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    CDP liquid water content as well as manually corrected Nevzorov liquid, total, and ice water content are contained in this dataset. There exists one file from each UW King Air (UWKA) research flight from SNOWIE.  Data quality flags are included for...
    • SNOWIE
    final 1.0
    2021-06-01
    This dataset provides a link to the University of Wyoming King Air Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime Clouds—the Idaho Experiment (SNOWIE) website and data archive which includes the Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) Data (Level 1).
    • SNOWIE
    final completed
    This dataset provides a link to the University of Wyoming King Air Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime Clouds—the Idaho Experiment (SNOWIE) website and data archive which includes the Wyoming Cloud Radar (WCR) Data (Level 1 and Level 2).
    • SNOWIE
    final completed
    This dataset provides a link to the UW Madison HSRL Data Archives.
    • CHEESEHEAD
    final completed
    This is an archive of data from four moorings (SBI3-02, SBI4-02, SBI3-03 and SBI4-03) deployed by the University of Washington (UW) at two sites in the northern Chukchi Sea from July 2002 to September 2004, with mooring turn-around during September 200...
    • SBI
    1.0
    2007-11-05
    This dataset contains UW NCEP GFS Race Trajectory Forecast Products generated during the VOCALS project. The image files are in JPEG format.
    • VOCALS
    final 1.0
    2009-02-05
    This dataset contains the University of Wyoming's data from the Snowbank Site during the SNOWIE (Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime Clouds: The Idaho Experiment) project. Data were collected from 8 January 2017 to 5 March 2017. Data were...
    • SNOWIE
    final 1.0
    2017-08-22
    This dataset contains acetate ionization high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry data taken aboard the NSF/NCAR C-130 aircraft (Tail Number N130AR) during the Wintertime Investigation of Transport, Emission, and Reactivity (WINTER) project....
    • WINTER
    final 1.1
    2016-10-14
    This dataset contains acetate ionization high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry data taken aboard the NSF/NCAR C-130 aircraft (Tail Number N130AR) during the Wintertime Investigation of Transport, Emission, and Reactivity (WINTER) project....
    • WINTER
    final 1.0
    2016-01-29
    A link to the UW-Madison Geography UAS Canopy Height LiDAR Leaf-on Data for the CHEESEHEAD campaign.
    • CHEESEHEAD
    final completed
    This dataset contains the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire's Chemistry Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Ozone (O3) data from the Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors (CHEESEHEAD...
    • CHEESEHEAD
    final 1.0
    2020-04-13
    This dataset contains 3-hourly imagery of high-density winds overlaid on visible, infrared, and water vapor satellite images from the GOES-12 satellite over the RAINEX area of interest.
    • RAINEX
    final 1.0
    2008-10-07
    This dataset contains VAAC ash advisory text file products for Buenos Aires and Washington during the Tropical Ocean tRoposphere Exchange of Reactive halogen species and Oxygenated VOC (TORERO) project from 19 January to 1 April 2012.
    • TORERO
    final 1.0
    2012-07-17
    The dataset consists of vertical profiles of horizontal winds derived from radar Plan Position Indicator (PPI) scans conducted at a 18° elevation angle. The wind profiles were obtained using the Vertical Azimuth Display (VAD) technique, which involves...
    • WINTRE-MIX
    final 1.0
    2025-03-06
    The dataset consists of vertical profiles of horizontal winds derived from radar Plan Position Indicator (PPI) scans conducted at a 18° elevation angle. The wind profiles were obtained using the Vertical Azimuth Display (VAD) technique, which involves...
    • WINTRE-MIX
    final 1.0
    2025-03-05
    The dataset consists of vertical profiles of horizontal winds derived from radar Plan Position Indicator (PPI) scans conducted at a 18° elevation angle. The wind profiles were obtained using the Vertical Azimuth Display (VAD) technique, which involves...
