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Surface Winds Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft Flux-Detrended: Univ. Col. (FIFE) | B-200 | HYGROMETERS, INFRARED RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, RADAR ALTIMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS | 1987-05-26 to 1989-10-31 | N: 40 S: 37 E: -95 W: -102 | multiple | |
| Aircraft Flux-Filtered: NRCC (FIFE) | 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 | |
| Aircraft Flux-Filtered: U of Wy. (FIFE) | B-200 | HYGROMETERS, INFRARED RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, RADAR ALTIMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS | 1987-08-11 to 1989-10-31 | N: 40 S: 37 E: -95 W: -102 | multiple | |
| Aircraft Flux-Filtered: Univ. Col. (FIFE) | B-200 | HYGROMETERS, INFRARED RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, RADAR ALTIMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS | 1987-05-26 to 1989-10-31 | N: 40 S: 37 E: -95 W: -102 | multiple | |
| Aircraft Flux-Raw: NRCC (FIFE) | 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 | |
| Aircraft Flux-Raw: U of Wy. (FIFE) | B-200 | HYGROMETERS, INFRARED RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, RADAR ALTIMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS | 1987-08-11 to 1989-10-31 | N: 40 S: 37 E: -95 W: -102 | multiple | |
| Aircraft Flux-Raw: Univ. Col. (FIFE) | B-200 | HYGROMETERS, INFRARED RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, RADAR ALTIMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS | 1987-05-26 to 1989-10-31 | N: 40 S: 37 E: -95 W: -102 | multiple | |
| Alpha Jet Atmopsheric eXperiment Meteorological Measurement System (MMS) Data | Alpha | MMS | 2013-06-20 to 2019-07-19 | NORTH AMERICA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, TROPOSPHERE | ICARTT | |
| AMS (Automated Met Station) Data (FIFE) | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | THERMOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1987-05-01 to 1989-11-10 | N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.47 W: -96.61 | CSV | |
| AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Weekly Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids V001 | Aqua, GCOM-W1 | AMSR-E, AMSR2 | 2002-06-02 to 2011-10-04, 2012-07-02 to Present | GLOBAL OCEAN | N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 | HDF-EOS5 |
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