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Surface Winds Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II NOAA Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Doppler & Lidar | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | LIDAR | 1991-11-21 to 1991-12-07 | ASCII | ||
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II Portable Automated Mesonet Station (PAMS) Data | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, PAM | NOT APPLICABLE | 1991-11-13 to 1991-12-07 | ASCII | ||
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II University of North Dakota Citation Aircraft 1 Hertz Data | 1 | Airplane | CNC, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, HYGROMETERS, WIND MONITOR, Hotwire LWC, ROSEMOUNT ICING DETECTOR, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES | 1991-11-14 to 1991-12-07 | ASCII | ||
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus Ceilometer and Cross-chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System (CLASS) Data | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | CLASS, RAWINSONDES, CEILOMETERS | 1987-06-30 to 1987-07-19 | Binary | ||
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus Colorado State University (CSU) Surface Radiation Data | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer | 1987-06-30 to 1987-07-19 | Binary | ||
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus Colorado State University (CSU) Tethered Balloon Data | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, BALLOONS | PSYCHROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer | 1987-07-07 to 1987-07-14 | Binary | ||
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus National Center forAtmospheric Research (NCAR) Electra Aircraft Data | 1 | NCAR ELECTRA | PARTICLE DETECTORS, ALTIMETERS, AEROSOL MONITOR, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, FSSP, GUST PROBES, Hotwire LWC, HYGROMETERS, LIDAR, PMS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PRT, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, VIDEO CAMERA | 1987-06-29 to 1987-07-18 | ASCII | ||
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Wind Profiler Data | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | SODAR, CLASS, RADIOSONDES, WIND PROFILERS | 1987-07-01 to 1987-07-20 | Binary | ||
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus United Kingdom Meteorological Office (UKMO) C-130 Aircraft Data | 1 | C-130 | PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, RADIOMETERS, THERMOMETERS | 1987-07-07 to 1987-07-18 | Binary | ||
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment - Arctic Cloud Experiment Utrecht University Tethered Balloon | 1 | BALLOONS | COMPASSES, ACTINOMETER, ANEMOMETERS, THERMISTORS | 1998-05-02 to 1998-05-25 | ASCII |
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