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NASA's archives include data from the Sentinel-5P satellite's TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) providing measurements of solar radiance and irradiance levels, and the VEMAP 2 project 100-year climate change scenario estimates. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

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CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA Monthly means data in netCDF Edition4.2.1 Edition4.2.1 Terra, Aqua, NOAA-20 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM6 2000-03-01 to Present netCDF-3
CLAMS-Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites Un. Washington Convair-580 aircraft measurements 1 CONVAIR CV-580 TSI-3563 Neph, FSSP, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, HYGROMETERS, RADIOMETERS 2001-07-10 to 2001-08-02 ASCII
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
DSCOVR EPIC Level 1B Version 4 4 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-13 to Present HDF5
Earth Radiation area average time series through Wide-field-of-view nonscanner aboard Earth Radiation Budget Satellite Edition 4 Edition4 ERBS ERBE WFOV Nonscanner 1985-01-01 to 1998-12-31 NetCDF-4
Earth Radiation area average time series through Wide-field-of-view nonscanner aboard Earth Radiation Budget Satellite Edition 4.1 Edition4.1 ERBS ERBE WFOV Nonscanner 1985-01-01 to 1999-12-31 NetCDF-4
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Nonscanner Regional, Zonal, and Global Averages S-4N data in native format 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-9, ERBS ERBE 1984-12-01 to 1995-10-31 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10 Medium Field of View (MFOV) Numerical Filter (NF) Radiant Flux and Albedo 1 NOAA-9, ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1990-02-28 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10 Medium Field of View (MFOV) Shape Factor (SF) Radiant Flux and Albedo 1 NOAA-9, ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1990-02-28 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10 Wide Field of View (WFOV) Numerical Filter (NF) Earth Flux and Albedo 1 NOAA-9, ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1990-02-28 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10 Wide Field of View (WFOV) Shape Factor (SF) Earth Flux and Albedo 1 NOAA-9, ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1990-02-28 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10N (Nonscanner-only) Wide Field of View (WFOV) Numerical Filter (NF) Earth Flux and Albedo 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-9, ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1995-11-30 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10N (Nonscanner-only) Wide Field of View (WFOV) Numerical Filter (NF) Radiant Flux and Albedo Edition 2 in Native Format Edition2 ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1999-09-30 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10N (Nonscanner-only) Wide Field of View (WFOV) Numerical Filter (NF) Radiant Flux and Albedo Edition 3 in Native Format Edition3 ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1999-09-30 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10N (Nonscanner-only) Wide Field of View (WFOV) Shape Factor (SF) Earth Flux and Albedo 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-9, ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1995-11-30 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10N (Nonscanner-only) Wide Field of View (WFOV) Shape Factor (SF) Radiant Flux and Albedo Edition 2 in Native Format Edition2 ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1999-09-30 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10N (Nonscanner-only) Wide Field of View (WFOV) Shape Filter (SF) Radiant Flux and Albedo Edition 3 in Native Format Edition3 ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1999-09-30 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-7 Monthly Medium-Wide Data Tape 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-9, ERBS ERBE 1984-11-05 to 1999-09-30 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-8 Processed Archival Tape 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-9, ERBS ERBE, ERB-SCANNER 1984-11-05 to 1990-02-28 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget through Earth Radiation Budget Satellite Wide-field-of-view Nonscanner Observations Edition 4 Edition4 ERBS ERBE WFOV Nonscanner 1985-01-01 to 1998-12-31 NetCDF-4
Earth Radiation Budget through Earth Radiation Budget Satellite Wide-field-of-view Nonscanner Observations Edition 4.1 Edition4.1 ERBS ERBE WFOV Nonscanner 1985-01-01 to 1999-12-31 NetCDF-4
Eddy Corr. Surface Flux: UNL (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION CO2 ANALYZERS, Bowen Ratio Devices, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-28 to 1989-08-13

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

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Eddy Corr. Surface Flux: USGS (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION Bowen Ratio Devices, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-25 to 1987-10-17

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

multiple
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) Radiation Measurement System (RAMS) 1 C-130 RAMS 1998-05-04 to 1998-07-30 NetCDF
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Centre Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) Daily Solar Irradiance Data 1 METEOSAT-3, METEOSAT-5, METEOSAT-4 NOT APPLICABLE, MSIR 1992-06-01 to 1992-07-02 Binary
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