    • WINTRE-MIX
    final 1.0
    2025-03-05
    This data set contains the University of Utah's Vaisala DigiCORA tethersonde data from the Playa launch site. Data was collected during intense observation periods on 2012 September 25, 26, 28, 29 and October 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 2...
    • MATERHORN-X
    final 1.0
    2017-05-26
    This data set contains the University of Notre Dame's Vaisala DigiCORA tethersonde data from the Sage Brush site. Data was collected during intense observation periods in September and October 2012 and May 2013 for the Mountain Terrain Atmospheric...
    • MATERHORN-X
    final 1.0
    2017-05-31
    This data set contains lightning data from the Vaisala GLD360 network of VLF sensors. The location, peak current magnitude, and polarity are included for each event in the DYNAMO region and time period. These data are in a columnar ASCII format and...
    • DYNAMO
    final 1.0
    2013-04-30
    This password protected data set contains the Vaisala Long-Range Lightning Detection Network (LLDN) data for the globe during the T-PARC project period (August-September 2008). These data contain LLDN cloud-to-ground strokes with the following...
    • T-PARC
    final 1.0
    2010-03-10
    This password protected dataset contains the Vaisala National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) data for the region from 28-49 N and 75-103W during the PLOWS 2009-2010 field season (November 2009 to 10 March 2010). These data contain NLDN lightning...
    • PLOWS
    final 1.0
    2010-08-13
    This data set is 3 tar files of data from a single PAM station from the VALI experiment at Elk Mountain, approximately 80 miles Northwest of Laramie, Wyoming. This station was operated from 1987-11-08 through 1989-09-09.
    • VALI
    final 1.0
    2014-06-17
    This dataset contains sounding data and images collected by Valporaiso University during the ICICLE (In-Cloud ICing and Large-drop Experiment) field campaign from 26 January - 8 March 2019. Data were collected with the Intermet iMet-4 Radiosonde. See...
    • ICICLE
    final 1.0
    2020-03-11
    The Vandenberg Air Force Base High Resolution Radiosonde Data is one of several upper air data sets collected by the National Center For Atmospheric Research/Earth Observing Laboratory (NCAR/EOL) as part of the Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine...
    • DYCOMS-II
    final 1.0
    2011-08-24
    The United States Air Force (USAF) routinely releases radiosondes once per day at 12 UTC from its site at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) in Southern California (WMO ID 72393). This data set includes the soundings released during the MPEX field phase (...
    • MPEX
    final 1.0
    2013-08-23
    Mandatory and significant level radiosonde data from the Vandenberg Air Force Base radiosonde station for the SWEX (Sundowner Winds Experiment) campaign from 1 April through 15 May 2022.
    • SWEX
    final 1.0
    2022-07-27
    This data set contains 1 Hz water vapor mixing ratio data from the VCSEL (Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser) hygrometer that was deployed on the NSR/NCAR GV HIAPER aircraft during the SOCRATES (Southern Ocean Clouds Radiation Aerosol Transport...
    • SOCRATES
    final 2.0
    2021-09-07
    This data set contains 25 Hz water vapor mixing ratio data from the VCSEL (Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser) hygrometer that was deployed on the NSR/NCAR GV HIAPER aircraft during the SOCRATES (Southern Ocean Clouds Radiation Aerosol Transport...
    • SOCRATES
    final 2.0
    2021-09-07
    This data set contains Vegetation and Site Characterization data from the 1998-99 ATLAS Grid Transect, Northern Alaska. This data set comprises the text and data presented in the data report "A western Alaskan transect to examine interactions of...
    • ARCSS
    1.0
    2009-04-29
    This dataset contains a data report which summarizes information that was collected as part of the NSF-sponsored Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmospheric System (ATLAS) project called "Arctic Climate Change, Substrate, and Vegetation." The goal of...
    • ATLAS
    1.0
    2011-09-14
    This dataset summarizes information that was collected as part of the Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System (ATLAS) project called "Arctic Climate Change, Substrate, and Vegetation." This dataset summarizes vegetation data that were...
