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Commonly Used Datasets for Applications in Atmosphere

Atmosphere Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
MSU Ch 2/3 Daily Lower Troposphere Temps with Limb93 Correction L3 1 day 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree V001 (MSULTT) at GES DISC 001 TIROS-N, NOAA-12, NOAA-11, NOAA-10, NOAA-9, NOAA-7, NOAA-6 MSU 1979-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180

MSU Ch 3/4 Daily Upper Troposphere Temps with Limb93 Correction V001 L3 1 day 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree (MSUUTT) at GES DISC 001 TIROS-N, NOAA-12, NOAA-11, NOAA-10, NOAA-9, NOAA-7, NOAA-6 MSU 1979-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 30 S: -30 E: 180 W: -180

MSU Ch 4 Daily Lower Stratosphere Temps with Limb93 Correction L3 1 day 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree V001 (MSULST) at GES DISC 001 TIROS-N, NOAA-12, NOAA-11, NOAA-10, NOAA-9, NOAA-7, NOAA-6 MSU 1979-01-01 to 1994-12-31

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

MSU Daily Oceanic Precipitation with Limb93 Correction L3 1 day 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree V001 (MSUOP) at GES DISC 001 TIROS-N, NOAA-12, NOAA-11, NOAA-10, NOAA-9, NOAA-7, NOAA-6 MSU 1979-01-01 to 1994-12-31

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

Multi-Instrument Fused bias-corrected XCO2 and other select fields aggregated as Level 3 daily files V4 (MultiInstrumentFusedXCO2) 4 OCO-2, GOSAT OCO SPECTROMETERS, TANSO-FTS 2014-09-06 to 2021-05-20

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

Multi-Instrument Fused bias-corrected XCO2 and other select fields aggregated as Level 4 daily files V3 (MultiInstrumentFusedXCO2) 3 OCO-2, GOSAT OCO SPECTROMETERS, TANSO-FTS 2014-09-06 to 2020-07-31

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

Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Precipitation Reanalysis for Satellite Validation Product IMPACTS V1 1 GROUND STATIONS DOPPLER RADAR, RAIN GAUGES 2022-01-01 to 2023-03-02

N: 54.994998931885 S: 20.005001068115 E: -60.005004882812 W: -129.99499511719

netCDF-4
Multi-Satellite Air Quality Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Database Long-Term L4 Global V2 (MSAQSO2L4) at GES DISC 2 Aura, Suomi-NPP, Sentinel-5P, NOAA-20 OMI, OMPS, TROPOMI 2005-01-01 to 2024-12-31

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

Multi-Satellite Lambertian Equivalent Reflectivity (Local Satellite Time) 1 day L3 Global 5.0deg Lat Zones V1 (MSLERLSTL3zm) at GES DISC 1 Nimbus-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, NOAA-16, NOAA-18, NOAA-19, EP-TOMS, Aura, OrbView-2 SBUV, TOMS, SBUV/2, SeaWiFS, OMI 1978-11-02 to 2012-12-31

N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180

Multi-Satellite Lambertian Equivalent Reflectivity (Local Satellite Time) 10-Day L3 Global 2.0x5.0deg Lat/Lon Grid V1 (MSLERLSTL3d10) at GES DISC 1 Nimbus-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, NOAA-16, NOAA-18, NOAA-19 SBUV, SBUV/2 1980-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 82 S: -82 E: 180 W: -180

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Atmosphere Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
ASDC CALIPSO Search and Subset Tool The CALIPSO Search and Subset web application enables a more sophisticated approach to selecting and ordering CALIPSO lidar data by date, time and geolocation. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
CASEI The Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) is a comprehensive inventory of contextual information for NASA's Earth Science airborne and field campaigns. Search and Discovery, Cataloging
Field Campaign Explorer The Field Campaign Explorer is an open source, cloud-based tool that combines multiple datasets to generate 3D views of atmospheric phenomena. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
FIRMS The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. Access, Visualization
Giovanni Giovanni is a web application for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing Earth science remote sensing data without downloading the data. Search and Discovery, Analysis, Access, Visualization, Downloading, Subsetting
GUARDIAN The GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) is a near real-time (NRT) ionospheric monitoring tool for natural hazards warning. Monitoring Natural Events
LIS Space Time Domain Search The Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Space Time Domain Search allows users to quickly perform a space time domain search of LIS science products. Search and Discovery
Panoply Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
SeaBASS SeaBASS is public archive of ocean and atmosphere data captured in situ. The archive is maintained by NASA's Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG). Downloading
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