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Surface Winds Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAFARI 2000 Meteorological and Flux Tower Measurements in Maun, Botswana, 2000 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | PYRANOMETERS, IRGA, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RTD, ANEMOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS | 2000-02-01 to 2000-09-30 | N: -19.9 S: -19.9 E: 23.55 W: 23.55 | Shapefile | |
| SAFARI 2000 Meteorological Tower Measurements, Kruger National Park, 2000-2002 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, WIND VANES, ANEMOMETERS, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE PROBES | 2000-02-15 to 2002-12-31 | N: -25.0197 S: -25.0197 E: 31.4969 W: 31.4969 | Shapefile | |
| SAFARI 2000 Modeled Tropospheric Air Mass Trajectories, Dry Season 2000 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 2000-08-14 to 2000-09-23 | N: -15.3 S: -30 E: 31 W: 17.1 | Shapefile | |
| SAFARI 2000 MODIS Water and Heat Fluxes, Maun, Botswana, Dry Season 2001 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION, Terra, MODELS | PRESSURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HUMIDITY SENSORS, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, MODIS, Computer | 2001-09-02 to 2001-09-29 | N: -17.9946 S: -21.0004 E: 24.5004 W: 21.4946 | Shapefile | |
| Saildrone 2021 Arctic field campaign for the Multi-Sensor Improved SST (MISST) project | Saildrone | CTD, ADCP, ANEMOMETERS, FLUOROMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PYROMETERS, PAR SENSORS, BAROMETERS | 2021-07-06 to 2021-10-21 | ARCTIC OCEAN | N: 71 S: 65 E: -164.5 W: -168 | netCDF-4 |
| Saildrone 2022 Arctic field campaign for the Multi-Sensor Improved SST (MISST) project | Saildrone | CTD, ADCP, ANEMOMETERS, FLUOROMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PYROMETERS, PAR SENSORS, BAROMETERS | 2022-06-18 to 2022-08-17 | ARCTIC OCEAN | N: 71.6 S: 65.2 E: -157.2 W: -168.5 | netCDF-4 |
| Saildrone Arctic field campaign surface and ADCP measurements for NOPP-MISST project | Saildrone | PYROMETERS, ADCP, CTD, ANEMOMETERS, FLUOROMETERS, BAROMETERS | 2019-05-14 to 2019-10-11 | ARCTIC | N: 75.5 S: 53.8 E: -146.1 W: -168.7 | netCDF-4 |
| Saildrone field campaign surface and ADCP measurements for the Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC) project | Saildrone | PYROMETERS, ADCP, CTD, ANEMOMETERS, FLUOROMETERS, BAROMETERS | 2020-01-17 to 2020-03-02 | ATLANTIC OCEAN | N: 12.1 S: 7.4 E: -48.6 W: -59.4 | netCDF-4 |
| SARP 2009 Data | NASA DC-8 | WAS, DADS | 2009-07-22 to 2009-07-25 | NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, TROPOSPHERE, NORTH AMERICA | N: 38.41 S: 34.55 E: -117.9 W: -122.8 | ICARTT |
| SARP 2010 Data | NASA DC-8 | WAS, Picarro G2401, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, DADS | 2010-06-28 to 2010-07-03 | NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, TROPOSPHERE, NORTH AMERICA | N: 38.18 S: 32.96 E: -115.34 W: -122.27 | ICARTT |
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