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CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM), V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Cloud Occurrence Data, Standard V1-00 V1-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-01 to 2017-01-01 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Cloud Occurrence Data, Standard V2-00 V2-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-01 to 2023-07-01 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 GEWEX Cloud, Standard V2-00 V2-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-01 to 2023-07-01 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud, Standard V1-00 V1-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-01 to 2017-01-01 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Ice Cloud Data, Standard V1-00 V1-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-01 to 2022-02-01 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Ice Cloud Data, Standard V2-00 V2-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-01 to 2023-07-01 HDF4
CALIPSO-CloudSat-MODIS 25KM quantification of aerosol-cloud interactions 1.0 CALIPSO, Aqua, CloudSat CALIOP, MODIS, CloudSat-CPR 2006-06-12 to 2017-12-06

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers netCDF-4
CAMEX-3 CLOUD AND AEROSOL PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION (CAPAC) V1 1 NASA DC-8 FSSP, PMS 2D-P PROBE 1998-08-15 to 1998-09-23

N: 39.0333 S: 14.045 E: -62.96 W: -86.165

ASCII
CAMEX-3 CLOUD AND AEROSOL PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION VIDEO V1 1 NASA DC-8 VIDEO CAMERA 1998-08-10 to 1998-09-02

N: 50 S: 10 E: -50 W: -105

Not Provided
CAMEX-3 NAST-I RADIANCE PRODUCTS V1 1 NASA ER-2 NAST-I 1998-08-13 to 1998-09-27

N: 36.0668 S: 13.5693 E: -62.3263 W: -94.3327

TAR
CAMEX-4 CLOUD MICROPHYSICS V1 1 NASA DC-8 FSSP, PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS 2D-P PROBE 2001-08-18 to 2001-09-25

N: 39.71 S: 16.5317 E: -58.635 W: -88.215

ASCII
CAMEX-4 CVI CLOUD CONDENSED WATER CONTENT V1 1 NASA DC-8 CVI 2001-09-06 to 2001-09-10

N: 39.0433 S: 24.455 E: -58.635 W: -84.4033

ASCII
CAMEX-4 HIGH ALTITUDE MMIC SOUNDING RADIOMETER (HAMSR) V1 1 NASA ER-2 HAMSR, RADIOSONDES 2001-08-18 to 2001-09-25

N: 39.45 S: 13.4 E: -48.56 W: -88.47

Binary
CAMEX-4 MIPS CEILOMETER V1 1 GROUND STATIONS, MIPS CEILOMETERS 2001-08-05 to 2001-09-12

N: 24.8 S: 24.6 E: -81.5 W: -81.7

ASCII
CAMEX-4 MIPS MICROWAVE PROFILING RADIOMETER V1 1 GROUND STATIONS, MIPS MR, PYRANOMETERS 2001-08-15 to 2001-09-12

N: 24.8 S: 24.6 E: -81.5 W: -81.7

ASCII
CAMEX-4 NOAA WP-3D CLOUD PHYSICS V1 1 WP-3D ORION FSSP, HVPS 2001-09-03 to 2001-09-19

N: 50 S: 10 E: -60 W: -100

Not Provided
CAMP2Ex Cloud and Precipitation Retrievals Derived From APR-3 and AMPR Measurements 1 NASA P-3 APR-3, AMPR 2019-08-02 to 2019-10-07 NetCDF-3
CAMP2Ex Learjet In-Situ Cloud Data 1 LEARJET FCDP, Hawkeye 2DS, Hawkeye FCDP, CPI, FFSSP, SPEC HVPS 2019-08-24 to 2019-09-29 ICARTT
CAMP2Ex Merge Data Files 1 NASA P-3 Computer 2019-08-22 to 2019-10-07 ICARTT, ZIP
CAMP2Ex Miscellaneous Data 1 SATELLITES 2018-08-01 to 2019-10-08 NetCDF-4, ICARTT, GIF, PNG, JPEG
CAMP2Ex P-3 In-Situ Cloud Data 1 NASA P-3 FCDP, 2DS, AC3, CPI, Hawkeye 2DS, Hawkeye FCDP, SPEC HVPS 2019-08-03 to 2019-10-05 ICARTT
CAMP2Ex P-3 Remotely Sensed Aerosol Data 1 NASA P-3 RSP, HSRL-2, AMPR, APR-3 2019-08-03 to 2019-10-12 ICARTT, HDF5, NetCDF-4
CAR ARCTAS Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites L1 V1 (CAR_ARCTAS_L1C) at GES DISC 1 NASA P-3 CAR 2008-04-06 to 2008-07-12

N: 80.6613 S: 32.93152 E: -69.2484 W: -163.5979

CAR ARMCAS Arctic Cloud BRDF Measurements V2 (CAR_ARMCAS_BRDF) at GES DISC 2 C-131A CAR 1995-06-05 to 1995-06-14

N: 72.6317 S: 68.7631 E: -145.5568 W: -154.0273

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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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