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Surface Winds Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOREAS TGB-04 NSA-BVP Tower Flux and Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, PSYCHROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, STREAM GAUGES, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, Bowen Ratio Devices | 1994-05-28 to 1994-09-17 |
N: 55.84 S: 55.84 E: -98.03 W: -98.03 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES Campbell Scientific 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1993 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, PRESSURE SENSORS, THERMISTORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, ANEMOMETERS | 1993-08-01 to 1993-12-31 |
N: 58.18 S: 50.95 E: -94.7 W: -108.52 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES Campbell Scientific 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1994 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, PRESSURE SENSORS, THERMISTORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, ANEMOMETERS | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 58.18 S: 50.95 E: -94.7 W: -108.52 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES Campbell Scientific 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1995 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, PRESSURE SENSORS, THERMISTORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, ANEMOMETERS | 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 58.18 S: 50.95 E: -94.7 W: -108.52 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES Campbell Scientific 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1996 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, PRESSURE SENSORS, THERMISTORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, ANEMOMETERS | 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 58.18 S: 50.95 E: -94.7 W: -108.52 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES MARS-II 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1994 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | CEILOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, Visibility Sensor, WIND MONITOR, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR | 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-20 |
N: 59.56 S: 51.08 E: -97.55 W: -108.43 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES READAC 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 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) | 1 | 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) | 1 | 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) | 1 | 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) | 1 | 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) | 1 | 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) | 1 | 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 | |
| Burned and Unburned Field Site Data, Noatak, Seward, and North Slope, AK, 2016-2018 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS | 2016-07-22 to 2018-08-27 |
N: 69.6632 S: 65.0181 E: -148.641 W: -164.929 |
multiple | |
| CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V1-00 | V1-00 | CALIPSO | CALIOP | 2006-06-12 to 2020-06-30 | HDF5 | ||
| CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V1-01 | V1-01 | CALIPSO | CALIOP | 2020-07-01 to 2022-01-19 | HDF5 | ||
| CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V2-00 | V2-00 | CALIPSO | CALIOP | 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 | HDF5 | ||
| CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Greenland, V1-00 | V1-00 | CALIPSO | CALIOP | 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 | HDF5 | ||
| CAMEX-4 MIPS SODAR V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, MIPS | SODAR | 2001-09-07 to 2001-09-12 |
N: 24.8 S: 24.6 E: -81.5 W: -81.7 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-4 MIPS SURFACE STATION 1 V1 | 1 | MIPS, GROUND STATIONS | ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, HYGROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS | 2001-08-15 to 2001-09-08 |
N: 24.8 S: 24.6 E: -81.5 W: -81.7 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-4 MIPS SURFACE STATION 2 V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, MIPS | BAROMETERS, HYGROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS | 2001-08-26 to 2001-09-12 |
N: 24.8 S: 24.6 E: -81.5 W: -81.7 |
ASCII | |
| CAMP2Ex Miscellaneous Data | 1 | SATELLITES | 2018-08-01 to 2019-10-08 | NetCDF-4, ICARTT, GIF, PNG, JPEG |
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