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Dataset Sort descending Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
MOPITT CO gridded monthly means (Thermal Infrared Radiances) V009 9 Terra MOPITT 2000-03-03 to 2025-02-01

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

HDF-EOS5
MOPITT Derived CO (Near and Thermal Infrared Radiances) V009 9 Terra MOPITT 2000-03-03 to 2025-02-01

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

HDF-EOS5
MOPITT Derived CO (Near Infrared Radiances) V009 9 Terra MOPITT 2000-03-03 to 2025-02-01

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

HDF-EOS5
MOPITT Derived CO (Thermal Infrared Radiances) V009 9 Terra MOPITT 2000-03-03 to 2025-02-01

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

HDF-EOS5
Mowing Experiment Exotech Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SPECTRORADIOMETERS 1987-05-30 to 1987-10-13

N: 39.1 S: 39.09 E: -96.54 W: -96.59

multiple
MSAQSO2L4 version 1 is superseded by newer version, DOI: 10.5067/MEASURES/SO2/DATA406 1 Aura, SUOMI-NPP, Nimbus-7, EP-TOMS OMI, OMPS, TOMS 2005-01-01 to 2018-12-31

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

MSU Ch 2/3 Daily Lower Troposphere Temps with Limb93 Correction L3 1 day 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree V001 (MSULTT) 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: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180

2.5 Decimal Degrees x 2.5 Decimal Degrees
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

2.5 Decimal Degrees x 2.5 Decimal Degrees
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

2.5 Decimal Degrees x 2.5 Decimal Degrees
MSU Daily Oceanic Precipitation with Limb93 Correction L3 1 day 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree V001 (MSUOP) 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: 60 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

2.5 Decimal Degrees x 2.5 Decimal Degrees
Multi-Instrument Fused bias-corrected XCO2 and other select fields aggregated as Level 3 daily files V4 (MultiInstrumentFusedXCO2) 4 OCO-2, GOSAT OCO SPECTROMETERS, TANSO-FTS 2014-09-06 to 2021-05-20

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Multi-Instrument Fused bias-corrected XCO2 and other select fields aggregated as Level 4 daily files V3 (MultiInstrumentFusedXCO2) 3 OCO-2, GOSAT OCO SPECTROMETERS, TANSO-FTS 2014-09-06 to 2020-07-31

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Multilayer Greenland Ice Surface Temperature, Surface Albedo, and Water Vapor from MODIS V001 1 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2021-08-31

N: 84 S: 58 E: 12 W: -94

0.78 Kilometers x 0.78 Kilometers netCDF-4
Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Precipitation Reanalysis for Satellite Validation Product IMPACTS V1 1 GROUND STATIONS DOPPLER RADAR, RAIN GAUGES 2022-01-01 to 2023-03-02

N: 54.994998931885 S: 20.005001068115 E: -60.005004882812 W: -129.99499511719

netCDF-4
Multi-Satellite Air Quality Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Database Long-Term L4 Global V2 (MSAQSO2L4) at GES DISC 2 Aura, SUOMI-NPP, Sentinel-5P, NOAA-20 OMI, OMPS, TROPOMI 2005-01-01 to 2024-12-31

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

Multi-Satellite Lambertian Equivalent Reflectivity (Local Satellite Time) 1 day L3 Global 5.0deg Lat Zones V1 (MSLERLSTL3zm) at GES DISC 1 Nimbus-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, NOAA-16, NOAA-18, NOAA-19, EP-TOMS, Aura, OrbView-2 SBUV, TOMS, SBUV/2, SeaWiFS, OMI 1978-11-02 to 2012-12-31

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

Multi-Satellite Lambertian Equivalent Reflectivity (Local Satellite Time) 10-Day L3 Global 2.0x5.0deg Lat/Lon Grid V1 (MSLERLSTL3d10) at GES DISC 1 Nimbus-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, NOAA-16, NOAA-18, NOAA-19 SBUV, SBUV/2 1980-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 82 S: -82 E: 180 W: -180

5 Decimal Degrees x 2 Decimal Degrees
Multi-Satellite Lambertian Equivalent Reflectivity (Noon Normalized) 1 day L3 Global 5.0deg Lat Zones V1 (MSLERNNL3zm) at GES DISC 1 Nimbus-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, NOAA-16, NOAA-18, NOAA-19, EP-TOMS, Aura, OrbView-2 SBUV, TOMS, SBUV/2, SeaWiFS, OMI 1978-11-02 to 2012-12-31

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

Multi-Satellite Lambertian Equivalent Reflectivity (Noon Normalized) 10-Day L3 Global 2.0x5.0deg Lat/Lon Grid V1 (MSLERNNL3d10) at GES DISC 1 Nimbus-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, NOAA-16, NOAA-18, NOAA-19 SBUV, SBUV/2 1980-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 58 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180

5 Decimal Degrees x 2 Decimal Degrees
Multi-Satellite Merged Ozone (O3) Profile and Total Column 1 Month Zonal Mean L3 Global 5.0 degree Latitude Zones V1 (MSO3L3zm5) at GES DISC 1 Nimbus-4, Nimbus-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-19 BUV, SBUV, SBUV/2 1970-05-01 to 2013-07-31

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

Multi-Satellite Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide L4 Long-Term Global Database V4 (MSVOLSO2L4) at GES DISC 4 Meteor-3, Aura, SUOMI-NPP, Nimbus-7, EP-TOMS, Aqua, ADEOS-II, Sentinel-5P, NOAA-20 TOMS, OMI, OMPS, AIRS, TROPOMI 1978-10-31 to 2026-05-13

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

Multisensor Advanced Climatology Mean Liquid Water Path Diurnal Cycle L3 Monthly 1 degree x 1 degree V1 (MACLWP_diurnal) at GES DISC 1 DMSP, Aqua, GCOM-W1, GPM, TRMM, NPOESS (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System ) SSMIS, SSM/I, AMSR-E, AMSR2, GMI, TMI, WINDSAT 1988-01-01 to 2016-12-31

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Multisensor Advanced Climatology Mean Liquid Water Path L3 Monthly 1 degree X 1 degree V1 (MACLWP_mean) at GES DISC 1 DMSP, Aqua, GCOM-W1, GPM, TRMM, NPOESS (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System ) SSMIS, SSM/I, AMSR-E, AMSR2, GMI, TMI, WINDSAT 1988-01-01 to 2016-12-31

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Multisensor Advanced Climatology Total Liquid Water Path L3 Monthly 1 degree x 1 degree V1 (MACTWP_mean) at GES DISC 1 DMSP, Aqua, GCOM-W1, GPM, TRMM, NPOESS (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System ) SSMIS, SSM/I, AMSR-E, AMSR2, GMI, TMI, WINDSAT 1988-01-01 to 2016-12-31

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
NAAMES C-130 Aerosol and Cloud Remote Sensing Data, Version 1 1 C-130 RSP, 4STAR, HSRL 2015-11-04 to 2018-03-25 ICARTT, HDF5, PNG, KML

Atmosphere Data Tools

Tool Sort descending Description Services
SOOT NASA's Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) provides users with suborbital field campaign data discovery and download capabilities. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
VEDA NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities. Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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