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BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1996 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS INFRARED THERMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05

ASCII
Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: GSFC (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-26 to 1987-10-16

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: KSU (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-29 to 1989-08-13

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

CSV
Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: Smith (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOCOUPLES, BAROMETERS, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-27 to 1989-08-13

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Swath, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO IIR 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Track, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO IIR 2006-06-12 to 2023-07-01 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V1-00 V1-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2020-06-30 HDF5
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V1-01 V1-01 CALIPSO CALIOP 2020-07-01 to 2022-01-19 HDF5
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V2-00 V2-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF5
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Greenland, V1-00 V1-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF5
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

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CAMEX-4 DC-8 NEVZOROV TOTAL CONDENSED WATER CONTENT SENSOR V1 1 NASA DC-8 NEVZOROV PROBE 2001-08-25 to 2001-09-23

N: 39.0433 S: 23.905 E: -58.635 W: -84.4033

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 MIPS SURFACE STATION 1 V1 1 MIPS, GROUND STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, HYGROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS 2001-08-15 to 2001-09-08

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

ASCII
CAMEX-4 MIPS SURFACE STATION 2 V1 1 GROUND STATIONS, MIPS BAROMETERS, HYGROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS 2001-08-26 to 2001-09-12

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

ASCII
CAMEX-4 NOAA LYMAN-ALPHA HYGROMETER V1 1 NASA DC-8 LYMAN-ALPHA HYGROMETER 2001-08-15 to 2001-09-26

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

ASCII
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
CERES Monthly Gridded Single Satellite Fluxes and Clouds Terra FM2 Edition2C Edition2C Terra CERES SCANNER, CERES-FM2 2000-03-01 to 2006-02-28 HDF4
CERES-MODIS and hourly geostationary cloud properties stratified by ISCCP cloud types for day and night. Edition4A Terra, Aqua, GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES MODIS, IMAGING RADIOMETERS 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
Chang SSM/I Derived Monthly Rain Indices 5 x 5 degree V2.3 (RAIN_CHANG) at GES DISC 2.3 DMSP, DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F8 SSM/I 1987-07-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 50 S: -50 E: 180 W: -180

Characteristics of African Savanna Biomes for Determining Woody Cover 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-7, LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS DENSIOMETERS, AVHRR, CHN ANALYZERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1981-01-01 to 2003-12-31

N: 16.761 S: -27.75 E: 37.2375 W: -15.8392

CSV
Climate Normals for Last Glacial Maximum and Modern (1975-2005), Alaska 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1000-01-01 to 2005-12-31

N: 74 S: 47.7384 E: -106.933 W: -178.236

GeoTIFF
Cloud Radar System (CRS) IMPACTS 1 NASA ER-2 CRS 2020-01-25 to 2023-02-28

N: 48.658 S: 31.073 E: -64.894 W: -95.46

HDF5
CMS: Evapotranspiration and Meteorology, Water-Limited Shrublands, Mexico, 2008-2010 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IRGA, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, RAIN GAUGES 2008-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 32.0301 S: 29.741 E: -110.534 W: -116.605

CSV
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