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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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NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1987 (SNF) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1987-01-01 to 1987-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1988 (SNF) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1988-01-01 to 1988-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1989 (SNF) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1989-01-01 to 1989-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1990 (SNF) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
OWLETS-1 Ozonesonde Data 1 GROUND STATIONS OZONESONDES 2017-07-06 to 2017-09-13

N: 37.54 S: 36.61 E: -75.05 W: -76.92

ICARTT
OWLETS-1 Sherpa Aircraft Data 1 C-23 Sherpa, UC-12B GC-MS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, LGR, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, GPS, HYGROMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, CAFE, 2B Technologies, GeoTASO 2017-07-07 to 2017-09-12

N: 38.01 S: 36.69 E: -75.41 W: -77.38

HDF5
OWLETS-2 Ozonesonde Data 1 GROUND STATIONS OZONESONDES 2018-06-07 to 2018-07-11

N: 39.57 S: 38.54 E: -75.66 W: -77.34

ICARTT
OWLETS-2 Surface (Ground) Data 1 GROUND STATIONS, Vaisala HydroMet AWS GAS SENSORS, LGR CRDS, Picarro G2401, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS 2018-05-23 to 2018-08-02

N: 39.26 S: 39.24 E: -76.36 W: -76.72

ICARTT
P-3 Meteorological and Navigation Data IMPACTS 1 NASA P-3 GPS, HYGROMETERS, KT19 Pyrometer, RADAR ALTIMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2020-01-12 to 2023-02-28

N: 48.237 S: 33.261 E: -64.987 W: -95.243

ASCII
PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter Facility Instrument Data 1 TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS CAS, CIP, PCASP 2024-08-29 to 2024-09-28

N: 38.11 S: 33.49 E: -116.98 W: -125.33

ICARTT
PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter In-Situ Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm (ISARA) Analysis Data 1 TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS Computer 2024-09-03 to 2024-09-29

N: 38.1 S: 33.49 E: -116.98 W: -124.24

NetCDF-4
PACE-PAX ER-2 High Spectral Resolution Lidar-2 Data 1 NASA ER-2 HSRL-2 2024-09-06 to 2024-10-01

N: 40.77 S: 32.56 E: -113.22 W: -127.56

HDF5, PDF
PACE-PAX ER-2 In-Situ Meteorology and Navigation Data 1 NASA ER-2 Computer 2024-08-28 to 2024-10-02

N: 42.42 S: 31.42 E: -112.36 W: -128.49

ICARTT, KML
PACE-PAX Ivanpah Playa Data 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SUN PHOTOMETERS 2024-09-17 to 2025-09-17

N: 35.57 S: 35.56 E: -115.39 W: -115.4

CSV, PDF
PEM Tropics A DC-8 Trajectory Data 1 Data Analysis 1996-08-22 to 1996-10-07

N: 50 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180

GTE
PEM Tropics A In-Situ P-3B Meteorology and Navigation Data 1 P-3B TAMMS 1996-08-06 to 1996-09-27

N: 39.07 S: -34.83 E: -74 W: -165

GTE
PEM Tropics A P-3B Trajectory Data 1 P-3B, Data Analysis 1996-08-07 to 1996-09-27

N: 50 S: -79.03 E: 180 W: -180

GTE
PEM Tropics A Sondes Data 1 RADIOSONDES RADIOSONDES, OZONESONDES 1995-01-05 to 1997-12-31

N: -14.23 S: -45.045 E: 180 W: -180

GTE
PEM Tropics B DC-8 In-Situ Aerosol Data 1 NASA DC-8 CNC, FSSP 1999-02-20 to 1999-04-19

N: 40 S: -36.35 E: 180 W: -180

GTE
PEM Tropics B In-Situ DC-8 Meteorology and Navigation Data 1 NASA DC-8 DADS, MTP, DLH 1999-02-20 to 1999-04-19

N: 35.8 S: -36.4 E: 180 W: -180

GTE
PEM Tropics B In-Situ P-3B Meteorology and Navigation Data 1 P-3B TAMMS 1999-03-05 to 1999-04-12

N: 40 S: -21 E: -72 W: -166

GTE
PEM Tropics B Model Data 1 Data Analysis 1999-02-20 to 1999-04-19

N: 40 S: -36.35 E: 180 W: -180

EPS
PEM Tropics B Sondes Data 1 RADIOSONDES OZONESONDES 1998-01-03 to 1999-12-24

N: -14.23 S: -45.045 E: 178.4 W: -170.56

GTE
PEM West B Ground Data 1 GROUND STATIONS NDIR GAS ANALYZER, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, RAWINSONDES, OZONESONDES, GC-ECD, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS 1991-02-22 to 1995-01-01

N: 52.92 S: 21.33 E: 180 W: -180

GTE
PEM West B Trajectory Data 1 Data Analysis 1994-02-08 to 1994-03-15

N: 59.5 S: -9 E: 180 W: -180

GTE
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