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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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CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily NOAA-20 Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily NPP Edition2A Edition2A Suomi-NPP CERES-FM5, VIIRS 2012-02-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Aqua Edition4A Edition4A Aqua CERES-FM4, CERES-FM3 2002-07-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly NOAA-20 Edition1B Edition1B NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly NOAA-20 Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, MODIS 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation, Geobotanical, Physiographic Maps, 1982-2003 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT-5 STEEL MEASURING TAPE, AVHRR 1982-06-01 to 2010-09-30

N: 90 S: 55.8 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
CITE-2 Electra Meteorological and Navigational Data 1 NASA ELECTRA Computer 1986-08-11 to 1986-09-07

N: 44.43 S: 30.55 E: -68.12 W: -131.91

GTE
CITE-3 Electra Meteorological and Navigational Data 1 NASA ELECTRA Computer 1989-08-14 to 1989-10-01

N: 40.13 S: 0.01 E: -26.93 W: -81.48

GTE
CLAMS Chesapeake Lighthouse Vaisala RS-80 Radiosonde 1 OCEAN PLATFORMS RADIOSONDES 2001-07-10 to 2001-08-02 ASCII
CLAMS CV-580 Cloud Absorption Radiometer (CAR) 1 Convair-580 CAR 2001-07-10 to 2001-08-02 HDF4
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
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
Collected Data from The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study, NASA, CD-ROM 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT, Airplane, SATELLITES, GOES HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PROBES, NETS, SOIL SAMPLER, MSS, TM, CAMERAS, RADIOSONDES, RAWINSONDES, VEGETATION-1, AVHRR 1993-01-01 to 1997-03-31

N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

Shapefile
CPEX-AW Dropsonde Data 1 NASA DC-8 DROPSONDES 2021-08-06 to 2021-09-16 NetCDF-3, ICARTT
CPEX-CV Dropsonde Data 1 NASA DC-8 DC8 DROPSONDES 2022-06-16 to 2022-10-03 NetCDF-4, ICARTT, PNG
CPEX-CV HALO Aerosol and Water Vapor Profiles and Images 1 NASA DC-8 HALO 2022-09-03 to 2022-09-30 HDF5, PNG
CPEX-CV Merge Data Files 1 NASA DC-8, Data Analysis CIP, CAS, Computer 2022-09-06 to 2022-10-02 ICARTT
Daily SnowModel Outputs Covering the ABoVE Core Domain, 3-km Resolution, 1980-2020 1 MODELS Computer 1980-09-01 to 2020-08-31

N: 75.8357 S: 49.8038 E: -84.3282 W: -176.915

netCDF-4 classic
Daymet: Annual Climate Summaries on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4 R1 4.1 MODELS Computer 1950-01-01 to 2024-12-31

N: 83.7064 S: 6.07616 E: -53.055 W: -178.204

multiple
Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4 R1 4.1 MODELS Computer 1950-01-01 to 2024-12-31

N: 82.9143 S: 14.0749 E: -53.0567 W: -178.133

netCDF-4
Daymet: Monthly Climate Summaries on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4 R1 4.1 MODELS Computer 1950-01-01 to 2024-12-31

N: 82.9143 S: 14.0749 E: -53.0567 W: -178.133

COG
Daymet: Station-Level Inputs and Cross-Validation for North America, Version 4 R1 4.1 MODELS Computer 1950-01-01 to 2023-12-31

N: 82.9143 S: 14.0749 E: -52.6667 W: -178.133

multiple
DC3 In-Situ NSF/NCAR GV-HIAPER Meteorological and Navigational Data 1 NSF/NCAR GV HIAPER GPS, HYGROMETERS, UHSAS, CPC, VCSEL Hygrometer, CLH2 2012-05-18 to 2012-06-30 ICARTT
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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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