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GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Cloud Heights for Multi-layer Clouds V033 033 ICESat ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11

N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters to 70 Meters x 60 Meters to 70 Meters Binary
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Thin Cloud/Aerosol Optical Depths Data (HDF5) V033 033 ICESat ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11

N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters to 70 Meters x 60 Meters to 70 Meters HDF
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Thin Cloud/Aerosol Optical Depths Data V018 18 ICESat ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-01-13 to 2010-01-13

N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180

Binary
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Thin Cloud/Aerosol Optical Depths Data V033 033 ICESat ALTIMETERS, GLAS 2003-01-13 to 2010-01-13

N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters to 70 Meters x 60 Meters to 70 Meters Binary
Global 10-Year Mean Monthly Climatology, 1901-1990 (New et al.) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1901-01-01 to 1991-01-01

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

Shapefile
Global 30-Year Mean Monthly Climatology, 1901-1960 (New et al.) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1901-01-01 to 1961-01-01

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

Shapefile
Global 30-Year Mean Monthly Climatology, 1961-1990 (New et al.) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1961-01-01 to 1991-01-01

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

ASCII
Global Forest Ecosystem Structure and Function Data For Carbon Balance Research 1 NOAA-14 AVHRR 1897-01-01 to 2006-12-31

N: 67.36 S: -42.87 E: 172.75 W: -159.5

Shapefile
Global Monthly Climatology for the Twentieth Century (New et al.) 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1900-01-01 to 1998-12-31

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

ASCII
GOES CPEX-CV 1 GOES-16 ABI 2022-09-06 to 2022-09-30

N: 67.044532775879 S: 3.2196230888367 E: 5.6536154747009 W: -84.093238830566

netCDF-4
GOES-R PLT Cloud Physics LiDAR (CPL) 1 NASA ER-2 CPL 2017-03-23 to 2017-05-17

N: 43.5723 S: 26.4487 E: -65.3628 W: -118.234

ASCII, HDF5
GPM GROUND VALIDATION ADVANCED MICROWAVE RADIOMETER RAIN IDENTIFICATION (ADMIRARI) GCPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS ADMIRARI, CLOUD LIDAR, MRR 2012-01-14 to 2012-02-29

N: 44.29 S: 44.18 E: -79.73 W: -79.82

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Autonomous Parsivel Unit (APU) ICE POP V1 1 GROUND STATIONS APU 2015-10-13 to 2018-07-01

N: 38.2509 S: 37.3779 E: 129.124 W: 128.378

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Cloud Physics LiDAR (CPL) OLYMPEX V1 1 NASA ER-2 CPL 2015-11-09 to 2015-12-15

N: 49.6338 S: 34.1575 E: -117.774 W: -130.045

ASCII, HDF5
GPM Ground Validation Cloud Radar System (CRS) OLYMPEX V1 1 NASA ER-2 CRS 2015-11-10 to 2015-12-10

N: 49.634 S: 34.1576 E: -117.774 W: -129.328

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION CLOUD SPECTROMETER AND IMPACTOR (CIP) LPVEX V1 1 UWKA CPI PROBES, PMS 2D-S PROBE 2010-08-06 to 2010-10-20

N: 61.36 S: 60.06 E: 25.37 W: 25.04

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION DUAL-FREQUENCY DUAL-POLARIZED DOPPLER RADAR (D3R) GCPEX 1 GROUND STATIONS D3R, DOPPLER RADAR 2012-01-03 to 2012-02-29

N: 44.5021 S: 43.9631 E: -79.5122 W: -80.0512

netCDF-4
GPM GROUND VALIDATION DUAL-FREQUENCY DUAL-POLARIZED DOPPLER RADAR (D3R) IFLOODS 1 GROUND STATIONS D3R 2013-05-09 to 2013-06-13

N: 42.5 S: 42 E: -90.1 W: -92.9

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) VAISALA CEILOMETER GCPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS CEILOMETERS 2012-01-15 to 2012-03-01

N: 44.5 S: 43.5 E: -78.5 W: -79.5

Binary
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 Joss-Waldvogel Disdrometer (JW) LPVEx V1 1 GROUND STATIONS JW DISDROMETER 2010-09-10 to 2010-11-09

N: 60.495 S: 60.475 E: 25.092 W: 25.072

ASCII
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 MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) NASA ACHIEVE IPHEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS MRR 2014-05-06 to 2014-06-15

N: 35.562 S: 35.482 E: -83.044 W: -83.176

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA S-BAND DUAL POLARIMETRIC (NPOL) DOPPLER RADAR IFLOODS 2 GROUND STATIONS NPOL 2013-04-30 to 2013-06-16

N: 42.2708 S: 42.2656 E: -92.5056 W: -92.5128

UF
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NCAR CLOUD MICROPHYSICS PARTICLE PROBES GCPEX 1 UND CITATION II CIPS, HVPS-3, PMS 2D-C PROBE 2012-01-19 to 2012-02-24

N: 46.3966 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7659 W: -80.549

ASCII, netCDF-4
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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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