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Wind Speed Data Access and Tools
Wind Speed Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATTREX Balloonsondes and Ozonesondes Data | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | OZONESONDES, RADIOSONDES, FPH | 2014-02-13 to 2014-02-17 |
N: 13.58 S: 13.44 E: 145.22 W: 144.92 |
ICARTT | |
| BalNeO BATAL Radiosondes Data | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | RADIOSONDES, OPC | 2024-07-26 to 2024-07-27 |
N: 17.474 S: 17.254 E: 78.723 W: 77.945 |
ICARTT | |
| BalNeO BRAVO Radiosondes Data | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | RADIOSONDES, HYGROMETERS, OPC, COBALD, CFH | 2022-05-24 to 2023-08-15 |
N: -21.05 S: -49.062 E: -22.136 W: -49.8 |
ICARTT | |
| BalNeO MAGIC Radiosondes Data | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | RADIOSONDES, OPC | 2022-10-10 to 2023-12-20 |
N: 49.432 S: 47.674 E: 4.734 W: 1.91 |
ICARTT | |
| BalNeO REAS Radiosondes Data | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | RADIOSONDES, OPC | 2022-01-17 to 2022-01-19 |
N: 49.299 S: 48.78 E: 4.75 W: 3.896 |
ICARTT | |
| BOREAS AES Canadian Hourly and Daily Surface Meteorological Data, R1 | 2 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | SNOW MEASURING ROD, TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, WIND MONITOR, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, WET BULB THERMOMETERS | 1975-01-01 to 1997-01-01 |
N: 57.35 S: 52.17 E: -97.83 W: -107.87 |
Binary | |
| 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-3 DC-8 NAVIGATION (DADS) DATA | 1 | NASA DC-8 | DADS | 1998-08-15 to 1998-09-23 |
N: 39.0333 S: 14.045 E: -62.96 W: -86.165 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-4 DC-8 INFORMATION COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | GPS, TEMPERATURE PROBES | 2001-08-18 to 2001-09-25 |
N: 39.71 S: 16.5317 E: -58.6333 W: -88.215 |
Binary, ASCII | |
| CAMP2Ex Merge Data Files | 1 | NASA P-3 | Computer | 2019-08-22 to 2019-10-07 |
N: 45 S: -10 E: 180 W: -180 |
ICARTT, ZIP | |
| CAMP2Ex P-3 In-Situ Meteorological and Navigational Data | 1 | NASA P-3 | GPS, HYGROMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, MMS, DLH | 2019-08-03 to 2019-10-10 |
N: 45 S: -10 E: 180 W: -180 |
ICARTT | |
| CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Terra FM1 MODIS Edition2G | Edition2G | TERRA | CERES-FM1 | 2007-12-01 to 2010-06-30 | HDF4 | ||
| CERES Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly Aqua Edition4A | Edition4A | Aqua | CERES-FM4, CERES-FM3, MODIS | 2002-07-03 to Present | HDF4 | ||
| CERES Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly NOAA-20 Edition 1C | Edition1C | NOAA-20 | CERES-FM6 | 2018-05-01 to Present | netCDF-4 | ||
| CERES Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly Terra Edition4A | Edition4A | Terra | CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2 | 2000-03-01 to Present | HDF4 | ||
| CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Aqua-FM3 Edition4A | Edition4A | Aqua | CERES-FM3 | 2002-07-03 to Present | NetCDF-3, HDF4 | ||
| CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Aqua-FM4 Edition4A | Edition4A | Aqua | CERES-FM4 | 2002-07-03 to 2005-03-29 | HDF4 | ||
| CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Terra-FM1 Edition4A | Edition4A | TERRA | CERES-FM1 | 2000-03-01 to Present | HDF4 | ||
| CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Terra-FM2 Edition4A | Edition4A | Terra | CERES-FM2 | 2000-03-01 to 2025-01-10 | HDF4 | ||
| CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols TRMM-PFM Edition2B | Edition2B | TRMM | CERES-PFM | 1998-01-01 to 2000-03-31 | HDF4 | ||
| CERES SSF 1 degree Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly NPP VIIRS Edition2A | Edition2A | Suomi-NPP | CERES-FM5, VIIRS | 2012-02-01 to 2024-08-01 | HDF4 |
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