    • ATLAS
    1.0
    2011-09-14
    This dataset links to supplemental information for the project.
    • MILAGRO
    final completed
    This dataset contains profiler imagery from Veracruz, Mexico collected during the MILAGRO field project.
    • MILAGRO
    final 1.0
    2008-10-07
    This dataset contains sounding data from the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) taken during the Southwest Area Monsoon Project 1990 (SWAMP-90). Neither the NSSL or NCAR/EOL has performed any quality control on this dataset.
    • NAMAP
    final 1.0
    2008-05-29
    This data set contains ozone surface data and 133 meteorological and 82 ozone vertical profile measurements collected from the surface to a maximum altitude of 1400 meters above the ground surface in Summit, Greenland. The data were collected from a...
    • ARCSS
    1.0
    2009-04-29
    The Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Hygrometer (VCSEL) flew aboard the NSF/NCAR GV during HIPPO-2. The data are in NASA AMES format.
    • HIPPO2
    final 1.0
    2012-12-07
    The Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Hygrometer (VCSEL) flew aboard the NSF/NCAR GV during HIPPO-3. The data are in NASA AMES format.
    • HIPPO3
    final 1.0
    2013-01-11
    The Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Hygrometer (VCSEL) flew aboard the NSF/NCAR GV during HIPPO-4. The data are in NASA AMES format.
    • HIPPO4
    final 1.0
    2013-01-16
    The Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Hygrometer (VCSEL) flew aboard the NSF/NCAR GV during HIPPO-5. The data are in NASA AMES format.
    • HIPPO5
    final 1.0
    2013-01-16
    The vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) hygrometer measures water vapor concentration throughout the troposphere and lower stratosphere at high frequency (25 times per second), precision (<3%), and accuracy (5-10%). The data are in NASA...
    • TORERO
    final 1.0
    2013-02-22
    This dataset contains data from the Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Hygrometer (VCSEL) from the START08 project. This data set contains a single txt file per flight.
    • START08
    final 1.0
    2009-08-03
    The Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Hygrometer (VCSEL) [RF01-07 only] flew aboard the NSF/NCAR GV during HIPPO-1. The data are in NASA AMES format.
    • HIPPO
    final 1.0
    2011-05-17
    This data set contains the vertical wind data from the NSF/NCAR C-130 and the NOAA P-3 comparison flight on 29 June 2013 during the Nitrogen, Oxidants, Mercury and Aerosol Distributions, Sources and Sinks (NOMADSS) project, part of the Southeast...
    • SAS
    final 1.0
    2013-12-20
    This dataset contains Very-short-lived Halocarbon Species Air and Seawater data collected aboard the NOAA Ka'imimoana from 27 January to 28 February 2012 as part of the field campaign of the Tropical Ocean Troposhere Exchange of Reactive Halogen...
    • TORERO
    final 1.0
    2013-05-20
    Visible reflectance (two channels) and infrared brightness temperature (four channels) data derived from NOAA-20, NOAA-21, and NPP VIIRS satellite observations for the CAESAR (Cold Air Outbreak Experiment in the Sub-Arctic Region) campaign region.
    • CAESAR
    final 1.0
    2024-11-05
    A link is provided to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (NMI) THREDDS server archive of polar swath data from the NPP and NOAA-21 VIIRS, the NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 AVHRR, and Aqua MODIS instruments. These data are in NetCDF format.
    • CAESAR
    This data set is a single ascii text file of data from 28 PAM stations.
    • VINN
    final 1.0
    2014-06-20
    This dataset include visible, Infrared (IR), and water vapor satellite imagery for the western United States, including Utah and Colorado. These imagery were collected during the IDEAL (Instabilities, Dynamics, and Energetics accompanying Atmospheric...
