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First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus Ceilometer and Cross-chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System (CLASS) Data 1 GROUND STATIONS CLASS, RAWINSONDES, CEILOMETERS 1987-06-30 to 1987-07-19

N: 33.25 S: 33.23 E: -119.39 W: -119.41

Binary
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus Colorado State University (CSU) Surface Radiation Data 1 GROUND STATIONS PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer 1987-06-30 to 1987-07-19

N: 33.25 S: 33.23 E: -119.39 W: -119.41

Binary
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus Colorado State University (CSU) Tethered Balloon Data 1 GROUND STATIONS, BALLOONS PSYCHROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer 1987-07-07 to 1987-07-14

N: 33.25 S: 33.23 E: -119.39 W: -119.41

Binary
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus ISCCP Stage DX Pixel Level Cloud Product - Revised Algorithm Data 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-9, GOES-6 AVHRR-2, RADIOMETERS, VISSR 1987-07-01 to 1987-07-31

N: 40 S: 30 E: -117.5 W: -137.5

Binary
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus Microwave Radiometer Data 1 GROUND STATIONS MR, RADIOMETERS 1987-07-01 to 1987-07-19

N: 33.28 S: 33.26 E: -119.57 W: -119.59

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus NASA ER-2 Cloud Lidar System Data 1 NASA ER-2 LIDAR 1987-07-08 to 1987-07-18

N: 39.87 S: 30.2 E: -118.37 W: -124.98

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus National Center forAtmospheric Research (NCAR) Electra Aircraft Data 1 NCAR ELECTRA PARTICLE DETECTORS, ALTIMETERS, AEROSOL MONITOR, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, FSSP, GUST PROBES, Hotwire LWC, HYGROMETERS, LIDAR, PMS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PRT, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, VIDEO CAMERA 1987-06-29 to 1987-07-18

N: 38.72 S: -5.06 E: -116.01 W: -125.79

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Wind Profiler Data 1 GROUND STATIONS SODAR, CLASS, RADIOSONDES, WIND PROFILERS 1987-07-01 to 1987-07-20

N: 33.51 S: 33.49 E: -119.59 W: -119.61

Binary
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus United Kingdom Meteorological Office (UKMO) C-130 Aircraft Data 1 C-130 PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, RADIOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1987-07-07 to 1987-07-18

N: 35 S: 29 E: -116 W: -126

Binary
FLASHFlux Daily Gridded TOA and Surfaces/Clouds data Version 4C Version4C Terra, NOAA-20 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM6 2021-12-21 to 2025-04-01 HDF4, netCDF-4
FLASHFlux NOAA-20 Daily Gridded TOA and Surfaces/Clouds data Version 1A Version1A NOAA-20 CERES-FM6 2023-12-30 to Present HDF4, netCDF-4
FLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Global Monthly 0.1 x 0.1 degree (GDAS and CHIRPS-PRELIM) V001 (FLDAS_NOAH01_CP_GL_M) 001 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2019-01-01 to Present

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

0.1 Decimal Degrees x 0.1 Decimal Degrees
FLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Global Monthly 0.1 x 0.1 degree (MERRA-2 and CHIRPS) V001 (FLDAS_NOAH01_C_GL_M) 001 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1982-01-01 to Present

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

0.1 Decimal Degrees x 0.1 Decimal Degrees
FLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Global Monthly Anomaly 0.1 x 0.1 degree (MERRA-2 and CHIRPS) V001 (FLDAS_NOAH01_C_GL_MA) 001 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1982-01-01 to Present

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

0.1 Decimal Degrees x 0.1 Decimal Degrees
FLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Global Monthly Climatology 0.1 x 0.1 degree (MERRA-2 and CHIRPS) V001 (FLDAS_NOAH01_C_GL_MC) 001 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1982-01-01 to 2016-12-31

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

0.1 Decimal Degrees x 0.1 Decimal Degrees
FLDAS2 Noah-MP GDAS Land Surface Model L4 Central Asia Daily 0.01 degree x 0.01 degree V001 (FLDAS_NOAHMP001_G_CA_D) 001 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2000-10-01 to Present

N: 56 S: 21 E: 100 W: 30

0.01 Decimal Degrees x 0.01 Decimal Degrees
FLEXPART black carbon aerosol L4 global daily 1 x 1 degrees V1 (BCFLEXPART) 1 FLEXPART NOT APPLICABLE 2008-01-01 to 2015-12-31

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
FLEXPART dust aerosol L4 global daily 1 x 1 degrees V1 (DUSTFLEXPART) 1 FLEXPART NOT APPLICABLE 2008-01-01 to 2015-12-31

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
FLEXPART Influence Functions for ACT-America, 2016-2017 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2016-07-18 to 2019-07-27

N: 70.1 S: -10.01 E: 5 W: -170

multiple
FLEXPART organic carbon aerosol L4 global daily 1 x 1 degrees V1 (OCFLEXPART) 1 FLEXPART NOT APPLICABLE 2008-01-01 to 2015-12-31

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
FLUXNET Canada Research Network - Canadian Carbon Program Data Collection, 1993-2014 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIELD SURVEYS PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, THERMOMETERS, THERMISTORS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CO2 ANALYZERS, PROBES 1993-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 55.88 S: 42.6609 E: -67.0993 W: -125.334

CSV
FLUXNET Marconi Conference Gap-Filled Flux and Meteorology Data, 1992-2000 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, THERMOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, THERMISTORS 1992-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 70.4696 S: -2.6091 E: 24.295 W: -157.409

multiple
FLUXNET Research Network Site Characteristics, Investigators, and Bibliography, 2016 1 GROUND STATIONS, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS ANEMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS 1991-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 78.921 S: -62.2321 E: 175.554 W: -157.409

CSV
Forest Canopy Composition (SNF) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1976-01-01 to 1986-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
Forest-BGC Model (OTTER) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 45.07 S: 44.38 E: -121.68 W: -123.95

multiple

Atmosphere Data Tools

Tool Sort descending Description Services
AppEEARS The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers 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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