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NASA has atmospheric temperature datasets that help researchers measure the degree of warmth in various levels of the atmosphere. Access a range of data and data tools such as AppEEARS, Worldview, and Giovanni to make the most of atmospheric temperature data.

Atmospheric Temperature Datasets

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Dataset Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Global 10-Year Mean Monthly Climatology, 1901-1990 (New et al.) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1901-01-01 to 1991-01-01

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

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Global 30-Year Mean Monthly Climatology, 1901-1960 (New et al.) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1901-01-01 to 1961-01-01

N: 60 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

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Global 30-Year Mean Monthly Climatology, 1930-1960, V2.1 (Cramer and Leeman) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1930-01-01 to 1960-12-31

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

ASCII
Global 30-Year Mean Monthly Climatology, 1961-1990 (New et al.) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1961-01-01 to 1991-01-01

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

ASCII
Global Annual Soil Respiration Data (Raich and Schlesinger 1992) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER, IRGA 1963-01-01 to 1992-01-01

N: 71.18 S: -37.5 E: 146.5 W: -156.4

multiple
Global Fire Emissions Database, Version 2.1 2 TRMM, Terra, ERS-2 VIRS, MODIS, ATSR 1997-01-01 to 2005-12-31

N: 89.5 S: -89.5 E: 179.5 W: -179.5

multiple
Global Forecast System (GFS) CPEX 1 MODELS Computer 2017-05-24 to 2017-07-20

N: 40 S: 5 E: -45 W: -100

netCDF-3
Global Forest Ecosystem Structure and Function Data For Carbon Balance Research 1 NOAA-14 AVHRR 1897-01-01 to 2006-12-31

N: 67.36 S: -42.87 E: 172.75 W: -159.5

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Global Historical Climatology Network, 1753-1990 2 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS RAIN GAUGES, BAROMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1753-01-01 to 1990-12-31

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

multiple
Global Monthly Climatology for the Twentieth Century (New et al.) 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1900-01-01 to 1998-12-31

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

ASCII
GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for CHAMP as contributed by JPL, version 2.0 (gnssro_champ_jpl_l2b) 2.0 CHAMP GNSS 2002-01-01 to 2008-10-05

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for CHAMP as contributed by ROMSAF, version 2.0 (gnssro_champ_romsaf_l2b) 2.0 CHAMP GNSS 2001-09-01 to 2008-09-30

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for CHAMP as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_champ_ucar_l2b) 2.0 CHAMP GNSS 2001-05-19 to 2008-10-05

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for CNOFS as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_cnofs_ucar_l2b) 2.0 C/NOFS GNSS 2010-03-01 to 2011-12-31

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for COSMIC1 as contributed by JPL, version 2.0 (gnssro_cosmic1_jpl_l2b) 2.0 COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 GNSS 2006-04-21 to 2019-10-29

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for COSMIC1 as contributed by ROMSAF, version 2.0 (gnssro_cosmic1_romsaf_l2b) 2.0 COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 GNSS 2006-04-22 to 2016-12-31

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for COSMIC1 as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_cosmic1_ucar_l2b) 2.0 COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 GNSS 2006-04-30 to 2019-12-10

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for COSMIC2 as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_cosmic2_ucar_l2b) 2.0 COSMIC-2/FORMOSAT-7 GNSS 2019-10-01 to 2025-07-29

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for GEOOPT as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_geoopt_ucar_l2b) 2.0 GeoOptics CICERO GNSS 2020-12-01 to 2021-09-16

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for GPSMET as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_gpsmet_ucar_l2b) 2.0 GPS/MET GNSS 1995-04-21 to 1997-02-16

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for GRACE as contributed by JPL, version 2.0 (gnssro_grace_jpl_l2b) 2.0 GRACE GNSS 2006-01-12 to 2017-11-19

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for GRACE as contributed by ROMSAF, version 2.0 (gnssro_grace_romsaf_l2b) 2.0 GRACE GNSS 2007-03-01 to 2016-12-31

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for GRACE as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_grace_ucar_l2b) 2.0 GRACE GNSS 2007-02-28 to 2017-11-30

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for KOMPSAT5 as contributed by UCAR, version 2.0 (gnssro_kompsat5_ucar_l2b) 2.0 KOMPSAT-5 GNSS 2015-01-22 to 2025-05-31

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

GNSS radio occultation L2B temperature, pressure, and water vapor retrieval for METOP as contributed by ROMSAF, version 2.0 (gnssro_metop_romsaf_l2b) at GES DISC 2.0 METOP-A, METOP-B, METOP-C GNSS 2006-10-27 to 2025-06-30

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

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Featured Atmospheric Temperature Observation Method: MLS

The Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) is radiometer and spectrometer that measures microwave thermal emission from the edge, or "limb," of Earth’s atmosphere. The MLS can measure vertical profiles of the atmosphere including temperature. The instrument acquires data globally day and night and can do so in the presence ice clouds and aerosols that would interfere with measurements from other devices.

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image of MLS SIPS data over Antarctica

MLS Products Available in GIBS

In coordination with the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) team, we now have several MLS products available through the GIBS image access APIs.

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