    • IDEAL
    final 1.0
    2018-02-28
    This dataset includes VOC Level 2 Radar Imagery from the VORTEX2 field catalog. The files are png images. See the catalog link in the related links section below to access the field catalog.
    • VORTEX2
    final 1.0
    2009-08-04
    A measurement intensive campaign was carried out in Barrow, Alaska in spring 2009 as part of the Ocean-Atmosphere-Sea-Ice-Snowpack program. This dataset contains Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) measured using the Trace Organic Gas Analyzer (TOGA)...
    • ARCSS
    • ACADIS
    1.0
    2012-01-04
    A link to the VOCALS Field Catalog Reports section which contains VOCALS Daily Weather Discussions among others.
    • VOCALS
    final completed
    This dataset provides a link to the VOCALS Field Catalog Reports section which includes facility status reports from the campaign.
    • VOCALS
    final completed
    This data set contains a 9-panel JPG figure, in which CCN injection from sea surface was simulated under various meteorological conditions (W for wet and D for dry), aerosol background conditions (50, 100 and 200 /mg) and seeding strategies (P1 and P3...
    • VOCALS
    final 1.0
    2012-08-01
    This dataset provides a link to the VOCALS Field Catalog Reports section which includes the VOCALS Operations Plan of the Day from the campaign.
    • VOCALS
    final completed
    A link to the VOCALS Field Catalog Reports section which includes VOCALS Science Director Educational Short Talks among others.
    • VOCALS
    final completed
    This dataset contains Darwin Ash Advisory text products produced by the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) during the HIPPO-4 project. The files are in TXT format and cover the time span from 2011-06-18 09:28:00 to 2011-07-31 01:53:00.
    • HIPPO4
    final 1.0
    2013-03-08
    This dataset contains Darwin Ash Graphical products produced by the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) during the HIPPO-4 project. The imagery are in GIF and PNG format. The imagery cover the time span from 2011-06-01 00:31:00 to 2011-07-13 12:16:00.
    • HIPPO4
    final 1.0
    2013-03-08
    This dataset contains Darwin, Australia Ash Graphic text products by VAAC during the HIPPO-5 project. The imagery are in GIF format. The imagery cover the time span from 2011-08-14 03:56:00 to 2011-10-08 05:48:00.
    • HIPPO5
    final 1.0
    2013-03-29
    This dataset contains Tokyo Ash Advisory text products produced by the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) during the HIPPO-4 project. The files are in TXT format and cover the time span from 2011-06-19 21:02:00 to 2011-08-03 12:10:00.
    • HIPPO4
    final 1.0
    2013-03-08
    This dataset contains Wellington Ash Advisory text products produced bythe Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) during the HIPPO-4 project. The files are in TXT format and cover the time span from 2011-06-22 17:41:00 to 2011-06-24 11:51:00.
    • HIPPO4
    final 1.0
    2013-03-08
    This dataset contains Wellington Ash Graphical products produced by the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) during the HIPPO-4 project. The imagery are in PNG format. The imagery cover the time span from 2011-06-22 17:41:00 to 2011-06-22 17:41:00.
    • HIPPO4
    final 1.0
    2013-03-08
    Cimarron ia a 10 cm wavelength multiparameter Doppler radar that provided data on target storms during VORTEX. Data collected consists of reflectivity and velocity spectra as well as multiparameter information.
    • VORTEX
    NOAA operated a WP-3D research aricraft during VORTEX. It carries 2 radars: A non-coherent horizontally scanning lower fuselage radar and a 3 cm wavelength vertically scanning tail Doppler radar. Both radars are three-axis stabilized.
    • VORTEX
    The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX) 10-second Class Soundings dataset contains the high resolution sounding data collected by NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) and National Center for Atmospheric...
    • VORTEX
    • GCIP/GIST
    final 1.0
    2011-08-24
    The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX) 6-second National Weather Service (NWS) Soundings dataset contains high resolution sounding data extracted from NWS MicroART Sounding systems at 12 sites in the VORTEX project...
