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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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SASSIE Arctic Field Campaign SWIFT Data Fall 2022 Version 1 1 BUOYS CTD, ADCP, WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES, ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, THERMOMETERS 2022-09-09 to 2022-09-30

N: 73.5 S: 72 E: -145.5 W: -153.6

netCDF-4
SASSIE Arctic Field Campaign Wave Glider Data Fall 2022 Version 1 1 Wave Glider CTD, ADCP, WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES, ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, THERMOMETERS 2022-08-12 to 2022-09-30

N: 73.5 S: 70 E: -142 W: -156

netCDF-4
SASSIE ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, and Wind - Daily Mean llc1080 Grid (Version 1 Release 1) V1R1 MITgcm 2014-01-15 to 2021-02-08 NETCDF4
SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 MTSAT-2R Southern Hemisphere Version 1.0 V01 MTSAT-2 VISSR 2007-06-05 to 2015-07-05 NetCDF-4
SBU Meteorological Station IMPACTS V1 1 GROUND STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, GPS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS 2020-01-01 to 2023-01-25

N: 43.256 S: 40.718 E: -73.02 W: -76.882

netCDF-4, ASCII
SCATSAT-1 ESDR Level 2 Ancillary Ocean Surface Fields Version 1.1 1.1 MODELS, SCATSAT-1 Computer, OSCAT-2 2018-04-01 to 2021-03-01

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

12.5 Kilometers x 12.5 Kilometers netCDF-4
SCOAPE Balloon and Ozonesondes Data 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS OZONESONDES, RADIOSONDES 2019-05-11 to 2019-05-19

N: 30 S: 27.5 E: -86.5 W: -92

ICARTT
SCOAPE-II R/V Point Sur Data 1 R/V Point Sur Picarro G2301-m, Thermo Model 49C O3 Analyzer 2024-06-02 to 2024-06-15

N: 29.43 S: 27.79 E: -87.91 W: -91.12

ICARTT, NetCDF-4
SCOAPE-II Sondes Data 1 RADIOSONDES OZONESONDES 2024-06-03 to 2024-06-13

N: 29.45 S: 28.12 E: -87.43 W: -90.97

ICARTT
SEAC4RS ER-2 Aircraft In-Situ Meteorological and Navigational Data 1 NASA ER-2 MMS, NASDAT, JPL LASER HYGROMETERS, MTP, FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY 2013-08-01 to 2013-09-23

N: 53 S: 15 E: -82 W: -128

ICARTT
SEAC4RS Learjet Aircraft In-Situ Meteorological and Navigational Data 1 LEARJET AIMMS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, GPS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS 2013-08-12 to 2013-09-22

N: 37.34 S: 27.16 E: -85.54 W: -99.22

ICARTT
SiB3 Modeled Global 1-degree Hourly Biosphere-Atmosphere Carbon Flux, 1998-2006 1 LANDSAT-7 AVHRR 1998-01-01 to 2006-12-31

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

Shapefile
Site Averaged AMS Data: 1987 (Betts) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-01 to 1987-12-31

N: 39.1161 S: 38.9753 E: -96.447 W: -96.611

CSV
Site Averaged AMS Data: 1987-1989 (Betts) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-01 to 1989-11-19

N: 39.1161 S: 38.9753 E: -96.447 W: -96.611

CSV
Site Averaged AMS Data: 1988 (Betts) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1988-01-01 to 1988-12-31

N: 39.1161 S: 38.9753 E: -96.447 W: -96.611

CSV
Site Averaged AMS Data: 1989 (Betts) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1989-01-01 to 1989-11-10

N: 39.1161 S: 38.9753 E: -96.447 W: -96.611

CSV
SMAPVEX16 Manitoba Meteorological Data V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE PROBES 2016-05-02 to 2016-09-30

N: 49.68033 S: 49.49968 E: -97.98999 W: -98.0334

CSV, KMZ
SMAPVEX19-22 Massachusetts Temporary Soil Moisture Network V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 2019-05-01 to 2021-10-31

N: 42.69 S: 42.34 E: -71.95 W: -72.29

CSV
SMAPVEX19-22 Massachusetts Vegetation Optical Depth V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS DIELECTRIC PROBE, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, RADIOMETERS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 2019-04-28 to 2019-10-17

N: 42.54 S: 42.54 E: -72.17 W: -72.17

CSV
SMAPVEX19-22 Millbrook Temporary Soil Moisture Network V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 2019-05-01 to 2021-10-31

N: 42.03 S: 41.68 E: -73.44 W: -73.79

ASCII
S-MODE L2 Shipboard Thermosalinograph, Meteorology, and Bio-optics Measurements Version 1 1 Ships THERMOSALINOGRAPHS, FLUOROMETERS 2021-08-01 to 2023-05-04

N: 38.1 S: 36.3 E: -122.9 W: -125.4

netCDF-4
SMODE L2 WAVEGLIDERS TEMP SALINITY V1 1 Wave Glider CTD, ADCP, MMS, CURRENT METERS 2021-10-28 to 2023-05-14

N: 38.2 S: 36.3 E: -122.1 W: -126.2

netCDF-4
SMODE L3 WAVEGLIDERS TEMP SALINITY V1 1 Wave Glider CTD, ADCP, MMS, CURRENT METERS 2022-09-20 to 2023-05-13

N: 38.2 S: 36.3 E: -122.1 W: -126.2

netCDF-4
S-MODE Level 4 Wavegliders Version 1 1 Wave Glider CTD, ADCP, MMS, CURRENT METERS 2022-09-20 to 2023-05-13

N: 37.9 S: 35.7 E: -121.9 W: -125.8

netCDF-4
SnowEx20 COSMOS Rover Soil Moisture V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS COSMOS-Rover 2019-11-04 to 2019-11-07

N: 39.04 S: 39 E: -108.09 W: -108.23

CSV
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