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Wind Speed Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAMMA DC-8 NAVIGATION AND HOUSEKEEPING (ICATS) V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | ICATS, INS, TEMPERATURE PROBES | 2006-08-19 to 2006-09-12 |
N: 21.9783 S: 7.03833 E: -10.5583 W: -34.1533 |
TAR | |
| NAMMA LANGLEY AEROSOL RESEARCH GROUP EXPERIMENT NAVIGATION DATA V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | BAROMETERS, GPS, TEMPERATURE PROBES | 2006-08-19 to 2006-09-12 |
N: 21.9783 S: 7.03833 E: -10.5583 W: -34.1533 |
ASCII | |
| NAMMA PRAIA CAPE VERDE RADIOSONDE V1 | 1 | RADIOSONDES | GPS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, TELEMETER, THERMISTORS | 2006-08-18 to 2006-09-14 |
N: 15.2707 S: 14.6689 E: -23.4742 W: -24.5327 |
ASCII | |
| NAMMA Raw DC-8 Dropsonde V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | DROPSONDES | 2006-08-07 to 2006-09-12 |
N: 47.453 S: 7.485 E: -12.741 W: -93.799 |
ASCII | |
| NAMMA SENEGAL RADIOSONDE AND TOWER FLUX DATA V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, RADIOSONDES | NET RADIOMETERS, GPS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, TELEMETER, TEMPERATURE SENSORS | 2006-08-19 to 2006-09-17 |
N: 15.5 S: 13.91 E: 17.09 W: -17.97 |
ASCII | |
| NAMMA SMART-COMMIT MOBILE LABORATORIES V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | GAS SENSORS, TSI, PHOTOMETERS, RADIOSONDES, AERI, AETHALOMETER, MPL, PYRHELIOMETERS, TSI-3562 Nephelometer, APS, PYRANOMETERS, CG4, RADIOMETERS | 2006-08-25 to 2006-09-26 |
N: 16.734 S: 16.731 E: -22.934 W: -22.937 |
ASCII, netCDF-3, TIFF | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| ORACLES Merge Data Files | 1 | NASA P-3, NASA ER-2 | Computer | 2016-07-28 to 2019-03-23 |
N: 37.95 S: -34.95 E: 14.94 W: -76.44 |
NetCDF-4 | |
| ORACLES Navigational and Meteorological Data | 1 | NASA P-3, NASA ER-2 | 4STAR, LGR, WVISO, GPS, HYGROMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE SENSORS | 2016-08-02 to 2018-10-27 |
N: 40.69 S: -23.11 E: 14.94 W: -76.44 |
ICARTT | |
| 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-1 Sherpa Aircraft Data | 1 | C-23 Sherpa, UC-12B | GC-MS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, LGR, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, GPS, HYGROMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, CAFE, 2B Technologies, GeoTASO | 2017-07-07 to 2017-09-12 |
N: 38.01 S: 36.69 E: -75.41 W: -77.38 |
HDF5 | |
| 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 | |
| OWLETS-2 Surface (Ground) Data | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, Vaisala HydroMet AWS | GAS SENSORS, LGR CRDS, Picarro G2401, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS | 2018-05-23 to 2018-08-02 |
N: 39.26 S: 39.24 E: -76.36 W: -76.72 |
ICARTT | |
| OWLETS-2 University of Maryland Cessna Aircraft Data | 1 | UMD Cessna, HU-25A | GPS, GAS SENSORS, TSI-3563 Neph, AETHALOMETER, PSAP, Picarro G2401, LGR CRDS, GeoTASO | 2017-07-07 to 2018-07-20 |
N: 42.14 S: 37.23 E: -71.94 W: -77.48 |
ICARTT, HDF5 | |
| P-3 Meteorological and Navigation Data IMPACTS | 1 | NASA P-3 | GPS, HYGROMETERS, KT19 Pyrometer, RADAR ALTIMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS | 2020-01-12 to 2023-02-28 |
N: 48.237 S: 33.261 E: -64.987 W: -95.243 |
ASCII | |
| PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter Facility Instrument Data | 1 | TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS | CAS, CIP, PCASP | 2024-08-29 to 2024-09-28 |
N: 38.11 S: 33.49 E: -116.98 W: -125.33 |
ICARTT | |
| PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter In-Situ Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm (ISARA) Analysis Data | 1 | TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS | Computer | 2024-09-03 to 2024-09-29 |
N: 38.1 S: 33.62 E: -116.98 W: -124.24 |
NetCDF-4 | |
| PACE-PAX ER-2 High Spectral Resolution Lidar-2 Data | 1 | NASA ER-2 | HSRL-2 | 2024-09-06 to 2024-10-01 |
N: 40.77 S: 32.56 E: -113.22 W: -127.56 |
HDF5, PDF | |
| PACE-PAX ER-2 In-Situ Meteorology and Navigation Data | 1 | NASA ER-2 | Computer | 2024-08-28 to 2024-10-02 |
N: 42.42 S: 31.42 E: -112.36 W: -128.49 |
ICARTT, KML | |
| PACE-PAX ER-2 Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP) Data | 1 | NASA ER-2 | RSP-2 | 2024-08-29 to 2024-10-02 |
N: 42.42 S: 31.58 E: -112.42 W: -128.52 |
NetCDF-4 | |
| Parametrized Rain Impact Model for SMAP L2 V1.0 | 1.0 | SMAP | SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER | 2015-03-31 to 2021-10-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF4 | |
| PEM Tropics A DC-8 Trajectory Data | 1 | Data Analysis | 1996-08-22 to 1996-10-07 |
N: 50 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180 |
GTE | ||
| PEM Tropics A In-Situ P-3B Meteorology and Navigation Data | 1 | P-3B | TAMMS | 1996-08-06 to 1996-09-27 |
N: 39.07 S: -34.83 E: -74 W: -165 |
GTE |
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