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Atmospheric Winds Data Access and Tools
NASA’s atmospheric wind data range from hourly primary forcing measurements to inter-related suites of atmospheric wind and other data. Our datasets and tools help users find and integrate the information they need to see how this primary weather force effects our lives and planet.
Atmospheric Winds Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) NASA IFLOODS V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2013-04-11 to 2013-06-16 |
N: 42.3 S: 41.8 E: -91.8 W: -92.5 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) NASA IPHEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2014-04-22 to 2014-10-17 |
N: 35.52 S: 35.22 E: -83.05 W: -83.1 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation NASA ER-2 Navigation Data IPHEx | 1 | NASA ER-2 | INS | 2014-05-04 to 2014-06-13 |
N: 36.6427 S: 30.3944 E: -71.6108 W: -86.562 |
ASCII, XML | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA ER-2 NAVIGATION DATA MC3E | 1 | NASA ER-2 | INS, NAVREC, TEMPERATURE PROBES | 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-03 |
N: 43 S: 28 E: -91 W: -121 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Navigation Data DC-8 OLYMPEX | 1 | NASA DC-8 | INS | 2015-11-05 to 2015-12-19 |
N: 49.3344 S: 30.3686 E: -117.797 W: -129.061 |
ASCII, XML | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA SURFACE METEOROLOGICAL STATION MC3E | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR | 2011-04-05 to 2011-06-07 |
N: 36.61 S: 36.61 E: -97.49 W: -97.49 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA UHF 449 PROFILER MC3E | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | WIND PROFILERS | 2011-04-08 to 2011-06-07 |
N: 36.601 S: 36.599 E: -97.489 W: -97.491 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA UHF 449 PROFILER RAW DATA SPC FORMAT MC3E | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | profiles | SPC | |||
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION OKLAHOMA CLIMATOLOGICAL SURVEY MESONET MC3E | 1 | MESONET | APS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE | 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-06 |
N: 37 S: 33.28 E: -94 W: -103 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Passive Aquatic Listener (PAL) | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | PALS | 2010-10-18 to 2021-07-28 |
N: 53.335 S: -18.928 E: 179.999 W: -179.999 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Physicum Building Mast Meteorological Data LPVEx | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS | 2010-09-16 to 2010-10-22 |
N: 60.2147 S: 60.1947 E: 24.9733 W: 24.9533 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation R. M. Young Marine Anemometer UConn | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | ANEMOMETERS | 2022-12-07 to 2024-05-21 |
N: 41.828 S: 41.798 E: -72.247 W: -72.304 |
CSV | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS C3VP V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2007-01-20 to 2007-01-23 |
N: 75 S: 34 E: 23 W: 25 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS LPVEX V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2010-09-21 to 2010-10-21 |
N: 75 S: 34 E: 25 W: 23 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS MC3E V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2011-04-25 to 2011-05-21 |
N: 43 S: 28 E: -91 W: -121 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS TWP-ICE V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2006-01-23 to 2006-02-06 |
N: -10 S: -25 E: 140 W: 125 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM Ground Validation SEA FLUX ICE POP V1 | 1 | MODELS | Computer | 2017-09-01 to 2018-04-30 |
N: 54.25 S: 8.5 E: 177.5 W: 98.5 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION TOTAL PRECIPITATION SENSOR (HOTPLATE) GCPEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | Total Precipitation Sensor (Hotplate) | 2011-11-07 to 2012-02-21 |
N: 44.3 S: 44.2 E: -79.64 W: -79.78 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation UNCA Upper Air Radiosonde IPHEx V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | RADIOSONDES | 2014-04-29 to 2014-06-12 |
N: 36.5301 S: 35.1665 E: -81.4548 W: -82.5944 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION UND CITATION CLOUD MICROPHYSICS GCPEX V2 | 2 | UND CITATION II | CDP, CPC, CPI PROBES, HVPS, INS, LASER HYGROMETERS, NEVZOROV PROBE, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS KING PROBE, ROSEMOUNT ICING DETECTOR | 2012-01-19 to 2012-02-24 |
N: 46.3615 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7659 W: -80.3847 |
Multiple | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION UND CITATION CLOUD MICROPHYSICS MC3E V1 | 1 | UND CITATION II | CDP, CPI PROBES, HVPS, INS, LASER HYGROMETERS, PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS KING PROBE, ROSEMOUNT ICING DETECTOR, UHSAS | 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-02 |
N: 40.944 S: 34.3247 E: -95.2302 W: -99.1654 |
ASCII, Binary | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION UND CITATION NAVIGATION DATA GCPEX V2 | 2 | UND CITATION II | ACCELEROMETERS, GNSS, GPS | 2012-01-19 to 2012-02-24 |
N: 46.3966 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7659 W: -80.549 |
PDF, ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation UND Citation Navigation Data GCPEX Version 1 | 1 | UND CITATION II | ASCII | ||||
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION UND CITATION NAVIGATION DATA IPHEx V1 | 1 | UND CITATION II | ACCELEROMETERS, GNSS, GPS | 2014-03-06 to 2014-06-13 |
N: 46.5 S: 43.5 E: -78 W: -81 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION UND CITATION NAVIGATION DATA MC3E V1 | 1 | UND CITATION II | ACCELEROMETERS, GNSS, GPS | 2011-04-01 to 2011-06-02 |
N: 48.5123 S: 34.3247 E: -95.2302 W: -99.4669 |
ASCII |
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