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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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GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA ER-2 NAVIGATION DATA MC3E 1 NASA ER-2 INS, NAVREC, TEMPERATURE PROBES 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-03

N: 43 S: 28 E: -91 W: -121

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA SURFACE METEOROLOGICAL STATION MC3E 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR 2011-04-05 to 2011-06-07

N: 36.61 S: 36.61 E: -97.49 W: -97.49

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION OKLAHOMA CLIMATOLOGICAL SURVEY MESONET MC3E 1 MESONET APS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-06

N: 37 S: 33.28 E: -94 W: -103

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Physicum Building Mast Meteorological Data LPVEx 1 GROUND STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2010-09-16 to 2010-10-22

N: 60.2147 S: 60.1947 E: 24.9733 W: 24.9533

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION PLUVIO PRECIPITATION GAUGE LPVEX 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2010-09-15 to 2011-01-13

N: 60.29 S: 60.12 E: 25.37 W: 24.04

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Rain Gauges NASA ACHIEVE IPHEx V1 1 GROUND STATIONS RAIN GAUGES 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-15

N: 35.52 S: 35.51 E: -83.08 W: -83.1

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS C3VP V1 1 CRM DPR, GMI 2007-01-20 to 2007-01-23

N: 75 S: 34 E: 23 W: 25

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS LPVEX V1 1 CRM DPR, GMI 2010-09-21 to 2010-10-21

N: 75 S: 34 E: 25 W: 23

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS MC3E V1 1 CRM DPR, GMI 2011-04-25 to 2011-05-21

N: 43 S: 28 E: -91 W: -121

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS TWP-ICE V1 1 CRM DPR, GMI 2006-01-23 to 2006-02-06

N: -10 S: -25 E: 140 W: 125

netCDF-3
GPM Ground Validation Snow Depth Monitoring System OLYMPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS CAMERA, HUMIDITY SENSORS, SNOW TUBE, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2014-09-05 to 2016-07-26

N: 47.8224 S: 47.5008 E: -123.033 W: -123.707

Excel, netCDF-3
GPM Ground Validation Surface Meteorological Station C3VP V1 1 GROUND STATIONS RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS 2005-11-01 to 2007-03-31

N: 44.33 S: 44.13 E: -79.67 W: -79.87

Excel
GPM GROUND VALIDATION TOTAL PRECIPITATION SENSOR (HOTPLATE) GCPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS Total Precipitation Sensor (Hotplate) 2011-11-07 to 2012-02-21

N: 44.3 S: 44.2 E: -79.64 W: -79.78

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Images MC3E V1 1 WRF Computer 2011-04-19 to 2011-06-06

N: 45 S: 25 E: -80 W: -115

GIF, PNG
GRIP BARBADOS/CAPE VERDE RADIOSONDE V1 1 BALLOONS RADIOSONDES 2010-08-14 to 2010-09-24

N: 16.8644 S: 13.1 E: -24.8671 W: -59.6251

ASCII
GRIP DC-8 DROPSONDE V3 3 NASA DC-8 DROPSONDES 2010-08-17 to 2010-09-22

N: 34.7358 S: 12.0041 E: -55.3201 W: -96.7127

ASCII
GRIP DC-8 METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (MMS) V1 1 NASA DC-8 AIRCRAFT MOTION SENSOR, GPS, INS, PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE PROBES 2010-08-10 to 2010-09-25

N: 34.754 S: 11.991 E: -55.322 W: -118.433

ASCII
GRIP GLOBAL HAWK NAVIGATION AND HOUSEKEEPING DATA V1 1 GLOBAL HAWK GPS, INS 2010-08-15 to 2010-09-24

N: 37.068 S: 12.0902 E: -71.4565 W: -124.4

ASCII, XML
GRIP WB-57 NAVIGATION AND HOUSEKEEPING DATA V1 1 NASA WB-57F GPS, INS 2010-08-27 to 2010-09-17

N: 30.6829 S: 17.2358 E: -71.5164 W: -96.3391

ASCII
High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) CPEX-AW V1 1 NASA DC-8 HAMSR 2021-08-17 to 2021-09-04

N: 34.613 S: 11.768 E: -45.122 W: -118.078

netCDF-3
High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) EPOCH V1 1 GLOBAL HAWK HAMSR 2017-08-09 to 2017-08-31

N: 36.473 S: 16.116 E: -83.077 W: -125.321

netCDF-3
High Mountain Asia 1 km 6-hourly Downscaled Meteorological Data 2003 to 2018 V001 1 CHIRPS, ECMWF NOT APPLICABLE 2003-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: 48.5 S: 12.95 E: 102.59 W: 56.94

0.01 Decimal Degrees x 0.01 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4, GeoTIFF
High Mountain Asia 4-km Dynamically Downscaled Meteorological Data, 2000-2015 V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2000-01-01 to 2016-01-01

N: 45.569 S: 10.34 E: 108.829 W: 43.179

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
36 Kilometers x 36 Kilometers 		netCDF-4
High Mountain Asia Daily 5 km Downscaled SPEAR Precipitation and Air Temperature Projections V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2015-01-01 to 2100-12-31

N: 45.975 S: 20.025 E: 110.975 W: 60.025

5 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers netCDF-4
High Mountain Asia Langtang Automatic Weather Station Measurements V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS IceCube 2017-10-22 to 2018-11-01

N: 28.214 S: 28.214 E: 85.61 W: 85.61

CSV
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