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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
BOREAS Follow-On FLX-01 NSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temp. Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1996-10-31 to 1999-01-01

N: 55.8801 S: 55.8801 E: -98.4814 W: -98.4814

CSV
BOREAS Follow-On HMet-01 Level-2 GOES-8 1996 Shortwave and Longwave Radiation 1 GOES-8 GOES-8 Imager 1996-02-12 to 1996-10-23

N: 60 S: 50 E: -92 W: -111

BSQ
BOREAS Follow-On HMet-03 Hourly Meteorological Data at Flux Towers, 1994-1996 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS THERMOCOUPLES, ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-01

N: 56 S: 53 E: -98 W: -106

CSV
BOREAS Follow-On HMet-04 1996-1998 NSA Meteorological Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE PROBES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, WIND MONITOR, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1994-01-01 to 1999-01-01

N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111

CSV
BOREAS HYD-02 Estimated Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) from Microwave Measurements 1 DHC-6 INFRARED RADIOMETERS, MR, PYRANOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HYGROMETERS 1994-02-06 to 1994-02-13

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.24 W: -106.3

CSV
BOREAS HYD-03 Subcanopy Meteorological Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS WIND MONITOR, Pyrgeometer, HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1994-02-06 to 1996-03-08

N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.69 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-05 Bear Trap Creek and Namekus Lake Winter Surface Flux Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES 1994-02-01 to 1996-04-11

N: 53.85 S: 53.83 E: -106.04 W: -106.17

ASCII
BOREAS RSS-03 Atmospheric Conditions from a Helicopter-Mounted Sunphotometer 1 HELICOPTER SUN PHOTOMETERS 1994-05-31 to 1994-09-16

N: 56 S: 53.59 E: -97.34 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS RSS-14 GOES-7 Level-1 Visible, Infrared, and Water Vapor Images 1 GOES-7 VISSR 1994-01-04 to 1995-07-08

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

Binary
BOREAS RSS-14 GOES-7 Level-1a Visible, Infrared, and Water Vapor Images 1 GOES-7 VISSR 1994-01-01 to 1995-07-08

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

multiple
BOREAS RSS-14 GOES-7 Level-2 Shortwave and Longwave Radiation Images 1 GOES-7 VAS 1994-02-05 to 1994-09-20

N: 65.91 S: 47.65 E: -87.12 W: -111

Binary
BOREAS RSS-14 GOES-8 Level-1 Visible, Infrared and Water Vapor Images 1 GOES-8 GOES-8 Imager 1995-07-14 to 1996-10-03

N: 58.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

Binary
BOREAS RSS-14 GOES-8 Level-1a Visible, Infrared and Water Vapor Images 1 GOES-8 GOES-8 Imager 1995-07-14 to 1996-10-03

N: 58.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

Binary
BOREAS RSS-18 Sunphotometer Data over the SSA 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SUN PHOTOMETERS 1994-05-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 54 S: 53 E: -104 W: -107

multiple
BOREAS Saskatchewan Forest Fire Control Centre Surface Meteorological Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS 1995-05-05 to 1995-10-01

N: 55.38 S: 53.33 E: -102.48 W: -108.42

ASCII
BOREAS TE-05 Surface Meteorological & Radiation Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMISTORS, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-05-25 to 1994-09-08

N: 55.93 S: 53.62 E: -98.51 W: -106.19

ASCII
BOREAS TE-11 Leaf Gas Exchange Measurements 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER HUMIDITY SENSORS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM 1993-08-27 to 1994-08-19

N: 53.92 S: 53.92 E: -104.69 W: -104.69

ASCII
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