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NASA’s atmospheric wind data range from hourly primary forcing measurements to inter-related suites of atmospheric wind and other data. Our datasets and tools help users find and integrate the information they need to see how this primary weather force effects our lives and planet.

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GOES-R PLT Surface Radiance Red Lake V1 1 SURFRAD BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, PYRHELIOMETERS, RADIOMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES 2017-03-27 to 2017-04-12

N: 35.67 S: 35.65 E: -114.055 W: -114.075

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) OLYMPEX V1 1 NASA DC-8 AVAPS 2015-11-12 to 2015-12-19

N: 48.202 S: 46.2982 E: -124.564 W: -128.876

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GPM Ground Validation Albert Head (AHD) Ground Meteorological Station (MET) OLYMPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS FD12P WEATHER SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, Visibility Sensor 2015-11-13 to 2016-01-17

N: 48.39 S: 48.37 E: -123.46 W: -123.48

ASCII, XML
GPM GROUND VALIDATION DC-8 NAVIGATION AND HOUSEKEEPING DATA GCPEX 1 NASA DC-8 GPS, RTMM, TEMPERATURE PROBES 2012-01-11 to 2020-02-06

N: 46.9027 S: 31.5641 E: -67.7583 W: -124.985

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GPM Ground Validation Duke Microwave Radiometer (MWR) IPHEx 1 GROUND STATIONS MWR 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-15

N: 35.8046 S: 35.5199 E: -82.6604 W: -83.0948

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) RADIOSONDE GCPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS RADIOSONDES 2012-01-17 to 2012-02-29

N: 44.96 S: 43.38 E: -78 W: -79.85

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GPM Ground Validation Environment Canada (EC) Weather Station XET C3VP V1 1 GROUND STATIONS THERMOMETERS, PRESSURE PROBE, ANEMOMETERS, WIND VANES, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, SUNSHINE RECORDERS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH SENSOR 2006-10-04 to 2007-03-31

N: 44.24 S: 44.22 E: -79.77 W: -79.79

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GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) WIND PROFILER GCPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS LAP-3000 2012-01-15 to 2012-03-01

N: 44.3 S: 44.1 E: -79.6 W: -79.8

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GPM GROUND VALIDATION GCPEX SNOW MICROPHYSICS CASE STUDY V1 1 NASA DC-8, GROUND STATIONS, UND CITATION II APR-2, CIPS, D3R, DPR, HVPS, PMS 2D-C PROBE 2012-02-24 to 2012-02-25

N: 46.3966 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7616 W: -80.4026

netCDF-4
GPM Ground Validation Kumpula Mast Meteorological Data LPVEx V1 1 GROUND STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, RADIOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 2010-09-16 to 2010-10-21

N: 60.2125 S: 60.1925 E: 24.9717 W: 24.9517

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GPM GROUND VALIDATION MCGILL W-BAND RADAR GCPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS W-Band Radar 2012-02-01 to 2012-02-29

N: 44.2336 S: 44.2328 E: -79.7802 W: -79.781

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION METEOROLOGICAL TOWER ENVIRONMENT CANADA GCPEX V1 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, WIND MONITOR 2012-01-15 to 2012-03-01

N: 44.69 S: 44.18 E: -79.64 W: -79.93

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GPM GROUND VALIDATION MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) NASA HYMEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS MRR 2012-09-07 to 2012-11-12

N: 44.2 S: 41.8 E: 12.5 W: 4.06

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GPM GROUND VALIDATION MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) NASA IFLOODS V1 1 GROUND STATIONS MRR 2013-04-11 to 2013-06-16

N: 42.3 S: 41.8 E: -91.8 W: -92.5

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GPM GROUND VALIDATION MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) NASA IPHEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS MRR 2014-04-22 to 2014-10-17

N: 35.52 S: 35.22 E: -83.05 W: -83.1

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GPM Ground Validation NASA ER-2 Navigation Data IPHEx 1 NASA ER-2 INS 2014-05-04 to 2014-06-13

N: 36.6427 S: 30.3944 E: -71.6108 W: -86.562

ASCII, XML
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA ER-2 NAVIGATION DATA MC3E 1 NASA ER-2 INS, NAVREC, TEMPERATURE PROBES 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-03

N: 43 S: 28 E: -91 W: -121

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GPM Ground Validation Navigation Data DC-8 OLYMPEX 1 NASA DC-8 INS 2015-11-05 to 2015-12-19

N: 49.3344 S: 30.3686 E: -117.797 W: -129.061

ASCII, XML
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA SURFACE METEOROLOGICAL STATION MC3E 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR 2011-04-05 to 2011-06-07

N: 36.61 S: 36.61 E: -97.49 W: -97.49

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GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA UHF 449 PROFILER MC3E 1 GROUND STATIONS WIND PROFILERS 2011-04-08 to 2011-06-07

N: 36.601 S: 36.599 E: -97.489 W: -97.491

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION OKLAHOMA CLIMATOLOGICAL SURVEY MESONET MC3E 1 MESONET APS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-06

N: 37 S: 33.28 E: -94 W: -103

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Passive Aquatic Listener (PAL) 1 GROUND STATIONS PALS 2010-10-18 to 2021-07-28

N: 53.335 S: -18.928 E: 179.999 W: -179.999

netCDF-4
GPM Ground Validation Physicum Building Mast Meteorological Data LPVEx 1 GROUND STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2010-09-16 to 2010-10-22

N: 60.2147 S: 60.1947 E: 24.9733 W: 24.9533

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation R. M. Young Marine Anemometer UConn 1 GROUND STATIONS ANEMOMETERS 2022-12-07 to 2024-05-21

N: 41.828 S: 41.798 E: -72.247 W: -72.304

CSV
GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS C3VP V1 1 CRM DPR, GMI 2007-01-20 to 2007-01-23

N: 75 S: 34 E: 23 W: 25

netCDF-3
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