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Atmospheric Rivers Data Access and Tools
From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Earthdata Search, Worldview, and Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) guide users in making the most of atmospheric rivers data.
Atmospheric Rivers Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOREAS AES Five-day Averaged Surface Meteorological and Upper Air Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, RAIN GAUGES, SNOW MEASURING ROD, WET BULB THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1976-01-01 to 1997-01-01 |
N: 57.35 S: 52.17 E: -97.83 W: -107.87 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS AFM-01 NOAA/ATDD Long-EZ Aircraft Flux Data over the SSA | 1 | Airplane | THERMISTORS, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, GUST PROBES, IRGA, PRESSURE SENSORS | 1994-05-25 to 1994-09-15 |
N: 54.32 S: 53.42 E: -104.24 W: -106.32 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS AFM-02 King Air 1994 Aircraft Flux and Moving Window Data | 1 | B-200 | IRGA, PRESSURE SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, THERMISTORS, GUST PROBES, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS | 1994-05-25 to 1994-09-17 |
N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS AFM-02 Wyoming King Air 1994 Aircraft Sounding Data | 1 | B-200 | PRESSURE SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, GUST PROBES, IRGA, THERMISTORS | 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-17 |
N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS AFM-03 Electra 1994 Aircraft Flux and Moving Window Data | 1 | NCAR ELECTRA | INFRARED THERMOMETERS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, GUST PROBES, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, MVI | 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-16 |
N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS AFM-04 Twin Otter Aircraft Sounding Data | 1 | DHC-6 | DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, IRGA, UV OZONE DETECTORS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, GUST PROBES | 1994-05-25 to 1996-08-08 |
N: 56.02 S: 53.21 E: -97.86 W: -106.42 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS AFM-05 Level-1 Upper Air Network Data, R1 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, BALLOONS | ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, RADIOSONDES | 1993-08-16 to 1996-10-22 |
N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111 |
multiple | |
| BOREAS AFM-05 Level-2 Upper Air Network Standard Pressure Level Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, BALLOONS | ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, RADIOSONDES | 1993-08-16 to 1996-10-22 |
N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS AFM-06 Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | THERMOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES | 1994-05-21 to 1994-09-20 |
N: 53.91 S: 53.91 E: -104.4 W: -104.4 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS AFM-08 ECMWF Hourly Surface and Upper Air Data for the SSA and NSA | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-05-13 to 1997-03-31 |
N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -114 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS AFM-13 Aircraft Flux Analyses | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 60 S: 49 E: -89 W: -111 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS Follow-On FLX-01 NSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temp. Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1996-10-31 to 1999-01-01 |
N: 55.8801 S: 55.8801 E: -98.4814 W: -98.4814 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS Follow-On HMet-01 Level-2 GOES-8 1996 Shortwave and Longwave Radiation | 1 | GOES-8 | GOES-8 Imager | 1996-02-12 to 1996-10-23 |
N: 60 S: 50 E: -92 W: -111 |
BSQ | |
| BOREAS Follow-On HMet-03 Hourly Meteorological Data at Flux Towers, 1994-1996 | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | THERMOCOUPLES, ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS | 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-01 |
N: 56 S: 53 E: -98 W: -106 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS Follow-On HMet-04 1996-1998 NSA Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE PROBES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, WIND MONITOR, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS | 1994-01-01 to 1999-01-01 |
N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS HYD-02 Estimated Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) from Microwave Measurements | 1 | DHC-6 | INFRARED RADIOMETERS, MR, PYRANOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HYGROMETERS | 1994-02-06 to 1994-02-13 |
N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.24 W: -106.3 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS HYD-03 Subcanopy Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | WIND MONITOR, Pyrgeometer, HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, INFRARED THERMOMETERS | 1994-02-06 to 1996-03-08 |
N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.69 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS HYD-05 Bear Trap Creek and Namekus Lake Winter Surface Flux Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-02-01 to 1996-04-11 |
N: 53.85 S: 53.83 E: -106.04 W: -106.17 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS RSS-03 Atmospheric Conditions from a Helicopter-Mounted Sunphotometer | 1 | HELICOPTER | SUN PHOTOMETERS | 1994-05-31 to 1994-09-16 |
N: 56 S: 53.59 E: -97.34 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS RSS-14 GOES-7 Level-1 Visible, Infrared, and Water Vapor Images | 1 | GOES-7 | VISSR | 1994-01-04 to 1995-07-08 |
N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS RSS-14 GOES-7 Level-1a Visible, Infrared, and Water Vapor Images | 1 | GOES-7 | VISSR | 1994-01-01 to 1995-07-08 |
N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111 |
multiple | |
| BOREAS RSS-14 GOES-7 Level-2 Shortwave and Longwave Radiation Images | 1 | GOES-7 | VAS | 1994-02-05 to 1994-09-20 |
N: 65.91 S: 47.65 E: -87.12 W: -111 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS RSS-14 GOES-8 Level-1 Visible, Infrared and Water Vapor Images | 1 | GOES-8 | GOES-8 Imager | 1995-07-14 to 1996-10-03 |
N: 58.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS RSS-14 GOES-8 Level-1a Visible, Infrared and Water Vapor Images | 1 | GOES-8 | GOES-8 Imager | 1995-07-14 to 1996-10-03 |
N: 58.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111 |
Binary |
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).
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).
With the eventual retirement of the Terra and Aqua platforms, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments will take the lead in daily Earth observations.
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