 to 1994-09-15

N: 54.32 S: 53.42 E: -104.24 W: -106.32

ASCII
BOREAS AFM-02 King Air 1994 Aircraft Flux and Moving Window Data 1 B-200 IRGA, PRESSURE SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, THERMISTORS, GUST PROBES, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS 1994-05-25 to 1994-09-17

N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05

ASCII
BOREAS AFM-02 Wyoming King Air 1994 Aircraft Sounding Data 1 B-200 PRESSURE SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, GUST PROBES, IRGA, THERMISTORS 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-17

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32

ASCII
BOREAS AFM-03 Electra 1994 Aircraft Flux and Moving Window Data 1 NCAR ELECTRA INFRARED THERMOMETERS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, GUST PROBES, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, MVI 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-16

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32

ASCII
BOREAS AFM-04 Twin Otter Aircraft Sounding Data 1 DHC-6 DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, IRGA, UV OZONE DETECTORS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, GUST PROBES 1994-05-25 to 1996-08-08

N: 56.02 S: 53.21 E: -97.86 W: -106.42

ASCII
BOREAS AFM-05 Level-1 Upper Air Network Data, R1 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, BALLOONS ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, RADIOSONDES 1993-08-16 to 1996-10-22

N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

multiple
BOREAS AFM-05 Level-2 Upper Air Network Standard Pressure Level Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, BALLOONS ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, RADIOSONDES 1993-08-16 to 1996-10-22

N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

ASCII
BOREAS AFM-06 Surface Meteorological Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES 1994-05-21 to 1994-09-20

N: 53.91 S: 53.91 E: -104.4 W: -104.4

ASCII
BOREAS AFM-08 ECMWF Hourly Surface and Upper Air Data for the SSA and NSA 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-05-13 to 1997-03-31

N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -114

ASCII
BOREAS AFM-13 Aircraft Flux Analyses 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 60 S: 49 E: -89 W: -111

CSV
BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32

ASCII
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