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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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