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- All data sets
- sups_bco_mets00_l1_any (BCO Surface meteorology Level-1 data)
- sups_bco_wrs00_l2_dbz (S-Band Doppler Radar Reflectivity Barbados)
- sups_bco_wrs00_l2_rr (S-Band Doppler Radar Rain Rates Barbados)
- sups_ces_ceilo00_l1_any (Vaisala LD40 ceilometer backscatter and cloud base data)
- sups_ces_gnss00_l1_any (Cabauw GNSS variables)
- sups_ces_gnss00_l2_prw (Cabauw GNSS Integrated Water Vapor)
- sups_ces_irt00_l1_tb (Cabauw Heimann IR sky temperature quality checked data)
- sups_ces_irtS00_l1_clt (Cabauw NubiScope scanning pyrometer cloud cover data)
- sups_ces_mets00_l1_any (Cabauw Surface Meteo Variables)
- sups_ces_mett00_l1_any (Cabauw Tower Basic Meteo Variables)
- sups_ces_mwr00_l1_tb (RPG HATPRO microwave radiometer brightness temperature data)
- sups_ces_mwr00_l2_clwvi (RPG HATPRO microwave radiometer Liquid Water Path (LWP) data)
- sups_ces_mwr00_l2_hua (RPG HATPRO microwave radiometer tropospheric humidity profile data)
- sups_ces_mwr00_l2_prw (RPG HATPRO microwave radiometer Integrated Water Vapour (IWV) data)
- sups_ces_mwr00_l2_ta (RPG HATPRO microwave radiometer retrieved tropospheric temperature profile data)
- sups_ces_mwrBL00_l1_tb (RPG HATPRO microwave radiometer boundary layer scan brightness temperature data)
- sups_ces_mwrBL00_l2_ta (RPG HATPRO microwave radiometer boundary layer scan retrieved air temperature data)
- sups_ces_pyr00_l1_rsds (Cabauw BSRN quality checked downward shortwave flux data)
- sups_ces_pyrg00_l1_rlds (Cabauw BSRN quality checked downward longwave flux data)
- sups_ces_rlid00_l1_beta (CAELI Raman Lidar backscatter data)
- sups_ces_rwp00_l2_wind (KNMI Lower Atmospheric Profiler LAP3000)
- sups_ces_sonde00_l1_any (RS92 GRUAN Data Product (Version 1); De Bilt Radiosonde Meteo Variables)
- sups_ces_uvlid00_l1_beta (Leosphere ALS450 UV-Lidar backscatter data)
- sups_joy_ceilo00_l1_any (Jenoptik CHM15k ceilometer data)
- sups_joy_ceilo00_l1_beta (Jenoptik CHM15k ceilometer data)
- sups_joy_ceilo00_l2_zcb (Jenoptik CHM15k ceilometer cloud base)
- sups_joy_ceilo00_l2_zmlaa (Jenoptik CHM15k ceilometer level-2 data: mixing layer height from aerosol backscatter)
- sups_joy_ceilo01_l1_any (Vaisala CT25K ceilometer data)
- sups_joy_ceilo01_l2_zcb (Vaisala CT25k ceilometer level2 data: cloud base height)
- sups_joy_cln00_l4_class (Cloudnet categorization dataset)
- sups_joy_cln00_l4_cllw (Daily files of Cloudnet liquid water content at JOYCE)
- sups_joy_cln00_l4_drlw (Daily files of Cloudnet drizzle water content data at JOYCE)
- sups_joy_cr00_l1_any (Cloud radar data)
- sups_joy_dlidCUST00_l1_any (Doppler Lidar custom scanning data)
- sups_joy_dlidCUST00_l2_wind (Doppler Lidar custom scanning wind data)
- sups_joy_dlidDBS00_l1_any (Doppler Lidar Doppler beam swing data)
- sups_joy_dlidDBS00_l2_wind (Doppler Lidar Doppler beam swing wind data)
- sups_joy_dlidST00_l1_any (Doppler Lidar vertical stare data)
- sups_joy_dlidST00_l2_zmlaw (Mixing layer height from Doppler lidar vertical wind)
- sups_joy_dlidVAD00_l1_any (Doppler Lidar Doppler vertical azimuth display data)
- sups_joy_ipt00_l4_cllw (Cloud liquid water content profile from the Integrated Profiling Technique (IPT))
