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GPM GROUND VALIDATION VAISALA CEILOMETER IPHEx V1 1 GROUND STATIONS CEILOMETERS 2014-05-06 to 2014-06-16

N: 35.56 S: 35.48 E: -83.04 W: -83.18

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION WYOMING KING AIR CLOUD MICROPHYSICS LPVEX V1 1 UWKA CDP, FSSP, GPS, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, NEVZOROV PROBE, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS 2D-P PROBE, ROSEMOUNT PROBES 2010-09-11 to 2010-10-20

N: 61.5401 S: 59.6884 E: 26.5131 W: 19.8372

netCDF-3
GPM PR and TMI on TRMM Combined Convective-Stratiform Latent Heating Profiles L2 1.5 hours 5 km V07 (GPM_2HCSH_TRMM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM PR, TMI 1997-12-07 to 2015-12-01

N: 37 S: -37 E: 180 W: -180

GPM PR and TMI on TRMM Combined Convective-Stratiform Latent Heating Profiles L3 1 month 0.25x0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3HCSH_TRMM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM PR, TMI 1997-12-01 to 2015-04-30

N: 67 S: -67 E: 180 W: -180

GPM PR and TMI on TRMM Combined Gridded Orbital Convective-Stratiform Latent Heating Profiles L3 1.5 hours 0.25x0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3GCSH_TRMM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM PR, TMI 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-30

N: 37 S: -37 E: 180 W: -180

GPM PR on TRMM Gridded Orbital Spectral Latent Heating Profiles L3 1.5 hours 0.5x0.5 degree V07 (GPM_3GSLH_TRMM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM PR 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-30

N: 37 S: -37 E: 180 W: -180

GPM PR on TRMM Spectral Latent Heating L3 1 month 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree V07 (GPM_3HSLH_TRMM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM PR 1997-12-01 to 2015-04-30

N: 67 S: -67 E: 180 W: -180

GPM PR on TRMM Spectral Latent Heating Profiles L2 1.5 hours 5 km V07 (GPM_2HSLH_TRMM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM PR 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-01

N: 37 S: -37 E: 180 W: -180

GPM PR on TRMM Spectral Latent Heating Profiles L3 1 Day 0.5x0.5 degree V07 (GPM_3HSLH_TRMM_DAY) at GES DISC 07 TRMM PR 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-01

N: 67 S: -67 E: 180 W: -180

GRIP CLOUD MICROPHYSICS V1 1 NASA DC-8 CAPS, CDP, PIP 2010-08-13 to 2010-09-25

N: 40 S: 0 E: -71.5 W: -100

ASCII
GRIP GOES 13 OVERSHOOTING TOP V1 1 GOES-13 GOES-13 Imager 2010-08-07 to 2010-10-01

N: 43.9066 S: 1.2498 E: -37.9341 W: -118.039

KML
GRIP LANGLEY AEROSOL RESEARCH GROUP EXPERIMENT (LARGE) V1 1 NASA DC-8 APS, CNC, OPC, OPTSPEC, TSI-3562 Nephelometer, UHSAS 2010-08-24 to 2010-09-22

N: 34.7517 S: 12 E: -55.3183 W: -97.83

ASCII
High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) IMPACTS 1 NASA ER-2 HIWRAP 2020-01-25 to 2023-02-28

N: 48.658 S: 31.073 E: -64.894 W: -95.46

HDF5
High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) CPEX V1 1 NASA DC-8 HAMSR 2017-05-24 to 2017-07-16

N: 39.95 S: 5.05 E: -45.05 W: -99.95

netCDF-3
High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) CPEX-AW V1 1 NASA DC-8 HAMSR 2021-08-17 to 2021-09-04

N: 34.613 S: 11.768 E: -45.122 W: -118.078

netCDF-3
High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) CPEX-CV 1 NASA DC-8 HAMSR 2022-09-06 to 2022-09-30

N: 79.583000183105 S: 1.8480000495911 E: 3.9360001087189 W: -40.636001586914

netCDF-4
High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) EPOCH V1 1 GLOBAL HAWK HAMSR 2017-08-09 to 2017-08-31

N: 36.473 S: 16.116 E: -83.077 W: -125.321

netCDF-3
HIRDLS/Aura Level 2 Daily Geophysical Parameters V007 (HIRDLS2) at GES DISC 007 Aura HIRDLS 2005-01-29 to 2008-03-17

N: 80 S: -64 E: 180 W: -180

300 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers
HIRDLS-MLS/Aura Level 3 Monthly 10 x 20 deg Ice Water Content V002 (HIRMLS3IWC) at GES DISC 002 Aura HIRDLS, MLS 2005-02-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 90 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180

10 Decimal Degrees x 20 Decimal Degrees
Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Cloud Top Height V1 1 GOES-15, METEOSAT-10 GOES-15 Imager, SEVIRI 2014-08-14 to 2014-10-03

N: 52 S: 12 E: -60 W: -180

PNG
Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Tropical Overshooting Tops V1 1 METEOSAT-10, GOES-15 SEVIRI, GOES-15 Imager 2014-08-14 to 2014-10-03

N: 52 S: 12 E: -60 W: -180

KML
HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK CLOUD PHYSICS LIDAR (CPL) V1 1 GLOBAL HAWK CPL 2012-09-07 to 2014-09-30

N: 48.1787 S: 7.55657 E: -19.4239 W: -118.552

ASCII, HDF5, netCDF-4, XML
HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK HIGH ALTITUDE MMIC SOUNDING RADIOMETER (HAMSR) V1 1 GLOBAL HAWK HAMSR 2011-09-09 to 2013-09-26

N: 51.942 S: 9.239 E: -54.876 W: -175.713

PDF, netCDF-3
Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Tropics Satellite Data V1 1 NOAA-18, DMSP 5D-3/F16, NOAA-19, GPM, TRMM, CORIOLIS, DMSP 5D-3/F15, METOP-A, DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F18 AMSU-A, AVHRR, SSMIS, GMI, PR, TMI, WINDSAT, SSM/I 2013-07-23 to 2014-09-30

N: 53.9 S: 2.2 E: -9 W: -113.5

JPEG
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D1 3-Hourly Cloud Products - Revised Algorithm in Hierarchical Data Format 1 GMS-1, GMS-2, GMS-3, GMS-4, GMS-5, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-12, INSAT, METEOSAT-2, METEOSAT-3, METEOSAT-4, METEOSAT-5, METEOSAT-6, METEOSAT-7, METEOSAT-8, METEOSAT-9, MTSAT-1R, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9, GOES-5, GOES-6, GOES-7, GOES-8, GOES-9 VISSR, GOES I-M Imager, VHRR, NOT APPLICABLE, MVIRI, SEVIRI, JAMI, AVHRR 1983-07-01 to 2009-12-31 HDF4
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