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Dataset Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
EMIT L2A Masks 60 m V002 002 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters netCDF-4
EPIC Cloud Height 01 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-15 to Present PNG
EPIC Ocean Surface PAR Version 2 02 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-13 to Present HDF5
ER-2 X-Band Doppler Radar (EXRAD) ALOFT 1 NASA ER-2 EXRAD 2023-06-15 to 2023-07-31

N: 35.959 S: 10.888 E: -80.404 W: -118.559

HDF5
ER-2 X-Band Doppler Radar (EXRAD) IMPACTS 1 NASA ER-2 EXRAD 2020-01-25 to 2023-03-02

N: 48.658 S: 27.106 E: -67.286 W: -117.635

HDF5
Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) data in netCDF Version1A NOAA-20 CERES-FM6 2022-12-13 to 2024-04-02 NetCDF-4
Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) NOAA-20 Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) Version1B Version1B NOAA-20 CERES-FM6 2023-10-01 to Present netCDF-4
FIREX-AQ DC-8 In-Situ Cloud Data 1 NASA DC-8 CDP, CPSPD, CAPS 2019-07-22 to 2019-09-05

N: 60 S: 15 E: -75 W: -135

ICARTT
FIREX-AQ ER-2 Cloud Physics Lidar Remotely Sensed Data 1 NASA ER-2 CPL 2019-07-31 to 2019-08-23

N: 60 S: 15 E: -75 W: -135

HDF5
FIREX-AQ ER-2 Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) 1 NASA ER-2 SHIS 2019-08-02 to 2019-08-23

N: 60 S: 15 E: -75 W: -135

HDF5, NetCDF-3
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) CV580 Aircraft G-Meter Data 1 CONVAIR CV-580 1998-05-20 to 1998-06-22

N: 77.8 S: 68 E: -154 W: -171.1

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) University of Washington CV580 Aircraft 1 CONVAIR CV-580 NOT APPLICABLE 1998-05-19 to 1998-06-24

N: 77.8 S: 68 E: -154 W: -171.7

HDF
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Colorado State University (CSU) Ceilometer Data (FIRE_AX_CSU_CEILOM) 1 GROUND STATIONS CEILOMETERS 1992-05-31 to 1992-06-29

N: 33.09 S: 33.07 E: -16.34 W: -16.36

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) ECMWF Cloud Data 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1992-06-01 to 1992-06-28

N: 45 S: 20 E: -5 W: -35

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) ECMWF Surface Diagnostics 1 ECMWF Computer 1992-06-01 to 1992-06-28

N: 46 S: 19 E: -4 W: -36

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) ISCCP DX Cloud Product - Revised Algorithm Data 1 NOAA-12, NOAA-11, METEOSAT-4 AVHRR-2, RADIOMETERS, IMAGING RADIOMETERS 1992-06-01 to 1992-06-30

N: 40 S: 10 E: -5 W: -40

Binary
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) NASA ER-2 Cloud Lidar System Data 1 NASA ER-2 LIDAR 1992-06-02 to 1992-06-23

N: 39.91 S: 30.55 E: -15.41 W: -27.54

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) PSU Malcolm Baldridge Ceilometer Data 1 Ships CEILOMETERS 1992-06-01 to 1992-06-28

N: 60 S: 20 E: 0 W: -70

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) PSU Malcolm Baldridge Data 1 Ships RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, HYGROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS, CEILOMETERS, THERMISTORS, THERMOMETERS, RADIOMETERS 1992-06-06 to 1992-06-28

N: 60 S: 20 E: 0 W: -70

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) PSU Microwave Radiometer Data 1 GROUND STATIONS MR, RADIOMETERS 1992-06-01 to 1992-06-27

N: 37 S: 36.98 E: -25.16 W: -25.18

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) PSU Santa Maria Ceilometer Data 1 GROUND STATIONS CEILOMETERS 1992-06-03 to 1992-06-28

N: 37 S: 36.98 E: -25.16 W: -25.18

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) PSU Valdivia Ceilometer Data 1 Ships CEILOMETERS 1992-06-05 to 1992-06-25

N: 60 S: 20 E: 0 W: -70

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) United Kingdom Meteorological Office (UKMO) C-130 Aircraft Data 1 C-130 PYRANOMETERS, PRT, HYGROMETERS, PMS, GUST PROBES, CLOUD LIQUID WATER PROBE, RADIOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1992-05-30 to 1992-06-23

N: 41 S: 28 E: -15 W: -28

Binary
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) University of Washington C-131A 10Hz Data 1 C-131A NOT APPLICABLE 1992-06-02 to 1992-06-26

N: 37.34 S: 32.34 E: -22.22 W: -26.65

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) University of Washington C-131A 1Hz Data 1 C-131A NOT APPLICABLE 1992-06-02 to 1992-06-26

N: 37.34 S: 32.34 E: -22.22 W: -26.65

ASCII
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ASDC CALIPSO Search and Subset Tool The CALIPSO Search and Subset web application enables a more sophisticated approach to selecting and ordering CALIPSO lidar data by date, time and geolocation. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
SOOT NASA's Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) provides users with suborbital field campaign data discovery and download capabilities. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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