- sups_joy_ipt00_l4_hua (Absolute humidity profile from the Integrated Profiling Technique (IPT))
- sups_joy_ipt00_l4_reffclw (Effective radius profile of cloud liquid water from the Integrated Profiling Technique (IPT))
- sups_joy_ipt00_l4_ta (Air temperature profile from the Integrated Profiling Technique (IPT))
- sups_joy_mett00_l1_any (Juelich meteorological tower)
- sups_joy_mwr00_l1_tb (Microwave radiometer brightness temperatures)
- sups_joy_mwr00_l2_clwvi (Microwave radiometer retrieved clwvi)
- sups_joy_mwr00_l2_hua (Microwave radiometer retrieved humidity profile)
- sups_joy_mwr00_l2_prw (Microwave radiometer retrieved prw)
- sups_joy_mwr00_l2_ta (Microwave radiometer retrieved temperature profile)
- sups_joy_mwrBL00_l1_tb (Microwave radiometer brightness temperatures boundary layer scans)
- sups_joy_mwrBL00_l2_ta (Microwave radiometer retrieved temperature profile from boundary layers scans)
- sups_joy_pyr00_l1_rsds (Downwelling shortwave irradiance)
- sups_joy_pyr01_l1_rsds (Downwelling shortwave irradiance)
- sups_joy_pyr02_l1_rsds (Downwelling shortwave irradiance)
- sups_joy_pyrg00_l1_rlds (Downwelling long wave irradiance)
- sups_joy_pyrg01_l1_rlds (Downwelling long wave irradiance)
- sups_joy_pyrg02_l1_rlds (Downwelling long wave irradiance)
- sups_lac_cln00_l4_class (Cloudnet categorization dataset)
- sups_lac_cln00_l4_cllw (Cloudnet liquid water content dataset)
- sups_lac_cln00_l4_iwc (Cloudnet ice water content dataset)
- sups_lac_dm00_l1_any (LACROS disdrometer data)
- sups_lac_mwr00_l1_tb (Microwave radiometer brightness temperatures)
- sups_lac_mwr00_l2_clwvi (Microwave radiometer retrieved clwvi)
- sups_lac_mwr00_l2_hua (Microwave radiometer retrieved humidity profile)
- sups_lac_mwr00_l2_prw (Microwave radiometer retrieved prw)
- sups_lac_mwr00_l2_ta (Microwave radiometer retrieved temperature profile)
- sups_lac_mwrBL00_l1_tb (Microwave radiometer brightness temperatures boundary layer scans)
- sups_lac_mwrBL00_l2_ta (Microwave radiometer retrieved temperature profile from boundary layers scans)
- sups_lmu_cln00_l4_class (Cloudnet categorization dataset)
- sups_lmu_cln00_l4_cllw (Cloudnet liquid water content dataset)
- sups_lmu_cln00_l4_iwc (Cloudnet ice water content dataset)
- sups_rao_ceilo00_l1_any (Jenoptik CHM15k ceilometer data)
- sups_rao_ceilo00_l1_beta (Jenoptik CHM15k ceilometer uncalibrated attenuated backscatter data)
- sups_rao_ceilo00_l2_zmlaa (Jenoptik CHM15k ceilometer level-2 data: mixing layer height from aerosol backscatter)
- sups_rao_cln00_l4_class (Cloudnet categorization dataset)
- sups_rao_cln00_l4_cllw (Cloudnet liquid water content dataset)
- sups_rao_cln00_l4_iwc (Cloudnet ice water content dataset)
- sups_rao_cr00_l1_any (Cloud radar data)
- sups_rao_dlidVAD00_l1_any (Doppler Lidar vertical azimuth)
- sups_rao_dlidVAD00_l2_wind (Doppler Lidar vertical azimuth display level-2 data)
- sups_rao_ipt00_l4_cllw (Cloud liquid water content profile from the Integrated Profiling Technique (IPT))
- sups_rao_ipt00_l4_hua (Absolute humidity profile from the Integrated Profiling Technique (IPT))
- sups_rao_ipt00_l4_reffclw (Effective radius profile of cloud liquid water from the Integrated Profiling Technique (IPT))
