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NASA has surface temperature datasets that help researchers characterize how warm air is over land and water. Access a range of data and data tools such as AppEEARS, HEG: HDF-EOS to GeoTIFF Conversion Tool, and GOES-5 Weather Maps to make the most of surface temperature data.

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Dataset Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) NOAA-20 Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) Version1B Version1B NOAA-20 CERES-FM6 2023-10-01 to Present netCDF-4
ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, Wind, and Pressure - Daily Mean 0.5 Degree (Version 4 Release 4) V4r4 Models, MITgcm 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, Wind, and Pressure - Daily Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4) V4r4 Models, MITgcm 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, Wind, and Pressure - Monthly Mean 0.5 Degree (Version 4 Release 4) V4r4 Models, MITgcm 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, Wind, and Pressure - Monthly Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4) V4r4 Models, MITgcm 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V2-00 V2-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF5
SASSIE ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, and Wind - Daily Mean llc1080 Grid (Version 1 Release 1) V1R1 MITgcm 2014-01-15 to 2021-02-08 netCDF-4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Stratospheric Aerosol Profiles Standard V1-01 V1-01 CALIPSO CALIOP 2020-07-01 to 2022-01-01 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Greenland, V1-00 V1-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF5
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V1-00 V1-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2020-06-30 HDF5
SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 MTSAT-2R Southern Hemisphere Version 1.0 V01 MTSAT-2 VISSR 2007-06-05 to 2015-07-05 NetCDF-4
CERES A-Train Integrated CALIPSO, CloudSat, CERES, and MODIS (CCCM) Merged Release D2 RelD2 CALIPSO, AQUA, CloudSat CALIOP, CERES-FM3, MODIS, CloudSat-CPR 2006-07-01 to 2017-12-31 HDF4
Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Atmospheric Properties from PREFIRE Satellite 1 COG R01 R01 PREFIRE-SAT1 TIRS-PREFIRE 2024-07-24 to Present

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

TIFF
Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Atmospheric Properties from PREFIRE Satellite 1 R01 R01 PREFIRE-SAT1 TIRS-PREFIRE 2024-07-24 to Present

N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Atmospheric Properties from PREFIRE Satellite 2 COG R01 R01 PREFIRE-SAT2 TIRS-PREFIRE 2024-06-29 to Present

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

TIFF
Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Atmospheric Properties from PREFIRE Satellite 2 R01 R01 PREFIRE-SAT2 TIRS-PREFIRE 2024-06-29 to Present

N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
PREFIRE Auxiliary Meteorology Data for PREFIRE Satellite 1 version R01 R01 PREFIRE-SAT1 TIRS-PREFIRE 2024-07-24 to Present

N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
PREFIRE Auxiliary Meteorology Data for PREFIRE Satellite 2 R01 R01 PREFIRE-SAT2 TIRS-PREFIRE 2024-06-29 to Present

N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B Edition4B GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, Terra, NOAA-20, AQUA IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly-Averaged 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B Edition4B GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, Terra, NOAA-20, AQUA IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B Edition4B GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, Terra, NOAA-20, AQUA IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Regionally Averaged Computed TOA, within the Atmosphere, and Surface Fluxes Hourly Aqua Edition4A Edition4A AQUA CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2018-01-01 to 2022-12-31 1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees HDF4
CERES Regionally Averaged Computed TOA, within the Atmosphere, and Surface Fluxes Hourly Terra Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2 2018-01-01 to 2022-12-31 1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees HDF4
CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Aqua FM3 MODIS Edition4A Edition4A AQUA CERES-FM3, MODIS 2018-01-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Terra FM1 MODIS Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, MODIS 2018-01-01 to Present HDF4
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Featured Surface Temperature Observation Method: AIRS

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) aboard the Aqua satellite is a hyperspectral instrument that makes daily global measurements of infrared energy reflected by Earth's surface and atmosphere. The data is used to create three-dimensional water vapor and temperature profiles throughout the atmosphere. Meteorologists and other scientists use the data to make weather forecasts and as part of the historical global temperature record.

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AIRS Near Real-Time Data

Near real-time 3D atmospheric data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument are available through NASA's Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observation (LANCE).
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Access AIRS data from GES DISC via OPeNDAP

Learn how to access and visualize Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) grid data from NASA's Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) in Python.

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