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Atmospheric Temperature Data Access and Tools
NASA has atmospheric temperature datasets that help researchers measure the degree of warmth in various levels of the atmosphere. Access a range of data and data tools such as AppEEARS, Worldview, and Giovanni to make the most of atmospheric temperature data.
Atmospheric Temperature Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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-06 1994 Soil and Air Temperatures in the NSA | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOCOUPLES | 1994-05-25 to 1994-10-08 |
N: 55.89 S: 55.89 E: -98.67 W: -98.67 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-11 Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | NET RADIOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 53.92 S: 53.92 E: -104.69 W: -104.69 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS TE-17 Production Efficiency Model Images | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-04-16 to 1994-09-07 |
N: 59.94 S: 50.13 E: -93.92 W: -108.51 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS TE-21 Daily Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 55.93 S: 53.63 E: -97.87 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TDR, THERMOCOUPLES, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS | 1996-02-02 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Understory Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, IRGA, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, NET RADIOMETERS | 1993-10-12 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-02 SSA-OA Tethersonde Meteorological and Ozone Data | 1 | BALLOONS | ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, THERMISTORS, ANEMOMETERS, OZONESONDES | 1993-10-17 to 1994-09-19 |
N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-02 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Precipitation Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, SONIC ANEMOMETER, THERMOCOUPLES, BAROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, OZONE SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS | 1994-01-01 to 1994-10-27 |
N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-03 NSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, RAIN GAUGES, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-03-16 to 1996-10-31 |
N: 55.88 S: 55.88 E: -98.48 W: -98.48 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-04 SSA-YJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Canopy Condition Data, R1 | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PSYCHROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IRGA, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1993-09-02 to 1994-09-20 |
N: 53.88 S: 53.88 E: -104.65 W: -104.65 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-05 Tower Flux & Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, WIND MONITOR, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, OZONE SENSOR, IR CO2 ANALYZER, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-05-23 to 1994-09-16 |
N: 53.92 S: 53.92 E: -104.69 W: -104.69 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-06 SSA-YA Surface Energy Flux and Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, THERMOCOUPLES, WIND MONITOR, HYGROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, BAROMETERS | 1994-07-19 to 1994-09-19 |
N: 53.66 S: 53.66 E: -105.32 W: -105.32 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-07 SSA-OBS Tower Flux and Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | IRGA, SONIC ANEMOMETER, THERMOCOUPLES, PYRANOMETERS, PSYCHROMETERS, TUNABLE DIODE LASER, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-18 |
N: 53.99 S: 53.99 E: -105.12 W: -105.12 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-08 NSA-OJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | HYGROMETERS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, PYRHELIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TEMPERATURE PROBES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1994-05-24 to 1996-11-12 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.93 E: -98.62 W: -98.62 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-09 SSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, IR CO2 ANALYZER, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, WIND MONITOR, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE PROBES, PYRANOMETERS, PSYCHROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-05-23 to 1996-11-29 |
N: 53.99 S: 53.99 E: -105.12 W: -105.12 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-10 NSA-Fen Tower Flux and Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | ANEMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, Pyrgeometer, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1993-08-15 to 1996-11-10 |
N: 55.91 S: 55.91 E: -98.42 W: -98.42 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-10 NSA-YJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Porometry Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | IRGA, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, RAIN GAUGES, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, POROMETER, PRESSURE SENSORS | 1993-08-15 to 1996-11-15 |
N: 55.9 S: 55.9 E: -98.29 W: -98.29 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-01 CH4 Concentration and Flux Data from NSA Tower Sites | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | BAROMETERS, THERMOMETERS, GC-FID | 1994-05-28 to 1996-10-22 |
N: 55.94 S: 55.85 E: -98.04 W: -98.63 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-01/TGB-03 CH4 Chamber Flux Data: NSA Fen | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY | THERMOMETERS, GC-FID | 1994-05-09 to 1996-10-21 |
N: 55.92 S: 55.92 E: -98.42 W: -98.42 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-01/TGB-03 Water Table and Peat Temperature Data over the NSA | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | WATER LEVEL GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES | 1994-05-26 to 1996-10-23 |
N: 55.92 S: 55.92 E: -98.42 W: -98.42 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-03 CH4 and CO2 Chamber Flux Data over NSA Upland Sites | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY | THERMOMETERS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS | 1994-05-16 to 1996-10-22 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -97.5 W: -98.95 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-04 NSA-BVP Tower Flux and Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, PSYCHROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, STREAM GAUGES, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, Bowen Ratio Devices | 1994-05-28 to 1994-09-17 |
N: 55.84 S: 55.84 E: -98.03 W: -98.03 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-05 Biogenic Soil Emissions of NO and Nitrous Oxide | 1 | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, TEMPERATURE SENSORS | 1993-08-14 to 1995-07-29 |
N: 56.17 S: 55.15 E: -96.52 W: -99.87 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-05 CO2, CH4, and CO Chamber Flux Data over the NSA | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY | MMR, THERMOCOUPLES, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS | 1994-03-08 to 1996-10-17 |
N: 56.17 S: 55.15 E: -96.52 W: -99.87 |
ASCII |
Featured Atmospheric Temperature Observation Method: MLS
The Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) is radiometer and spectrometer that measures microwave thermal emission from the edge, or "limb," of Earth’s atmosphere. The MLS can measure vertical profiles of the atmosphere including temperature. The instrument acquires data globally day and night and can do so in the presence ice clouds and aerosols that would interfere with measurements from other devices.
In coordination with the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) team, we now have several MLS products available through the GIBS image access APIs.
Learn how to visualize Microwave Limb Sounder data through OPeNDAP.
The Microwave Limb Sounder Near-Real Time (MLS NRT) products are provided by the Land, Atmosphere Near-real time Capability for EOS (LANCE).
A new Request for Information (RFI) with responses due by April 4 seeks input for determining Terra, Aqua, and Aura mission data product continuity needs, capabilities, and gaps.
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