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Surface Winds Data Access and Tools
From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Giovanni, Panoply, and State of the Ocean (SOTO) guide users in making the most of surface wind data.
Surface Winds Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polar Winds I - Doppler Aerosol WiNd (DAWN) - KingAirUC-12B | UC-12B | 2014-10-29 to 2014-11-13 | ARCTIC, GREENLAND | ASCII | ||
| Polar Winds II - Doppler Aerosol WiNd (DAWN) - DC8 | NASA DC-8 | 2015-05-11 to 2015-05-25 | ARCTIC, GREENLAND | ASCII | ||
| POLARIS Balloonsondes and Ozonesondes Data | BALLOONS | OZONESONDES | 1996-10-29 to 1997-10-29 | ARCTIC, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, ALASKA | AMES | |
| Pre-ABoVE: Particle Trajectories for WRF-STILT Model, Barrow, AK, 1982-2011 | MODELS | Computer | 1982-08-10 to 2011-10-15 | N: 90 S: 30 E: 180 W: -180 | multiple | |
| PREFIRE Auxiliary Meteorology Data for PREFIRE Satellite 1 version R01 | PREFIRE-SAT1 | 2024-07-24 to Present | GLOBAL, ARCTIC, POLAR | N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 | |
| Puerto Rico Radiosondes CPEX-AW V1 | GROUND STATIONS | RADIOSONDES | 2021-08-24 to 2021-09-28 | PUERTO RICO | N: 18.4477 S: 17.8794 E: -67.0027 W: -67.6051 | CSV |
| QuikSCAT ESDR Level 2 Ancillary Ocean Surface Fields Version 1.1 | MODELS, QUIKSCAT | Computer, SEAWINDS | 2000-06-01 to 2009-11-22 | GLOBAL | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 |
| REGIONAL AIR-SEA INTERACTION (RASI) GAP WIND AND COASTAL UPWELLING EVENTS CLIMATOLOGY GULF OF PANAMA, PANAMA V1 | RASI | Computer | 1998-01-01 to 2011-12-31 | PANAMA | N: 9.13 S: 3.13 E: -77.88 W: -81.88 | netCDF-3 |
| REGIONAL AIR-SEA INTERACTION (RASI) GAP WIND AND COASTAL UPWELLING EVENTS CLIMATOLOGY GULF OF PAPAGAYO, COSTA RICA V1 | RASI | Computer | 1998-01-01 to 2011-12-31 | COSTA RICA | N: 12.13 S: 7 E: -85.38 W: -93 | netCDF-3 |
| REGIONAL AIR-SEA INTERACTION (RASI) GAP WIND AND COASTAL UPWELLING EVENTS CLIMATOLOGY GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC, MEXICO V1 | RASI | Computer | 1998-01-01 to 2011-12-31 | MEXICO | N: 16.38 S: 5 E: -93.38 W: -105 | netCDF-3 |
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