- sups_rao_ipt00_l4_ta (Air temperature profile from the Integrated Profiling Technique (IPT))
- sups_rao_mets00_l1_any (Meteorological surface data level 1)
- sups_rao_mett00_l1_any (Meteorological tower data Level-1)
- sups_rao_mwr00_l1_tb (Microwave radiometer data)
- sups_rao_mwr00_l2_clwvi (Microwave radiometer data)
- sups_rao_mwr00_l2_hua (Microwave radiometer data)
- sups_rao_mwr00_l2_prw (Microwave radiometer data)
- sups_rao_mwr00_l2_ta (Microwave radiometer data)
- sups_rao_pyr00_l1_rsds (Shortwave broadband downwelling radiation data)
- sups_rao_pyrg00_l1_rlds (Longwave broadband downwelling radiation data)
- sups_ufs_cln00_l4_class (Cloudnet categorization dataset)
- sups_ufs_cln00_l4_cllw (Cloudnet liquid water content dataset)
- sups_ufs_cln00_l4_iwc (Cloudnet ice water content dataset)
- Full Domain
- Ground based
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- Data sets
- hdfd_fub_modis00_l3_surfalb (MODIS surface albedo (white sky) 1km)
- hdfd_fub_modis01_l3_ndvi (MODIS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index 250m)
- hdfd_fub_modis01_l3_sle (MODIS land surface emissivity 1km)
- hdfd_fub_modis01_l2_sst (MODIS sea surface temperature 1km)
- hdfd_fub_modis01_l3_ts (MODIS land surface temperature 1km)
- hdfd_fub_modis02_l3_ndvi (MODIS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index 250m)
- hdfd_fub_modis02_l3_sle (MODIS land surface emissivity 1km)
- hdfd_fub_modis02_l2_sst (MODIS sea surface temperature 1km)
- hdfd_fub_modis02_l3_ts (MODIS land surface temperature 1km)
- hdfd_igmk_cmnet00_l2_zcb (Ceilometer cloud base altitude)
- hdfd_igmk_cmnetsev00_l4_cloud (Ceilometer cloud base altitudes and MSG SEVIRI cloud top altitudes)
- hdfd_igmk_gnssnet00_l2_prw (GNSS path of integrated water vapor)
- hdfd_miub_drnet00_l3_dbz (RADOLAN Radar Reflectivity)
- hdfd_miub_drnet00_l3_rr (RADOLAN Rainfall Rate Composite)
- hdfd_trop_seviri00_l2_clm (Cloud mask)
- hdfd_trop_seviri00_l2_ciwvi (Atmospheric path of integrated cloud ice water)
- hdfd_trop_seviri00_l2_clwvi (Atmospheric path of integrated cloud liquid water)
- hdfd_trop_seviri00_l2_otc (Cloud optical thickness)
- hdfd_trop_seviri00_l2_reffcli (Effective radius of cloud ice particles)
- hdfd_trop_seviri00_l2_reffclw (Effective radius of cloud liquid particles)
- hdfd_trop_seviri00_l2_zgct (Cloud top altitude (geometric height above geoid))
- Local Observations
- Short Term Observations
- HALO Campaigns
- HOPE Campaign
- hope_ipm_dial00_l1_hua (Absolute humidity from DIAL)
- hope_ipm_rlid00_l1_ta (Mean air temperature profiles from Raman lidar)
- hope_kic_dlidDBS00_l2_wind (WindTracer wind direction, wind speed (u,v) from VAD)
- hope_kic_dlidST00_l1_any (WindTracer backscatter coefficient, signal to noise ratio, radial velocity)
- hope_kic_dlidST01_l1_any (WindTracer backscatter coefficient, signal to noise ratio, radial velocity)
- hope_kic_dlidST03_l1_any (WindTracer signal to noise ratio, radial velocity)
- hope_kic_mets00_l1_any (Meteorological data (near surface))
- hope_kic_mets00_l2_hfss (Sensible Heat Flux)
- hope_kic_mets01_l1_any (Meteorological data near surface)
- hope_kic_mets01_l2_hfss (Sensible Heat Flux)
- hope_kic_mets02_l2_hfss (Sensible Heat Flux)
