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Surface Temperature Data Access and Tools

NASA has surface temperature datasets that help researchers characterize how warm air is over land and water. Access a range of data and data tools such as AppEEARS, HEG: HDF-EOS to GeoTIFF Conversion Tool, and GOES-5 Weather Maps to make the most of surface temperature data.

Surface Temperature Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment - Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment (TOTE-VOTE) DC-8 Analysis Data 1 NASA DC-8, Data Analysis Computer 1995-12-03 to 1996-02-20 AMES
Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment - Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment (TOTE-VOTE) Ground Site Lidar Data 1 GROUND STATIONS JPL DIAL, LIDAR 1995-12-01 to 1996-02-19 AMES
Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment - Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment (TOTE-VOTE) Sonde Data 1 GROUND STATIONS RADIOSONDES 1995-12-03 to 1996-02-19 AMES
Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment – Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment (TOTE-VOTE) DC-8 Remotely Sensed Lidar Data 1 NASA DC-8 LIDAR 1995-12-03 to 1996-02-20 AMES
Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment – Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment (TOTE-VOTE) In Situ DC-8 Meteorology and Navigation Data 1 NASA DC-8 DADS, DLH, MTP 1995-12-03 to 1996-02-20 AMES
Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational eXperiment (TARFOX) - meteorological data from Wallops ground station 1 GROUND STATIONS RADIOSONDES 1996-07-10 to 1996-07-30 ASCII
Tundra Plant Reflectance, CO2 Exchange, PAM Fluorometry, and Pigments, AK, 2001-2002 1 FIELD SURVEYS FLUOROMETERS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, SPECTROMETERS 2001-06-08 to 2002-08-16

N: 71.32 S: 70.453 E: -156.598 W: -157.407

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VEMAP 1: U.S. Climate Change Scenarios Based on Models with Increased CO2 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1961-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

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VEMAP 1: U.S. Climate, 1961-1990 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1961-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

multiple
VEMAP 1: U.S. Site Files 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1961-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

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Featured Surface Temperature Observation Method: AIRS
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) aboard the Aqua satellite is a hyperspectral instrument that makes daily global measurements of infrared energy reflected by Earth's surface and atmosphere. The data is used to create three-dimensional water vapor and temperature profiles throughout the atmosphere. Meteorologists and other scientists use the data to make weather forecasts and as part of the historical global temperature record.
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AIRS Near Real-Time Data

Near real-time 3D atmospheric data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument are available through NASA's Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observation (LANCE).
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Access AIRS data from GES DISC via OPeNDAP

Learn how to access and visualize Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) grid data from NASA's Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) in Python.

Surface Temperature Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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