Surface Temperature Data Access and Tools

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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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).

Access AIRS Data from GES DISC via OPeNDAP Using CMR Search Result

This API allows users to visualize Atmospheric Infrared Sounder data using a Common Metadata Repository search result.

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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.

This image from the AIRS instrument shows surface air temperature over North America and the Arctic on December 22nd, 2022.

Contributions of NASA's AIRS Instrument Continue with CrIS, ATMS

Next-generation instruments aboard Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft provide continuity to the AIRS project that began in 2002.

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Surface Temperature Datasets

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Dataset	Platforms	Instruments	Temporal Extent	Spatial Extent	Data Format
BOREAS/AES READAC 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data	METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS	PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, THERMISTORS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, Visibility Sensor, RAIN GAUGES, WIND MONITOR, CEILOMETERS	1994-05-24 to 1994-09-20	N: 52.7 S: 52.7 E: -102.32 W: -102.32	ASCII
BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1994	METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS	WIND MONITOR, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS	1993-12-15 to 1994-12-31	N: 56.89 S: 52.15 E: -97.87 W: -108.51	ASCII
BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1995	METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS	WIND MONITOR, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS	1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31	N: 56.89 S: 52.15 E: -97.87 W: -108.51	ASCII
BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1996	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 Surf. Flux: Fritschen (FIFE)	FIELD INVESTIGATION	THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS	1987-05-26 to 1989-08-14	N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61	CSV
Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: GSFC (FIFE)	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)	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)	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
Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: UNL (FIFE)	FIELD INVESTIGATION	THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS	1987-05-28 to 1987-10-17	N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61	multiple
Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: USGS (FIFE)	FIELD INVESTIGATION	THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS	1987-05-26 to 1987-10-17	N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61	multiple

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