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NCEP/DOE Reanalysis II, for GSSTF, 0.25x0.25 deg, Monthly grid V3 (GSSTFM_NCEP) 3 NCEP-GFS NOT APPLICABLE 1987-07-01 to 2008-12-31

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

NCEP/DOE Reanalysis II in HDF-EOS5, for GSSTF2c, 1x1 deg Daily grid V2c (GSSTF_NCEP) 2c NCEP-GFS NOT APPLICABLE 1987-07-01 to 2009-01-01

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

NCEP/DOE Reanalysis II in HDF-EOS5, for GSSTF2c, 1x1 deg Monthly grid V2c (GSSTFM_NCEP) 2c NCEP-GFS NOT APPLICABLE 1987-07-01 to 2008-12-31

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

NCSU Soundings IMPACTS 1 GROUND STATIONS RAWINSONDES 2020-02-20 to 2023-02-12

N: 35.777 S: 35.757 E: -78.623 W: -78.643

netCDF-4
NIMBUS-7 SMMR GLOBAL AIR-SEA PARAMETERS IN SWATH (Wentz) 1 Nimbus-7 SMMR 1979-11-01 to 1984-09-30

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

60000 Meters x 60000 Meters RAW
NLDAS Primary Forcing Data L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_FORA0125_H) 2.0 Forcing-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-01 to Present

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
NLDAS Primary Forcing Data L4 Monthly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_FORA0125_M) 2.0 Forcing-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-01 to Present

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
NLDAS Primary Forcing Data L4 Monthly Climatology 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_FORA0125_MC) 2.0 Forcing-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1981-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
NLDAS Secondary Forcing Data L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_FORB0125_H) 2.0 Forcing-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-01 to Present

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
NLDAS Secondary Forcing Data L4 Monthly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_FORB0125_M) 2.0 Forcing-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-01 to Present

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
NLDAS Secondary Forcing Data L4 Monthly Climatology 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_FORB0125_MC) 2.0 Forcing-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1981-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
NOAA CYGNSS Level 2 Science Wind Speed 25-km Product Version 1.2 1.2 CYGNSS DDMI 2017-05-01

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

25000 Meters x 25000 Meters netCDF-4
NOAA Regional Surface Data (FIFE) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, WET BULB THERMOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, ANEMOMETERS 1985-07-02 to 1988-10-23

N: 40 S: 39 E: -95 W: -97

CSV
NOAA Soundings IMPACTS 1 GROUND STATIONS RAWINSONDES 2020-01-01 to 2023-03-01

N: 48.5747 S: 27.6953 E: -68.0036 W: -98.4233

netCDF-4
NRT AMSR2 Unified L2B Global Swath Ocean Products V1 1 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2020-06-01

N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180

HDF-EOS5, netCDF-4
NSCAT High Resolution R-MGDR, Selected Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL) 2 ADEOS-I NSCAT 1996-09-15 to 1997-06-29

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

25000 Meters x 25000 Meters RAW
NSCAT High-Resolution MGDR, Sigma-0 and Ocean Wind Vectors (Dunbar) 2 ADEOS-I NSCAT 1996-09-15 to 1997-06-29

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

25000 Meters x 25000 Meters RAW
NSCAT Level 2 Ocean Wind Vector Ambiguity Removal Overlay (Hoffman, AER) 2 ADEOS-I NSCAT 1996-09-15 to 1997-06-29

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

25000 Meters x 25000 Meters ASCII
NSCAT Level 2 Ocean Wind Vector Geophysical Data Record 2 ADEOS-I NSCAT 1996-09-15 to 1997-06-29

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

50000 Meters x 50000 Meters HDF
NSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded Ocean Surface Wind Vector Browse Images (JPL) 2 ADEOS-I NSCAT 1996-09-15 to 1997-06-29

N: 75 S: -75 E: 180 W: -180

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees GIF
NSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded Ocean Surface Wind Vectors (JPL) 2 ADEOS-I NSCAT 1996-09-15 to 1997-06-30

N: 75 S: -75 E: 180 W: -180

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees HDF
Oceansat-2 Scatterometer Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 2 2 IRS-O2 OSCAT-2 2010-01-16 to 2014-02-20

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: 0

,

N: 90 S: -90 E: 0 W: -180

12500 Meters x 12500 Meters netCDF-4
OWLETS-1 Analysis Model Data 1 GEOS Computer 2017-07-17 to 2017-07-22

N: 41 S: 34 E: -73 W: -79

NetCDF-4
OWLETS-1 Ozonesonde Data 1 GROUND STATIONS OZONESONDES 2017-07-06 to 2017-09-13

N: 37.54 S: 36.61 E: -75.05 W: -76.92

ICARTT
OWLETS-2 Ozonesonde Data 1 GROUND STATIONS OZONESONDES 2018-06-07 to 2018-07-11

N: 39.57 S: 38.54 E: -75.66 W: -77.34

ICARTT
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