    • VORTEX
    final 1.0
    2011-08-24
    GOES-7 IR imagery collected during the VORTEX period via PC-McIDAS and then converted to GIF image format. These data are available for browsing purposes.
    • VORTEX
    final 1.0
    1995-10-26
    Digital GOES-7 1-km visible imagery for selected case days during VORTEX-94. Also includes 2-km data for all project days. These data are in GIF format for browsing purposes.
    • VORTEX
    final 1.0
    1995-10-26
    The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX) High Resolution Surface Composite dataset contains data collected from the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS), AWOS, and Oklahoma Mesonet observing stations in the...
    • VORTEX
    final 1.0
    2011-08-24
    FSL/Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System 3-D version every 3 hours is to be used as input for the Oklahoma Local Analysis and Prediction System (O-LAPS). Thisincludes 3-hr forecasts, and every 12 hours, one 6-hr, one 9-hr and one 12-hr forecast....
    • VORTEX
    NOAA/FSL ran the MAPS Sfc Analysis every hour at a standard resolution of about 60 km. These fields are used as part of the initialization of the O-LAPS. The data cutoff for the model runs was about 1 hour.
    • VORTEX
    NMC eta Model 1000mb Analyses for the VORTEX period.
    • VORTEX
    final 1.0
    1995-10-27
    NMC eta Model 500mb Analyses for the VORTEX period.
    • VORTEX
    final 1.0
    1995-10-27
    NMC eta Model 850mb Analyses for the VORTEX period.
    • VORTEX
    final 1.0
    1995-10-27
    NOAA/AOC operated a NOAA WP-3D aircraft from 10 May to 10 June 1994 for VORTEX for approximately 85 research hours. The aircraft routinely measures flight level state parameters (temperature, moisture and winds) and basic microphysical variables ...
    • VORTEX
    Daily radar reflectivity GIF images of a sector of the WSI Nowrad composite for the VORTEX period. The sector was generally centered over the VORTEX domain, but was occasionally moved. These data are provided for browsing purposes.
    • VORTEX
    final 1.0
    1996-11-07
    O-LAPS ingest, quality controls and analyzes conventional and research data for use in real-time storm-scale forecast experiments. Fields include sfc pressure, temp, humidity and wind analysis.
    • VORTEX
    final 1.0
    2011-05-17
    List of stations whose data are included in the VORTEX data sets. List includes station name, latitude, longitude,elevation, station type, observing network ID, and station id.
    • VORTEX
    final 1.0
    1995-10-30
    The VORTEX-95 10-second Class Soundings dataset contains the high resolution sounding data collected by NSSL and NCAR Fixed and Mobile CLASS systems in the VORTEX project domain. The dataset contains one sounding level every 10 seconds. These data have...
    • VORTEX-95
    • GCIP/ESOP-95
    final 1.0
    2011-08-24
    The VORTEX-95 6-second NWS Soundings dataset contains high resolution sounding data extracted from NWS MicroART Sounding systems at 12 sites in the VORTEX project domain. The dataset contains one sounding level every 6 seconds. This dataset includes...
    • VORTEX-95
    final 1.0
    2011-08-24
    GOES-8 IR imagery collected during the VORTEX-95 period via PC-McIDAS. Images are generally available every 15 minutes. Files are stored on the tape in compressed McIDAS format.
    • VORTEX-95
    GOES-8 IR imagery collected during the VORTEX-95 period via PC-McIDAS and then converted to GIF image format. These data are available for browsing purposes.
    • VORTEX-95
    final 1.0
    1995-08-17
    Digital GOES-8 2-km visible imagery for selected case days during VORTEX-95. These data are in GIF format for browsing purposes.
    • VORTEX-95
    final 1.0
    1995-08-17
    This dataset contains GOES-8 Visible imagery collected during the VORTEX-95 Field program. These data were collected at 2 KM resolution every 15 minutes from a fixed sector over the VORTEX-95 region. These data are in McIDAS format
    • VORTEX-95
    Digital GOES-8 water vapor imagery that were collected during VORTEX-95. These data are in McIDAS format.
