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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COWVR STP-H8 Surface Wind Vector and Column-Integrated Atmospheric Water Measurements Version 10.0 | ISS | COWVR | 2022-01-08 to Present | N: 61 S: -61 E: 180 W: -180 | HDF5 | |
| CPEX DAWN WIND PROFILES | NASA DC-8 | DAWN | 2017-05-25 to 2017-06-25 | NORTH AMERICA, TROPICS, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN | ASCII, Word, PNG, CSV, Text File, KMZ | |
| CPEX-AW DAWN Doppler Aerosol WiNd Lidar | NASA DC-8 | DAWN | 2020-08-20 to 2021-09-05 | CARIBBEAN SEA, VIRGIN ISLANDS, CARIBBEAN | NetCDF-4 | |
| CPEX-AW Dropsonde Data | NASA DC-8 | DROPSONDES | 2021-08-05 to 2021-09-17 | CARIBBEAN SEA, CARIBBEAN, VIRGIN ISLANDS | NetCDF-3, ICARTT | |
| CPEX-CV DAWN Doppler Aerosol WiNd Lidar | NASA DC-8 | DAWN | 2022-09-06 to 2022-09-30 | NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, TROPICS, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, CAPE VERDE | NetCDF-4, PNG | |
| CPEX-CV Dropsonde Data | NASA DC-8 | DC8 DROPSONDES | 2022-06-16 to 2022-10-03 | CAPE VERDE, NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, ATLANTIC OCEAN, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE | NetCDF-4, ICARTT, PNG | |
| CPEX-CV Merge Data Files | NASA DC-8, Data Analysis | CIP, CAS, Computer | 2022-09-06 to 2022-10-02 | NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, CAPE VERDE, TROPICS | ICARTT | |
| Daily SnowModel Outputs Covering the ABoVE Core Domain, 3-km Resolution, 1980-2020 | MODELS | Computer | 1980-09-01 to 2020-08-31 | ALASKA, CANADA | N: 75.8357 S: 49.8038 E: -84.3282 W: -176.915 | netCDF-4 classic |
| DC-8 Meteorological and Navigation Data CPEX-AW | NASA DC-8 | GPS, KT19 Pyrometer, RADAR ALTIMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, THERMOMETERS | 2021-08-17 to 2021-09-04 | VIRGIN ISLANDS | N: 34.73 S: 11.8616 E: -45.6412 W: -118.163 | ASCII |
| DC3 In-Situ DC-8 Meteorological and Navigational Data | NASA DC-8 | MMS, DLH, GPS, HYGROMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS | 2012-05-04 to 2012-06-23 | NORTH AMERICA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALABAMA, COLORADO, OKLAHOMA | ICARTT |
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