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Commonly Used Datasets for Applications in Atmosphere

Atmosphere Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
POLDER/Parasol L2 Radiation Budget subset along CloudSat track V001 (PARASOLRB_CPR) at GES DISC 001 PARASOL POLDER-1 2006-06-01 to 2010-01-31

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

GLDAS CLM Land Surface Model L4 3 hourly 1.0 x 1.0 degree Subsetted V001 (GLDAS_CLM10SUBP_3H) at GES DISC 001 CLM-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-02 to 2020-03-31

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

LRIR/Nimbus-6 Level 2 Inverted Profiles of Temperature and Ozone V001 (LRIRN6L2IPAT) at GES DISC 001 Nimbus-6 LRIR 1975-06-20 to 1976-01-06

N: 84 S: -64 E: 180 W: -180

NOAA20 VIIRS High Resolution Level 3 monthly aerosol data, 0.1x0.1 degree grid Version 001 (AER_DBDT_M10KM_L3_VIIRS_NOAA20) at GES DISC 001 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2018-02-01 to Present

N: 89.95 S: -89.95 E: 179.95 W: -179.95

NASA Web-Enabled Landsat Data CONUS 30m Composites over Annual Periods V001 001 LANDSAT-7 ETM+ 2002-12-01 to 2012-11-30

N: 52 S: 23 E: -65 W: -127

HDF4
MSU Ch 3/4 Daily Upper Troposphere Temps with Limb93 Correction V001 L3 1 day 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree (MSUUTT) at GES DISC 001 TIROS-N, NOAA-12, NOAA-11, NOAA-10, NOAA-9, NOAA-7, NOAA-6 MSU 1979-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 30 S: -30 E: 180 W: -180

EMIT L1B At-Sensor Calibrated Radiance and Geolocation Data 60 m V001 001 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-09 to Present

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

60 Meters x 60 Meters netCDF-4
MSU Ch 4 Daily Lower Stratosphere Temps with Limb93 Correction L3 1 day 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree V001 (MSULST) at GES DISC 001 TIROS-N, NOAA-12, NOAA-11, NOAA-10, NOAA-9, NOAA-7, NOAA-6 MSU 1979-01-01 to 1994-12-31

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

TERRA MODIS High Resolution Level 3 monthly aerosol data, 0.1x0.1 degree grid Version 001 (AER_DBDT_M10KM_L3_MODIS_TERRA) at GES DISC 001 Terra MODIS 2000-02-01 to Present

N: 89.95 S: -89.95 E: 179.95 W: -179.95

MODIS Aqua L2 chopped blocks (block size: 128 pixels x 128 pixels, daytime) V001 (MYD_L2_CB) at GES DISC 001 Aqua MODIS 2007-01-01

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

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Atmosphere Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
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
CASEI The Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) is a comprehensive inventory of contextual information for NASA's Earth Science airborne and field campaigns. Search and Discovery, Cataloging
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
Field Campaign Explorer The Field Campaign Explorer is an open source, cloud-based tool that combines multiple datasets to generate 3D views of atmospheric phenomena. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
FIRMS The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. Access, Visualization
Giovanni Giovanni is a web application for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing Earth science remote sensing data without downloading the data. Search and Discovery, Analysis, Access, Visualization, Downloading, Subsetting
GUARDIAN The GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) is a near real-time (NRT) ionospheric monitoring tool for natural hazards warning. Monitoring Natural Events
LIS Space Time Domain Search The Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Space Time Domain Search allows users to quickly perform a space time domain search of LIS science products. Search and Discovery
Panoply Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
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