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NASA's archives include data from the Sentinel-5P satellite's TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) providing measurements of solar radiance and irradiance levels, and the VEMAP 2 project 100-year climate change scenario estimates. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

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CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA Monthly means data in netCDF Edition4.2.1 Edition4.2.1 Terra, Aqua, NOAA-20 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM6 2000-03-01 to Present netCDF-3
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA and Surface Monthly means data in netCDF Edition 4.2.1 Edition4.2.1 Terra, Aqua, NOAA-20 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM6 2000-03-01 to Present 1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
Earth Radiation area average time series through Wide-field-of-view nonscanner aboard Earth Radiation Budget Satellite Edition 4.1 Edition4.1 ERBS ERBE WFOV Nonscanner 1985-01-01 to 1999-12-31 NetCDF-4
Earth Radiation Budget through Earth Radiation Budget Satellite Wide-field-of-view Nonscanner Observations Edition 4.1 Edition4.1 ERBS ERBE WFOV Nonscanner 1985-01-01 to 1999-12-31 NetCDF-4
Earth Radiation Budget through Earth Radiation Budget Satellite Wide-field-of-view Nonscanner Observations Edition 4 Edition4 ERBS ERBE WFOV Nonscanner 1985-01-01 to 1998-12-31 NetCDF-4
Earth Radiation area average time series through Wide-field-of-view nonscanner aboard Earth Radiation Budget Satellite Edition 4 Edition4 ERBS ERBE WFOV Nonscanner 1985-01-01 to 1998-12-31 NetCDF-4
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10N (Nonscanner-only) Wide Field of View (WFOV) Shape Filter (SF) Radiant Flux and Albedo Edition 3 in Native Format Edition3 ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1999-09-30 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10N (Nonscanner-only) Wide Field of View (WFOV) Numerical Filter (NF) Radiant Flux and Albedo Edition 3 in Native Format Edition3 ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1999-09-30 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10N (Nonscanner-only) Wide Field of View (WFOV) Shape Factor (SF) Radiant Flux and Albedo Edition 2 in Native Format Edition2 ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1999-09-30 Binary
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S-10N (Nonscanner-only) Wide Field of View (WFOV) Numerical Filter (NF) Radiant Flux and Albedo Edition 2 in Native Format Edition2 ERBS ERBE 1984-11-01 to 1999-09-30 Binary
DSCOVR EPIC Level 1B Version 4 4 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-13 to Present HDF5
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Irradiance product SWIR module L1B V3 (S5P_L1B_IR_SIR) 3 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to Present
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Irradiance product UVN module L1B V3 (S5P_L1B_IR_UVN) 3 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to Present
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

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Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Irradiance product SWIR module L1B V2 (S5P_L1B_IR_SIR) 2 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to 2025-11-21
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Irradiance product UVN module L1B V2 (S5P_L1B_IR_UVN) 2 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to 2025-11-21

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

Eddy Corr. Surface Flux: USGS (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION Bowen Ratio Devices, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-25 to 1987-10-17

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
Eddy Corr. Surface Flux: UNL (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION CO2 ANALYZERS, Bowen Ratio Devices, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-28 to 1989-08-13

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: Smith (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOCOUPLES, BAROMETERS, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-27 to 1989-08-13

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: KSU (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-29 to 1989-08-13

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

CSV
Bowen Ratio Surf. Flux: Fritschen (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-26 to 1989-08-14

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

CSV
Surface Radiance Data: UNL (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, PLANT STRESS MONITOR, NET RADIOMETERS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1987-05-30 to 1989-08-11

N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.47 W: -96.59

multiple
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 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
VEMAP 1: U.S. Site Files 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1961-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

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