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The submitted value 10 in the Items element is not allowed.Surface Temperature Data Access and Tools
NASA has surface temperature datasets that help researchers characterize how warm air is over land and water. Access a range of data and data tools such as AppEEARS, HEG: HDF-EOS to GeoTIFF Conversion Tool, and GOES-5 Weather Maps to make the most of surface temperature data.
Surface Temperature Datasets
| Dataset | Version Sort ascending | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOREAS TE-11 Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | NET RADIOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 53.92 S: 53.92 E: -104.69 W: -104.69 |
CSV | |
| LBA-HMET PC-06 ECMWF Modeled Precipitation and Surface Flux, Rondonia, Brazil: 1999 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, RAIN GAUGES | 1999-01-01 to 1999-03-31 |
N: -10.75 S: -10.85 E: -61.87 W: -62.3722 |
CSV | |
| Collected Data from The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study, NASA, CD-ROM | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT, Airplane, SATELLITES, GOES | HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PROBES, NETS, SOIL SAMPLER, MSS, TM, CAMERAS, RADIOSONDES, RAWINSONDES, VEGETATION-1, AVHRR | 1993-01-01 to 1997-03-31 |
N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111 |
Shapefile | |
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System | 1 | METEOSAT-4 | Computer | 1991-11-12 to 1991-12-08 | ASCII | ||
| ARCSIX LaRC G-III In-Situ Meteorology and Navigation Data | 1 | G-III | Computer | 2024-05-28 to 2024-08-18 |
N: 85.87 S: 36.65 E: 2.79 W: -108.39 |
ICARTT, KML | |
| TRACE-P Merge Data | 1 | NASA DC-8, P-3B | 2001-02-24 to 2002-04-11 |
N: 45.6 S: 6.8 E: 180 W: -180 |
GTE, ICARTT | ||
| Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Monthly CHART Normal Spectral Resolution V1 | 1 | Suomi-NPP | CrIS, ATMS | 2013-01-01 to 2015-11-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| LBA-ECO TG-07 Trace Gas Fluxes, Undisturbed and Logged Sites, Para, Brazil: 2000-2002 | 1 | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | GC-ECD, BALANCE, GC-FID, THERMOMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, IRGA | 2000-01-19 to 2002-02-26 |
N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707 |
CSV | |
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 1 Colorado State University Sabreliner Aircraft Radiometric and Meteorological Data | 1 | T-39 | PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PYRANOMETERS, HYGROMETERS, GUST PROBES | 1986-10-13 to 1986-11-02 | Binary | ||
| Aircraft Flux-Filtered: NRCC (FIFE) | 1 | DHC-6 | HYGROMETERS, INFRARED RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, RADAR ALTIMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS | 1987-06-26 to 1989-10-31 |
N: 40 S: 37 E: -95 W: -102 |
multiple |
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Featured Surface Temperature Observation Method: AIRS
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) aboard the Aqua satellite is a hyperspectral instrument that makes daily global measurements of infrared energy reflected by Earth's surface and atmosphere. The data is used to create three-dimensional water vapor and temperature profiles throughout the atmosphere. Meteorologists and other scientists use the data to make weather forecasts and as part of the historical global temperature record.
This API allows users to visualize Atmospheric Infrared Sounder data using a Common Metadata Repository search result.
Learn how to access and visualize Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) grid data from NASA's Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) in Python.
Next-generation instruments aboard Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft provide continuity to the AIRS project that began in 2002.
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