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COLA (Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies)
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Research, Technical reports, Current Weather, Climate and Forecasts,
GrADS software and links to other related online resources.
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The Goddard DAAC (Distributed Active Archive Center)
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Data sets are organized into different catalogies, such as
Atmospheric Chemistry,Atmospheric Dynamics, Field Experiments,
Hydrology, Interdisciplinary, Land Biosphere, Ocean Color. Also
included are description and software infomation.
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LAMONT-DOHERTY Earth Observatory
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Data catalogies include Life, Oceans Climate and Environment, Solid
Earth. Located at Columbia University.
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PMEL (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory)
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Real Time Ovservational Data (Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean (TAO) buoy
network, Real-Time Tsunami Data, 1997-98 El Niņo Sea Level for the
US West Coast, Alaska, Hawaii, Research Ship Ka'imimoana, Research Ship
Miller Freeman), Climatology Data (Live Access to Climate Databases via
the FERRET Program, Inventory of Climate and Topographic Databases),
and Observational in-situ Data sets.
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SCSMEX (South China Sea Monsoon Experiment)
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Data from TRMM: TRMM Gridded Subsets, TRMM and GV Station Coincidence Data
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TSDIS (TRMM Science Data and Information System)
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All users can access to TRMM Gridded Rainfall Products, include 3G01
Products, 3G68 Products, 3G68Land Products and readme files.
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NODC (National Oceanographic Data Center)
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Data is organized according to different progarms and projects (e.g. Coastal Water Temperature Guide, Global Ocean Temperature and Salinity Profile Program), as
well as to different parameters, such as chlorophyll, nutrients, ocean
currents, oxygen, plankton, salinity, sea level, temperature, waves.
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CDC (Climate Diagnostic Center)
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Maps for weather and climate products, U.S. and
Boulder Climate Data, a Climate research data and resource collection,
including Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS). There is
also Prediction of tropical Atlantic SST.
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CPC (Climate Prediction Center)
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Climate Summaries, Weekly/MonthlyDegree Days, Palmer Drought Data,
Weekly/MonthlyPrecip/Temp Tables, Weekly 89x89 Snow Cover Products,
Daily 1024x1024 Snow Cover.
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NOAASIS (NOAA Satellite Information System)
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A central location for finding information about NOAA environmental satellites (GOES and POES). Information is provided by various contributors within the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) and the external satellite community. This site provides information of particular interest to users who operate their own direct readout receiving stations.
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FERRET climate_server
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Many data sets here, the temperoal and spatial range and even the
format of the data of interest can be specified.
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SAA (Satellite Active Archive Center)
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AVHRR Level 1B 1978/10/19->Present, TOVS/ATOVS Level 1B 1979/07/02->Present.
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EOS (NASA Earth Observing System)
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It consists of a science component and a data system supporting a coordinated series of polar-orbiting and low inclination satellites for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans.
It links to several important online data centers.
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EOSDIS (EOS Data and Information System)
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Search and order data online. Must register for full access.
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NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Programs
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10-day composited NDVI and channel radiance images (FTP), Global
gridded monthly NDVI (FTP), DAAC Archive Search and Order, Metadata Overview for Global 10-day NDVI climate product...
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JPL PODAAC (Physical Oceanography DAAC)
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Data organized according to Parameters (atmospheric moisture,heat flux,
ocean wind, sea surface height, SST, tide models, a multi-parameter
data collection) and Satellites/Instruments(AVHRR, SSM/I,GEOS-3, NIMBUS-7 SMMR,TOGA...)
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JPL Earth Science Directory
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Although Earth is our home, we still have much to discover about it. At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, we are using a myriad of scientific instruments to study our changing planet.
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Remote Sensing Systems
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Daily, Monthly and Annual data from SSM/I and TMI
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WDC (The World Data Center System)
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A data system that has data centers allocated all over the world.
Easy to search centers for a particular continent.
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ECMWF(European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting)
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ECMWF/WCRP level III-A Global Atmospheric Data Archive (TOGA),
ECMWF Re-Analysis level III-B Global Atmospheric Data Archive and
other data archives such as ECMWF Monthly Means Data Set. But all
those are membership required.
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UMass Lowell WeatherLinks
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A site with comprehensive links of weather service and data.
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GOSIC (Global Observing Systems Information Center)
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The Global Observing System Information Center (GOSIC) provides information on the observing requirements, the operational data systems, and the access
procedures for finding and obtaining data and products of the G3OS. The G3OS consists of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), the Global Ocean Observing
System (GOOS), and the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS). GOSIC is supported by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the US
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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GHRC (Global Hydrology Resource Center)
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GHRC is a part of the Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC).
The GHRC supports product generation,
archive, and distribution of research
quality and operational data sets for the
TRMM Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS)
data products. The GHRC also supports
global tropospheric and stratospheric
temperatures derived from the
Microwave Sounding Unit, global
tropospheric water vapor derived from
the Special Sensor Microwave Temperature Sounder (SSM/T2), and aircraft passive microwave data collected during field experiments using the Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer (AMPR).
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ASF (Alaska SAR Facility )
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SF's primary mission is to acquire, process, archive, and distribute satellite
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data for the U.S. government and research
communities. Registration required to access data.
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EDC (USGS EROS Data Center DAAC)
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It's part NASA's Earth Observing System
(EOS) Data and Information System (EOSDIS) initiative to process, archive,
and distribute land-related data collected by EOS sensors, thereby promoting
the inter-disciplinary study and understanding of the integrated Earth system.
The EDC DAAC role subsequently was expanded to include processing and
distribution responsibilities related to Landsat 7 data. We will archive and
distribute ASTER and MODIS data from Terra, the first EOS satellite.
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The NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center
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Registration required for most of the data sets.