    • VORTEX-95
    The VORTEX-95 High Resolution Surface Composite dataset contains data collected from ASOS, AWOS, and Oklahoma Mesonet observing stations in the VORTEX domain at temporal resolutions of 5-minute for the ASOS and Oklahoma Mesonet networks, and 20-minute...
    • VORTEX-95
    final 1.0
    2011-08-24
    FSL/Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System 3-D version every 3 hours is to be used as input for the Oklahoma Local Analysis and Prediction System (O-LAPS). Thisincludes 3-hr forecasts, and every 12 hours, one 6-hr, one 9-hr and one 12-hr forecast....
    • VORTEX-95
    NOAA/FSL ran the MAPS Sfc Analysis every hour at a standard resolution of about 60 km. These fields are used as part of the initialization of the O-LAPS. The data cutoff for the model runs was about 1 hour. This output includes pressure, temperature,...
    • VORTEX-95
    This dataset consists of airborne doppler radar measurements of selected tornadic storms made by the ELDORA radar aboard the NCAR Electra aircraft during the VORTEX-95 Field Project. This radar is specifically designed to provide dual doppler...
    • VORTEX-95
    final 1.0
    2011-09-14
    Case day radar reflectivity GIF images of a sector of the WSI Nowrad composite for the VORTEX period. The sector was generally centered over the VORTEX domain, but was occasionally moved. These data are provided for browsing purposes.
    • VORTEX-95
    final 1.0
    1996-11-07
    O-LAPS ingest, quality controls and analyzes conventional and research data for use in real-time storm-scale forecast experiments. Fields include sfc pressure, temp, humidity and wind analysis. This dataset was run during the VORTEX-95 field program.
    • VORTEX-95
    List of stations whose data are included in the VORTEX-95 data sets. List includes station name, latitude, longitude,elevation, station type, observing network ID, and station id.
    • VORTEX-95
    final 1.0
    1996-03-27
    WSI provided PPI reflectivity data composited from individual NWS radars (NOWRAD) every 15 minutes at 2 KM resolution during VORTEX-95. A fixed regional sector was collected. These data are in McIDAS format.
    • VORTEX-95
    This data set from Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 95 (VORTEX-95) of Cross Chain LORAN Atmospheric Sounding System (CLASS) is of data in separate files in both ascii and binary sounding tar files. There are sounding data...
    • VORTEX-95
    final 1.0
    2014-07-22
    This dataset contains a link to the VORTEX-SE_2017 Field Catalog Aircraft Products section which contains flight track plots for the NOAA P-3 flights during the project.
    • VORTEX-SE_2017
    final completed
    This dataset includes a link to the VORTEX-SE 2017 Catalog Maps tool which was primarily for NOAA P-3 operations.
    • VORTEX-SE_2017
    final completed
    This dataset provides a link to the VORTEX-SE 2017 Field Catalog Lidar Products section which includes Doppler Lidar and ceilometer imagery during the campaign.
    • VORTEX-SE_2017
    final completed
    This dataset provides a link to the VORTEX-SE 2017 Field Catalog Analysis Products section which includes SPC mesoanalysis imagery.
    • VORTEX-SE_2017
    final completed
    This dataset provides a link to the VORTEX-SE 2017 Field Catalog Missions section which provides a summary of VORTEX-SE 2017 missions.
    • VORTEX-SE_2017
    final completed
    This dataset provides a link to the VORTEX-SE 2017 Field Catalog Model Products section.
    • VORTEX-SE_2017
    final completed
    This dataset contains a link to the VORTEX-SE 2017 Field Catalog Radar Products section which inclujdes WSR-88D mosaic and single radar products as well as the University of Massachusetts FMCW radar.
    • VORTEX-SE_2017
    final completed

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