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GPM Ground Validation Upper Air Radiosonde LPVEx V1 1 GROUND STATIONS RADIOSONDES 2010-09-15 to 2011-01-28

N: 61.01 S: 58.8 E: 26.96 W: 24.877

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Upper Air Radiosonde OLYMPEX V1 1 NASA DC-8, GROUND STATIONS DROPSONDES, RADIOSONDES 2015-10-28 to 2016-01-16

N: 50.68 S: 43.5473 E: -120.439 W: -128.88

ASCII, netCDF-3
GPM Ground Validation Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Images MC3E V1 1 WRF Computer 2011-04-19 to 2011-06-06

N: 45 S: 25 E: -80 W: -115

GIF, PNG
GPM GROUND VALIDATION WYOMING KING AIR CLOUD MICROPHYSICS LPVEX V1 1 UWKA CDP, FSSP, GPS, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, NEVZOROV PROBE, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS 2D-P PROBE, ROSEMOUNT PROBES 2010-09-11 to 2010-10-20

N: 61.5401 S: 59.6884 E: 26.5131 W: 19.8372

netCDF-3
GRIP BARBADOS/CAPE VERDE RADIOSONDE V1 1 BALLOONS RADIOSONDES 2010-08-14 to 2010-09-24

N: 16.8644 S: 13.1 E: -24.8671 W: -59.6251

ASCII
GRIP DC-8 DROPSONDE V3 3 NASA DC-8 DROPSONDES 2010-08-17 to 2010-09-22

N: 34.7358 S: 12.0041 E: -55.3201 W: -96.7127

ASCII
GRIP DC-8 NAVIGATION AND HOUSEKEEPING DATA V1 1 NASA DC-8 GPSP, TEMPERATURE PROBES 2010-08-10 to 2010-09-22

N: 34.7533 S: 11.9998 E: -55.3183 W: -118.43

ASCII
GRIP GLOBAL HAWK NAVIGATION AND HOUSEKEEPING DATA V1 1 GLOBAL HAWK GPS, INS 2010-08-15 to 2010-09-24

N: 37.068 S: 12.0902 E: -71.4565 W: -124.4

ASCII, XML
GRIP LIDAR ATMOSPHERIC SENSING EXPERIMENT (LASE) V1 1 NASA DC-8 DIAL, LASER HYGROMETERS 2010-08-13 to 2010-09-25

N: 34.7533 S: 12 E: -55.3183 W: -117.083

ASCII
GRIP METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION (MSG) IMAGE DATA V1 1 MSG SEVIRI 2010-08-15 to 2010-09-30

N: 70 S: -70 E: 70 W: -70

Binary
GRIP WB-57 NAVIGATION AND HOUSEKEEPING DATA V1 1 NASA WB-57F GPS, INS 2010-08-27 to 2010-09-17

N: 30.6829 S: 17.2358 E: -71.5164 W: -96.3391

ASCII
High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) CPEX V1 1 NASA DC-8 HAMSR 2017-05-24 to 2017-07-16

N: 39.95 S: 5.05 E: -45.05 W: -99.95

netCDF-3
High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) CPEX-AW V1 1 NASA DC-8 HAMSR 2021-08-17 to 2021-09-04

N: 34.613 S: 11.768 E: -45.122 W: -118.078

netCDF-3
High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) CPEX-CV 1 NASA DC-8 HAMSR 2022-09-06 to 2022-09-30

N: 79.583000183105 S: 1.8480000495911 E: 3.9360001087189 W: -40.636001586914

netCDF-4
High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) EPOCH V1 1 GLOBAL HAWK HAMSR 2017-08-09 to 2017-08-31

N: 36.473 S: 16.116 E: -83.077 W: -125.321

netCDF-3
High Mountain Asia 1 km 6-hourly Downscaled Meteorological Data 2003 to 2018 V001 1 CHIRPS, ECMWF NOT APPLICABLE 2003-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: 48.5 S: 12.95 E: 102.59 W: 56.94

0.01 Decimal Degrees x 0.01 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4, GeoTIFF
High Mountain Asia COAWST 6-Hourly 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1999-10-01 to 2014-10-01

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers netCDF-3
High Mountain Asia COAWST Daily 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1999-10-01 to 2014-09-30

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers netCDF-4
High Mountain Asia COAWST Hourly 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1999-10-01 to 2014-10-01

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers netCDF-3
High Mountain Asia COAWST Monthly 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1999-10-01 to 2014-09-30

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers netCDF-4
High Mountain Asia Langtang Automatic Weather Station Measurements V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS IceCube 2017-10-22 to 2018-11-01

N: 28.214 S: 28.214 E: 85.61 W: 85.61

CSV
HIRS+SCAMS/Nimbus6 Merged Level-2 Radiation, Temperature and Humidity Sounding Data for GARP V001 (HIRSSCAMSN6L2GARP) at GES DISC 001 Nimbus-6 HIRS, SCAMS 1975-08-17 to 1976-03-04

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

HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK ADVANCED VERTICAL ATMOSPHERIC PROFILING SYSTEM (AVAPS) DROPSONDE SYSTEM V2 2 GLOBAL HAWK AVAPS, DROPSONDES 2012-09-07 to 2014-09-30

N: 47.1646 S: 7.9001 E: -19.0779 W: -97.5988

ASCII
HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK HIGH ALTITUDE MMIC SOUNDING RADIOMETER (HAMSR) V1 1 GLOBAL HAWK HAMSR 2011-09-09 to 2013-09-26

N: 51.942 S: 9.239 E: -54.876 W: -175.713

PDF, netCDF-3
HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK NAVIGATION V1 1 GLOBAL HAWK GPS, INS 2012-09-06 to 2014-09-30

N: 51.5268 S: 7.55657 E: -19.4239 W: -174.843

ASCII, XML
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Featured Atmospheric Rivers Observation Method: VIIRS

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments are aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) and NOAA-platforms. The orbits of the platforms make them ideally positioned to observe atmospheric rivers reaching the west coast of North America. The VIIRS instruments include five high-resolution image bands, sixteen moderate-resolution bands, and one unique panchromatic day/night band ultra-sensitive in low-light conditions. The VIIRS instruments build on the heritage of their successful predecessors, the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWIFS).

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True color corrected reflectance image of Africa, Europe, and Asia from the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-21 satellite

From MODIS to VIIRS: Continuing the Legacy

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) will help ensure continuity of Earth observations after the upcoming retirement of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).
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VIIRS-Atmosphere Near Real-Time Data

Near real-time atmosphere data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) are available through NASA's Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observation (LANCE).

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