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FireSense: Balloon Vertical Profile Measurements, Fort Drum, NY, USA, 2024 1 BALLOONS RADIOSONDES 2024-04-08 to 2024-04-08

N: 44.2759 S: 43.9079 E: -74.499 W: -75.5416

multiple
FireSense: Balloon Vertical Profile Measurements, Missoula, MT, USA, 2024 1 BALLOONS RADIOSONDES 2024-08-28 to 2024-08-29

N: 46.8556 S: 46.2265 E: -113.03 W: -113.996

multiple
FireSense: UAS Vertical Profile Measurements, Fort Drum, NY, USA, 2024 1 UAV SONIC ANEMOMETER, RADIOSONDES 2024-04-08 to 2024-04-08

N: 44.2476 S: 44.2475 E: -75.5402 W: -75.5404

multiple
FIREX-AQ Aerodyne Mobile Lab Surface Mobile In-Situ Measurements 1 AML AMS, OC-EC Analyzer 2019-08-06 to 2019-08-30

N: 60 S: 15 E: 118.72 W: -135

ICARTT
FIREX-AQ California Air Resources Board (CARB) Surface Mobile In-Situ Measurements 1 CARB MMP GAS SENSORS 2019-08-15 to 2019-11-04

N: 60 S: 15 E: -75 W: -135

ICARTT
FIREX-AQ DC8 In-Situ Meteorological and Navigational Data 1 NASA DC-8 GPS, HYGROMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, MMS, DLH, LGR 2019-07-15 to 2019-09-05

N: 60 S: 15 E: -75 W: -135

ICARTT
FIREX-AQ ER-2 In-Situ Meteorological and Navigational Data 1 NASA ER-2 NASDAT 2019-08-01 to 2019-08-23

N: 60 S: 15 E: -75 W: -135

ICARTT
FIREX-AQ NOAA-CHEM Twin Otter In Situ Meteorological and Navigational Data 1 NOAA Twin Otter ARIM200, GPS 2019-07-29 to 2019-09-06

N: 60 S: 15 E: -75 W: -135

ICARTT
First ISCCP Regional Experiment - Arctic Cloud Experiment Utrecht University Tethered Balloon 1 BALLOONS COMPASSES, ACTINOMETER, ANEMOMETERS, THERMISTORS 1998-05-02 to 1998-05-25

N: 76.4 S: 75.98 E: -164.84 W: -167.16

ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment - Arctic Cloud Experiment Utrecht University Tower 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS Pyrgeometer, THERMISTORS 1998-04-27 to 1998-05-27

N: 76.52 S: 76 E: -164.84 W: -167.85

ASCII
FLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Global Monthly 0.1 x 0.1 degree (GDAS and CHIRPS-PRELIM) V001 (FLDAS_NOAH01_CP_GL_M) 001 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2019-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

0.1 Decimal Degrees x 0.1 Decimal Degrees
FLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Global Monthly 0.1 x 0.1 degree (MERRA-2 and CHIRPS) V001 (FLDAS_NOAH01_C_GL_M) 001 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1982-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

0.1 Decimal Degrees x 0.1 Decimal Degrees
GPM Ground Validation Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) OLYMPEX V1 1 NASA DC-8 AVAPS 2015-11-12 to 2015-12-19

N: 48.202 S: 46.2982 E: -124.564 W: -128.876

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Albert Head (AHD) Ground Meteorological Station (MET) OLYMPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS FD12P WEATHER SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, Visibility Sensor 2015-11-13 to 2016-01-17

N: 48.39 S: 48.37 E: -123.46 W: -123.48

ASCII, XML
GPM Ground Validation Duke Microwave Radiometer (MWR) IPHEx 1 GROUND STATIONS MWR 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-15

N: 35.8046 S: 35.5199 E: -82.6604 W: -83.0948

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) RADIOSONDE GCPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS RADIOSONDES 2012-01-17 to 2012-02-29

N: 44.96 S: 43.38 E: -78 W: -79.85

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Environment Canada (EC) Weather Station XET C3VP V1 1 GROUND STATIONS THERMOMETERS, PRESSURE PROBE, ANEMOMETERS, WIND VANES, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, SUNSHINE RECORDERS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH SENSOR 2006-10-04 to 2007-03-31

N: 44.24 S: 44.22 E: -79.77 W: -79.79

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) WIND PROFILER GCPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS LAP-3000 2012-01-15 to 2012-03-01

N: 44.3 S: 44.1 E: -79.6 W: -79.8

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION GCPEX SNOW MICROPHYSICS CASE STUDY V1 1 NASA DC-8, GROUND STATIONS, UND CITATION II APR-2, CIPS, D3R, DPR, HVPS, PMS 2D-C PROBE 2012-02-24 to 2012-02-25

N: 46.3966 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7616 W: -80.4026

netCDF-4
GPM Ground Validation NASA ER-2 Navigation Data IPHEx 1 NASA ER-2 INS 2014-05-04 to 2014-06-13

N: 36.6427 S: 30.3944 E: -71.6108 W: -86.562

ASCII, XML
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA ER-2 NAVIGATION DATA MC3E 1 NASA ER-2 INS, NAVREC, TEMPERATURE PROBES 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-03

N: 43 S: 28 E: -91 W: -121

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA SURFACE METEOROLOGICAL STATION MC3E 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR 2011-04-05 to 2011-06-07

N: 36.61 S: 36.61 E: -97.49 W: -97.49

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION OKLAHOMA CLIMATOLOGICAL SURVEY MESONET MC3E 1 MESONET APS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-06

N: 37 S: 33.28 E: -94 W: -103

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Passive Aquatic Listener (PAL) 1 GROUND STATIONS PALS 2010-10-18 to 2021-07-28

N: 53.335 S: -18.928 E: 179.999 W: -179.999

netCDF-4
GPM Ground Validation R. M. Young Marine Anemometer UConn 1 GROUND STATIONS ANEMOMETERS 2022-12-07 to 2024-05-21

N: 41.828 S: 41.798 E: -72.247 W: -72.304

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