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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMEX-4 ER-2 HIGH ALTITUDE DROPSONDE V1 | 1 | NASA ER-2 | DROPWINDSONDES, EHAD | 2001-08-18 to 2001-09-24 |
N: 37.967 S: 24.743 E: -62.005 W: -82.028 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-4 ER-2 NAVIGATION DATA V1 | 1 | NASA ER-2 | INS, TEMPERATURE PROBES | 2001-08-18 to 2001-09-25 |
N: 39.4583 S: 16.5617 E: -63.4356 W: -88.4781 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-4 MIPS 915 MHZ DOPPLER WIND PROFILER V1 | 1 | MIPS, GROUND STATIONS | WIND PROFILERS | 2001-08-01 to 2001-09-14 |
N: 34.7 S: 24.68 E: -81.56 W: -86.7 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-4 MIPS SODAR V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, MIPS | SODAR | 2001-09-07 to 2001-09-12 |
N: 24.8 S: 24.6 E: -81.5 W: -81.7 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-4 MIPS SURFACE STATION 1 V1 | 1 | MIPS, GROUND STATIONS | ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, HYGROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS | 2001-08-15 to 2001-09-08 |
N: 24.8 S: 24.6 E: -81.5 W: -81.7 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-4 MIPS SURFACE STATION 2 V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, MIPS | BAROMETERS, HYGROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS | 2001-08-26 to 2001-09-12 |
N: 24.8 S: 24.6 E: -81.5 W: -81.7 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-4 NOAA WP-3D FLIGHT LEVEL DATA V1 | 1 | WP-3D ORION | DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, GPS, TEMPERATURE PROBES | 2001-09-09 to 2001-09-19 |
N: 50 S: 10 E: -60 W: -100 |
Not Provided | |
| CAMP2Ex Learjet In-Situ Meteorological and Navigational Data | 1 | LEARJET | AIMMS | 2019-09-07 to 2019-09-29 | ICARTT | ||
| CAMP2Ex Merge Data Files | 1 | NASA P-3 | Computer | 2019-08-22 to 2019-10-07 | ICARTT, ZIP | ||
| CAMP2Ex Miscellaneous Data | 1 | SATELLITES | 2018-08-01 to 2019-10-08 | NetCDF-4, ICARTT, GIF, PNG, JPEG | |||
| CAMP2Ex P-3 In-Situ Meteorological and Navigational Data | 1 | NASA P-3 | GPS, HYGROMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, MMS, DLH | 2019-08-03 to 2019-10-10 | ICARTT | ||
| CAMP2Ex P-3 Remotely Sensed Aerosol Data | 1 | NASA P-3 | RSP, HSRL-2, AMPR, APR-3 | 2019-08-03 to 2019-10-12 | ICARTT, HDF5, NetCDF-4 | ||
| CARAFE: Regional Airborne Greenhouse Gases Eddy Covariance Measurements, 2016-2017 | 1.1 | C-23 Sherpa | TAMMS, LGR, Applanix, DLH, NASDAT, PICARRO G2401-mc CO2, CH4, CO, H2O INSTRUMENT, FLIR | 2016-09-07 to 2017-05-26 |
N: 41.1145 S: 35.1761 E: -73.56 W: -79.8926 |
multiple | |
| CARVE: L1 Daily Flight Path and Winds Data, Alaska, 2015 | 1 | C-23 Sherpa | 2015-04-15 to 2015-11-13 |
N: 71.3182 S: 58.8438 E: -132.238 W: -168.069 |
netCDF-4 | ||
| CARVE: L4 Gridded Footprints from WRF-STILT model, 2012-2016 | 1.1 | MODELS | Computer | 2012-01-01 to 2016-04-28 |
N: 90 S: 30 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| CARVE: L4 Gridded Particle Trajectories for WRF-STILT model, 2012-2016 | 1.1 | MODELS | Computer | 2012-01-01 to 2016-04-28 |
N: 90 S: 30 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| CMS: Hourly Carbon Dioxide Estimated Using the WRF Model, North America, 2010 | 1 | CLIMATE MODELS | Computer | 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 |
N: 63 S: 13 E: -41 W: -151 |
netCDF-4 classic | |
| COWVR STP-H8 Surface Wind Vector and Column-Integrated Atmospheric Water Measurements Version 10.0 | 10.0 | ISS | COWVR | 2022-01-08 to Present |
N: 61 S: -61 E: 180 W: -180 |
35 Kilometers x 35 Kilometers | HDF5 |
| CPEX DAWN WIND PROFILES | 1 | NASA DC-8 | DAWN | 2017-05-27 to 2017-06-25 | ASCII, Word, PNG, CSV, Text File, KMZ | ||
| CPEX-AW ADM-Aeolus Datasets | 1 | Aeolus | WIND PROFILERS | 2021-08-06 to 2021-09-17 | HDF4 | ||
| CPEX-AW DAWN Doppler Aerosol WiNd Lidar | 1 | NASA DC-8 | DAWN | 2020-08-20 to 2021-09-05 | NetCDF-4 | ||
| CPEX-AW Dropsonde Data | 1 | NASA DC-8 | DROPSONDES | 2021-08-06 to 2021-09-16 | NetCDF-3, ICARTT | ||
| CPEX-CV DAWN Doppler Aerosol WiNd Lidar | 1 | NASA DC-8 | DAWN | 2022-09-06 to 2022-09-30 | NetCDF-4, PNG | ||
| CPEX-CV Dropsonde Data | 1 | NASA DC-8 | DC8 DROPSONDES | 2022-06-16 to 2022-10-03 | NetCDF-4, ICARTT, PNG | ||
| CPEX-CV Merge Data Files | 1 | NASA DC-8, Data Analysis | CIP, CAS, Computer | 2022-09-06 to 2022-10-02 | ICARTT |
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