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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.

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Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes, 1x1 deg Daily Grid, Satellite F08 V2c (GSSTF_F08) 2c DMSP 5D-2/F8 SSM/I 1987-07-09 to 1992-01-01

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

Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes, 1x1 deg Daily Grid, Satellite F10 V2c (GSSTF_F10) 2c DMSP 5D-2/F10 SSM/I 1991-01-07 to 1997-11-15

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

Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes, 1x1 deg Daily Grid, Satellite F11 V2c (GSSTF_F11) 2c DMSP 5D-2/F11 SSM/I 1992-01-01 to 2000-05-17

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

Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes, 1x1 deg Daily Grid, Satellite F13 V2c (GSSTF_F13) 2c DMSP 5D-2/F13 SSM/I 1995-05-03 to 2009-01-01

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

Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes, 1x1 deg Daily Grid, Satellite F14 V2c (GSSTF_F14) 2c DMSP 5D-2/F14 SSM/I 1997-05-08 to 2008-08-08

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

Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes, 1x1 deg Daily Grid, Satellite F15 V2c (GSSTF_F15) 2c DMSP 5D-2/F15 SSM/I 2000-01-01 to 2009-01-01

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

Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes, 1x1 deg Daily Grid, Set1 V2c (GSSTF) 2c DMSP SSM/I 1987-07-09 to 2009-01-01

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

Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes, 1x1 deg Monthly Climatology, Set1 and NCEP V2c (GSSTFMC) 2c DMSP SSM/I 1988-01-01 to 2008-12-31

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

Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes, 1x1 deg Monthly Grid, Set1 and Interpolated Data V2c (GSSTFM) 2c DMSP SSM/I 1987-07-01 to 2008-12-31

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

Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes, 1x1 deg Seasonal Climatology, Set1 and NCEP V2c (GSSTFSC) 2c DMSP SSM/I 1988-03-01 to 2008-11-30

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

Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes, 1x1 deg Yearly Climatology, Set1 and NCEP V2c (GSSTFYC) 2c DMSP SSM/I 1988-01-01 to 2008-12-31

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

Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes Climatology, 0.25 x 0.25 deg, Monthly Grid V3 (GSSTFMC) 3 DMSP SSM/I 1988-01-01 to 2008-12-31

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

Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes Climatology, 0.25 x 0.25 deg, Seasonal Grid V3 (GSSTFSC) 3 DMSP SSM/I 1988-03-01 to 2008-11-30

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

Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes Climatology, 0.25 x 0.25 deg, Yearly Grid V3 (GSSTFYC) 3 DMSP SSM/I 1988-01-01 to 2008-12-31

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

GOES-R PLT Surface Radiance Red Lake V1 1 SURFRAD BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, PYRHELIOMETERS, RADIOMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES 2017-03-27 to 2017-04-12

N: 35.67 S: 35.65 E: -114.055 W: -114.075

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) OLYMPEX V1 1 NASA DC-8 AVAPS 2015-11-12 to 2015-12-19

N: 48.202 S: 46.2982 E: -124.564 W: -128.876

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Albert Head (AHD) Ground Meteorological Station (MET) OLYMPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS FD12P WEATHER SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, Visibility Sensor 2015-11-13 to 2016-01-17

N: 48.39 S: 48.37 E: -123.46 W: -123.48

ASCII, XML
GPM GROUND VALIDATION COMPOSITE SATELLITE OVERPASSES GCPEX V1 1 DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F18 SSMIS 2012-01-17 to 2012-02-29

N: 50.5 S: 37.9 E: -70.9 W: -88.7

ASCII, netCDF-4
GPM GROUND VALIDATION COMPOSITE SATELLITE OVERPASSES MC3E V1 1 Aqua AMSR-E 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-05

N: 56.29 S: 13.59 E: -72.65 W: -115.49

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) VISIBILITY SENSOR FD12P AND PRESENT WEATHER DETECTOR GCPEX V1 1 WEATHER STATIONS FD12P WEATHER SENSOR 2012-01-15 to 2012-03-01

N: 44.69 S: 44.49 E: -79.73 W: -79.93

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Environment Canada (EC) Weather Station XET C3VP V1 1 GROUND STATIONS THERMOMETERS, PRESSURE PROBE, ANEMOMETERS, WIND VANES, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, SUNSHINE RECORDERS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH SENSOR 2006-10-04 to 2007-03-31

N: 44.24 S: 44.22 E: -79.77 W: -79.79

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION GCPEX SNOW MICROPHYSICS CASE STUDY V1 1 NASA DC-8, GROUND STATIONS, UND CITATION II APR-2, CIPS, D3R, DPR, HVPS, PMS 2D-C PROBE 2012-02-24 to 2012-02-25

N: 46.3966 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7616 W: -80.4026

netCDF-4
GPM Ground Validation Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) 2014 IFloodS V3 3 DMSP 5D-3/F17, NOAA-18, METOP-B, NOAA-19, DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F18, METOP-A, GCOM-W1 SSMIS, MHS, AMSR2 2013-03-31 to 2013-07-02

N: 51.9073 S: 32.0518 E: -59.9776 W: -123.83

HDF5
GPM Ground Validation Kumpula Mast Meteorological Data LPVEx V1 1 GROUND STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, RADIOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 2010-09-16 to 2010-10-21

N: 60.2125 S: 60.1925 E: 24.9717 W: 24.9517

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION METEOROLOGICAL TOWER ENVIRONMENT CANADA GCPEX V1 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, WIND MONITOR 2012-01-15 to 2012-03-01

N: 44.69 S: 44.18 E: -79.64 W: -79.93

ASCII
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