- hope_kic_mwr00_l1_tb (Microwave radiometer brightness temperatures)
- hope_kic_mwr00_l2_clwvi (Integrated water vapor)
- hope_kic_mwr00_l2_prw (Liquid water vapor)
- hope_kic_sebs00_l1_any (Meteorological data (near surface and soil))
- hope_kic_sebs00_l2_hfls (Energy balance components)
- hope_kic_sebs00_l2_hfss (Energy balance components)
- hope_kic_sebs00_l2_rnets (Energy balance components)
- hope_kic_sebs01_l1_any (Meteorological data (near surface and soil))
- hope_kic_sebs01_l2_hfls (Energy balance components)
- hope_kic_sebs01_l2_hfss (Energy balance components)
- hope_kic_sebs01_l2_rnets (Energy balance components)
- hope_kic_sonde00_l1_any (Radio sounding)
- hope_lac_ceilo00_l1_any (Jenoptik CHM15kx ceilometer data)
- hope_lac_ceilo00_l1_beta (Jenoptik CHM15k ceilometer uncalibrated attenuated backscatter data)
- hope_lac_ceilo00_l2_zmlaa (Jenoptik CHM15k ceilometer level-2 data: mixing layer height from aerosol backscatter)
- hope_lac_cln00_l4_aclass (aerosol classification dataset)
- hope_lac_cln00_l4_class (Cloudnet categorization dataset)
- hope_lac_cln00_l4_cllw (Cloudnet liquid water content dataset)
- hope_lac_cln00_l4_iwc (Cloudnet ice water content dataset)
- hope_lac_cr00_l1_any (Cloud radar data)
- hope_lac_dm00_l1_any (LACROS disdrometer data)
- hope_lac_mwr00_l1_tb (LACROS Microwave radiometer brightness temperatures)
- hope_lac_mwr00_l2_clwvi (LACROS Microwave radiometer retrieved clwvi)
- hope_lac_mwr00_l2_hua (LACROS Microwave radiometer retrieved humidity profile)
- hope_lac_mwr00_l2_prw (LACROS Microwave radiometer retrieved prw)
- hope_lac_mwr00_l2_ta (LACROS Microwave radiometer retrieved temeprature profile)
- hope_lac_mwrBL00_l1_tb (LACROS Microwave radiometer brightness temperatures boundary layer scans)
- hope_lac_mwrBL00_l2_ta (LACROS Microwave radiometer retrieved temperature profile from boundary layers scans)
- hope_lim_rlmwr00_l4_humr (Humidity mixing ratio profiles from a combination of Raman lidar and microwave radiometer)
- hope_trop_pyrnet00_l1_hur (Relative Humidity)
- hope_trop_pyrnet00_l1_rsds (Shortwave broadband downwelling shortwave radiation (surface))
- hope_trop_pyrnet00_l1_ta (Air temperature near to surface)
- hope_trop_pyrnet01_l1_hur (Relative Humidity)
- hope_trop_pyrnet01_l1_rsds (Shortwave broadband downwelling shortwave radiation (surface))
- hope_trop_pyrnet01_l1_ta (Air temperature near to surface)
- hope_unibas_rlid00_l1_any (Raman-Lidar Range Corrected Backscatter Signal)
- hope_unibas_rlid00_l2_humr (Water Vapour mixing ratio)
- HOPE - Melpitz Campaign
- hopm_lac_cln00_l4_iwc (Cloudnet ice water content dataset)
- hopm_lac_dm00_l1_any (LACROS disdrometer data)
- hopm_lac_mwr00_l2_clwvi (Microwave radiometer retrieved clwvi)
- hopm_lac_mwr00_l2_hua (Microwave radiometer retrieved humidity profile)
- hopm_lac_mwr00_l2_prw (Microwave radiometer retrieved prw)
- hopm_lac_mwr00_l2_ta (Microwave radiometer retrieved temeprature profile)
- hopm_trop_actos00_l1_any (Airborne measurements with ACTOS)
- hopm_trop_pyrnet00_l1_hur (Relative Humidity)
- hopm_trop_pyrnet00_l1_rsds (Shortwave broadband downwelling shortwave radiation (surface))
- hopm_trop_pyrnet00_l1_ta (Air temperature near to surface)
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