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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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OWLETS-2 Surface (Ground) Data 1 GROUND STATIONS, Vaisala HydroMet AWS GAS SENSORS, LGR CRDS, Picarro G2401, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS 2018-05-23 to 2018-08-02

N: 39.26 S: 39.24 E: -76.36 W: -76.72

ICARTT
PEM Tropics A P-3B Remotely Sensed Data 1 P-3B ACTINOMETER 1996-08-06 to 1996-09-27

N: 50 S: -79.03 E: 180 W: -180

GTE
PEM Tropics B DC-8 Remotely Sensed Data 1 NASA DC-8 SAFS 1999-02-20 to 1999-04-19

N: 40 S: -36.35 E: 180 W: -180

GTE
PEM Tropics B P-3B Remotely Sensed Data 1 P-3B SAFS 1999-03-05 to 1999-04-12

N: 40 S: -36.33 E: 180 W: -180

GTE
SAFARI 2000 Meteorological and Flux Tower Measurements in Maun, Botswana, 2000 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION PYRANOMETERS, IRGA, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RTD, ANEMOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 2000-02-01 to 2000-09-30

N: -19.9 S: -19.9 E: 23.55 W: 23.55

Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 MODIS Water and Heat Fluxes, Maun, Botswana, Dry Season 2001 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION, Terra, MODELS PRESSURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HUMIDITY SENSORS, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, MODIS, Computer 2001-09-02 to 2001-09-29

N: -17.9946 S: -21.0004 E: 24.5004 W: 21.4946

Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer Data, Southern Africa, Dry Season 2000 1 CONVAIR CV-580 SSFR 2000-08-17 to 2000-09-16

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

netCDF-3
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Irradiance product SWIR module L1B V2 (S5P_L1B_IR_SIR) 2 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to 2025-11-21
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Irradiance product SWIR module L1B V3 (S5P_L1B_IR_SIR) 3 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to Present
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Irradiance product UVN module L1B V2 (S5P_L1B_IR_UVN) 2 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to 2025-11-21

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

Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Irradiance product UVN module L1B V3 (S5P_L1B_IR_UVN) 3 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to Present
SiB3 Modeled Global 1-degree Hourly Biosphere-Atmosphere Carbon Flux, 1998-2006 1 LANDSAT-7 AVHRR 1998-01-01 to 2006-12-31

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

Shapefile
Site Averaged AMS Data: 1987 (Betts) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-01 to 1987-12-31

N: 39.1161 S: 38.9753 E: -96.447 W: -96.611

CSV
Site Averaged AMS Data: 1987-1989 (Betts) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-01 to 1989-11-19

N: 39.1161 S: 38.9753 E: -96.447 W: -96.611

CSV
Site Averaged AMS Data: 1988 (Betts) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1988-01-01 to 1988-12-31

N: 39.1161 S: 38.9753 E: -96.447 W: -96.611

CSV
Site Averaged AMS Data: 1989 (Betts) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1989-01-01 to 1989-11-10

N: 39.1161 S: 38.9753 E: -96.447 W: -96.611

CSV
Surface Radiance Data: UNL (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, PLANT STRESS MONITOR, NET RADIOMETERS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1987-05-30 to 1989-08-11

N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.47 W: -96.59

multiple
VEMAP 1: U.S. Climate, 1961-1990 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1961-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

multiple
VEMAP 1: U.S. Climate Change Scenarios Based on Models with Increased CO2 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1961-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

multiple
VEMAP 1: U.S. Site Files 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1961-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

Text File
VEMAP 2: Monthly Historical and Future Climate Data, Alaska, USA 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1922-01-01 to 2100-12-31

N: 71.5 S: 53.5 E: -128.5 W: -170.5

netCDF-4
VEMAP 2: U.S. Annual Climate, 1895-1993 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1895-01-01 to 1993-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

netCDF-3
VEMAP 2: U.S. Annual Climate Change Scenarios 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-01-01 to 2100-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

netCDF-3
VEMAP 2: U.S. Daily Climate, 1895-1993 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1895-01-01 to 1993-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

netCDF-3
VEMAP 2: U.S. Daily Climate Change Scenarios 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-01-01 to 2100-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

netCDF-3
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