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SEDAC (Socioeconomic data and applications center)
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Its mission is to develop and operate applications that support
the integration of socioeconomic and Earth science data and to serve as
an "Information Gateway" between the Earth and social sciences.
It has a "China Dimensions Data Collection".
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NCDC (National Climatic Data Center)
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NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds
to data requests from all over the world. NCDC operates the World Data Center for Meteorology, Asheville which is
collocated at NCDC.
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NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction)
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he National Centers for Environmental Prediction provide timely, accurate and continually improving worldwide
forecast guidance products. NCEP, a critical part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National
Weather Service, is the starting point for nearly all weather forecasts in the United States. The NCEP consists of nine national centers.
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AWC (Aviation Weather Center)
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CPC (Climate Prediction Center)
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The mission of the Climate Prediction Center is to maintain a continuous watch on short-term climate
fluctuations and to diagnose and predict them. These efforts are designed to assist agencies both
inside and outside the federal government in coping with such climate related problems as food supply,
energy allocation, and water resources.
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EMC (Environmental Modeling Center)
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the EMC develops,
improves and monitors data assimilation systems and
models of the atmosphere, ocean and coupled system,
using advanced methods
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HPC (Hydrometeorological Perdiction Center)
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The HPC provides basic hydrometeorological analyses
and forecasts for National Weather Service Field Offices and other meteorological interests. HPC meteorologists
serve as experts in quantitative precipitation forecasting and numerical model interpretation. Products provided
by the HPC include surface analyses, outlooks for heavy rain and snow, as well as guidance weather forecasts
through five days.
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MPC (Marine Prediction Center)
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The MPC originates and issues marine warnings and forecasts,
continually monitors and analyzes maritime data, and provides guidance of marine atmospheric
variables for purposes of protection of life and property, safety at sea, and enhancement of
economic opportunity.
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SEC (Space Environment Center)
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Providing space weather alerts and warnings to the nation and the world for disturbances that can affect people and
equipment working in space and on Earth
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SPC (Storm Prediction Center)
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The SPC monitors and forecasts severe and non-severe thunderstorms,
tornadoes, and other hazardous weather phenomena across the
conterminous U.S.
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TPC (Tropical Prediction Center)
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To save lives, mitigate property loss, and improve economic
efficiency by issuing watches, warnings, forecasts, and analyses of hazardous
tropical weather.
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COAPS (Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies)
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Focuses on the research in interannual and interdecadal
variability of the Earth's climate as affected by the
tropical and mid-latitude oceans.
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CEOS IDN (International Directory Network) Node at ESA (European Space Agency)
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The European coordinating node of the CEOS IDN is located at the European Space Agency (ESA/ESRIN), Frascati, Italy to serve the
European community. The ESA node contains a full, up-to-date copy of the GCMD database.
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EOS WEBSTER UNH (University of New Hampshire)
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high spatial and temporal resolution climate data
particularly temperature, precipitation, vapor pressure, solar radiation, and humidity
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GENESIS (GPS Environmental & Earth Science Information System)
(Under construction)
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GENESIS is a suite of data services that brings together the new Earth science products to be produced by
spaceborne Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers on a diversity of new US and international missions,
and deliver them along with an array of user services.
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ESSW (Earth System Science Workbench) (Under construction)
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The Earth System Science Workbench (ESSW) is a suite of technologies and procedures
designed to help existing and future NASA Earth Science Information Partners (ESIPs)
bridge the separation between computing environments for earth science research and
computing environments for providing earth science information to others.
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GLCF (Global Land Cover Facility, the University of Maryland)
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The mission of the Global Land Cover Facility is to provide information about the Earth's land
cover, primarily to the Earth Science community, but also to other users such as schools or
businesses.
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Ocean ESIP
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Ocean ESIP is a member of NASA's Earth Science Information Partner (ESIP) Federation. Ocean ESIP will
provide improved satellite data products and simulation model output in support of coastal and global
change studies of the oceans.
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PM-ESIP (Passive Microwave ESIP)
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The Passive Microwave ESIP (PM-ESIP) provides science researchers and users with the capability to
interactively customize and receive hydrologic data sets for use in process studies, and regional and global climate
studies.
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UMAC (Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium, ESIP 3 / RESAC, University of North Dakota)
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develops products and services for Agriculture, for Natural Resource Management, and
for K-12 Education, using satellite imagery and other spatial technologies. Also
provides information and educational outreach services to the general public with respect
to regional impacts of environmental and climatic change.
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Earth Observing System Data Gateway
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EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of
Meteorological Satellites)
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EUMETSAT's primary objective is to establish, maintain and exploit European systems of operational
meteorological satellites. EUMETSAT is responsible for the launch and operation of the satellites and for
delivering satellite data to end users as well as contributing to the operational monitoring of climate.
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BADC (British Atmospheric Data Center)
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The role of the BADC is to assist UK atmospheric researchers to locate, access and interpret atmospheric
data and to ensure the long-term integrity of atmospheric data produced by NERC projects. The BADC has
substantial data holdings of its own and also provides information and links to data held by other data centres.
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NMCC (National Meteorological Center of China)
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NCCC (National Climate Center of China)
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CAMS (China Academy of Meteorological Science)
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atmospheric environment database, chinese natural disaster database,
earth environment any climate change database.
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CMA (China Meteorological Administration)
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CESDIN ()
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A Chinese climate and environment resource data center.
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CRU (Climate Research Unit)
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A UK institute concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change.
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Data Distribution Center of IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change)
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The DDC has been established to facilitate
the timely distribution of a consistent set of
up-to-date scenarios of changes in climate and
related environmental and socio-economic factors
for use in climate impacts assessments.
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LDEO data sources
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Gridded data sets from different centers
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