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Dataset Sort descending Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Tropics Satellite Data V1 1 NOAA-18, DMSP 5D-3/F16, NOAA-19, GPM, TRMM, CORIOLIS, DMSP 5D-3/F15, METOP-A, DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F18 AMSU-A, AVHRR, SSMIS, GMI, PR, TMI, WINDSAT, SSM/I 2013-07-23 to 2014-09-30

N: 53.9 S: 2.2 E: -9 W: -113.5

JPEG
Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) V1 1 GLOBAL HAWK S-HIS 2011-09-01 to 2014-09-30

N: 50.0961 S: 7.55205 E: -19.2257 W: -154.611

netCDF-3
Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme (SHIPS) Intensity V1 1 GOES-15, GROUND STATIONS GOES-15 Imager, RAWINSONDES 2014-03-18 to 2014-09-30

N: 44.51 S: 7.19 E: -14.99 W: -179.11

ASCII
HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) WORLD WIDE LIGHTNING LOCATION NETWORK (WWLLN) STORMS V1 1 WWLLN GPS, RF ANTENNA, VLF RECEIVERS 2012-08-28 to 2014-10-20

N: 68.994 S: 12.9 E: -15.001 W: -116.595

netCDF-4, ASCII
IceBridge Paroscientific L1B Pressure Altimeter Time-Tagged Air Pressure V001 1 BT-67 PRS Altimeter 2008-12-29 to 2013-01-26

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

XML, ASCII
In-situ Air Temperature and Relative Humidity in Greenbelt, MD, 2013-2015 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION 2013-09-05 to 2015-12-28

N: 39 S: 38.9926 E: -76.8401 W: -76.8569

CSV
Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) CPEX V1 1 MODELS Computer 2017-05-24 to 2017-07-16

N: 39.95 S: 5.05 E: -45.05 W: -99.95

netCDF-3
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D1 3-Hourly Cloud Products - Revised Algorithm in Hierarchical Data Format 1 GMS-1, GMS-2, GMS-3, GMS-4, GMS-5, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-12, INSAT, METEOSAT-2, METEOSAT-3, METEOSAT-4, METEOSAT-5, METEOSAT-6, METEOSAT-7, METEOSAT-8, METEOSAT-9, MTSAT-1R, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9, GOES-5, GOES-6, GOES-7, GOES-8, GOES-9 VISSR, GOES I-M Imager, VHRR, NOT APPLICABLE, MVIRI, SEVIRI, JAMI, AVHRR 1983-07-01 to 2009-12-31 HDF4
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D2 Monthly Cloud Products - Revised Algorithm in Hierarchical Data Format 1 GMS-1, GMS-2, GMS-3, GMS-4, GMS-5, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-12, INSAT, METEOSAT-2, METEOSAT-3, METEOSAT-4, METEOSAT-5, METEOSAT-6, METEOSAT-7, METEOSAT-8, METEOSAT-9, MTSAT-1R, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9, GOES-5, GOES-6, GOES-7, GOES-8, GOES-9 VISSR, GOES I-M Imager, VHRR, NOT APPLICABLE, MVIRI, SEVIRI, JAMI, AVHRR 1983-07-01 to 2009-12-31 HDF4
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage DX Pixel Level Cloud Product - Revised Algorithm in Binary Format 1 GMS-1, GMS-2, GMS-3, GMS-4, GMS-5, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-12, INSAT, METEOSAT-2, METEOSAT-3, METEOSAT-4, METEOSAT-5, METEOSAT-6, METEOSAT-7, METEOSAT-8, METEOSAT-9, MTSAT-1R, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9, GOES-5, GOES-6, GOES-7, GOES-8, GOES-9 VISSR, GOES I-M Imager, VHRR, NOT APPLICABLE, MVIRI, SEVIRI, JAMI, AVHRR 1983-06-30 to 2009-12-31 Binary
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) TOVS in Native Data Format 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9 TOVS 1980-01-01 to 2009-12-31 Binary
International Space Station (ISS) Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Annual Thunder Hour 1 ISS LIS 2017-03-01 to 2023-11-16

N: 54.75 S: -54.75 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
INTEX-A Aircraft data 1 NASA DC-8 LIDAR, SPECTROMETERS 2004-06-26 to 2004-08-14

N: 54 S: 27 E: -132 W: -177.1

ASCII
INTEX-A AIRMAP data 1 Aqua, ENVISAT, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS, Terra, Aura NOT APPLICABLE, FILTERABLE DEPOSIT JAR SAMPLER, DC8 DROPSONDES 2004-07-05 to 2004-07-05

N: 54 S: 27 E: -132 W: -178

ASCII
INTEX-A DC-8 Aircraft Trajectory data 1 NASA DC-8 2004-07-01 to 2004-08-14

N: 57 S: 26 E: -132 W: -178

ASCII
INTEX-A J-31 Aircraft data 1 J-31 SSFR 2004-07-10 to 2004-08-08

N: 45 S: 40 E: -63 W: -72

ASCII
INTEX-A Merged DC-8 Aircraft data 1 NASA DC-8 LIDAR, SPECTROMETERS 2004-07-01 to 2004-08-14

N: 54 S: 27 E: -132 W: -178

ASCII
INTEX-A Model data 1 MODELS Computer 2004-06-26 to 2004-08-14

N: 55 S: 26 E: -132 W: -178

ASCII
INTEX-A Ozonesonde data 1 GROUND STATIONS OZONESONDES 2004-07-01 to 2004-08-13

N: 46 S: 28 E: -59 W: -106

ASCII
INTEX-A Proteus Aircraft data 1 Airplane GPS 2004-07-19 to 2004-07-26

N: 43.18 S: 28.79 E: -68.1 W: -118.04

ASCII
INTEX-A Satellite data 1 Terra, ENVISAT, GOES-10, GOES-12, METEOSAT-7 MISR, SCIAMACHY 2004-06-20 to 2004-08-31

N: 53.05 S: 27.5 E: -133 W: -177

ASCII
INTEX-B C-130 Aircraft data 1 C-130, Aqua, ENVISAT, Terra, Aura NOT APPLICABLE 2006-02-15 to 2006-05-15

N: 54 S: 16 E: -87 W: -142

ICARTT
INTEX-B Cessna Aircraft data 1 CESSNA 206, Aqua, ENVISAT, Terra, Aura NOT APPLICABLE 2006-04-23 to 2006-05-17

N: 51 S: 48 E: -120 W: -125

ICARTT
INTEX-B DC-8 Aircraft data 1 Aqua, ENVISAT, Terra, Aura, NASA DC-8 2006-02-22 to 2006-05-15

N: 63 S: 12 E: -85 W: -176

ICARTT
INTEX-B DC-8 Aircraft Trajectory data 1 NASA DC-8, Data Analysis 2006-02-24 to 2006-05-15

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

ICARTT

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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