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NWS Weather Fatality, Injury and Damage Statistics The U.S. Natural Hazard Statistics provide statistical information on fatalities, injuries and damages caused by weather related hazards. These ...

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This monthly climatology data set contains a series of land surface parameters simulated from the Mosaic land-surface model (LSM) for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). ...

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This data set contains the monthly climatology data of the primary forcing data for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). The data are in 1/8th degree grid spacing. ...

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This monthly climatology data set contains a series of land surface parameters simulated from the Noah land-surface model (LSM) for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). ...

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This data set contains the monthly climatology data of the secondary forcing data for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). The data are in 1/8th degree grid spacing. ...

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Dust samples taken annually for five years from 55 sites in southern Nevada and California provide an unparalleled source of information on modern rates of dust deposition, grain size, ...

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This data set contains a series of land surface parameters simulated from the Mosaic land-surface model (LSM) for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). ...

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This data set contains a series of land surface parameters simulated from the Mosaic land-surface model (LSM) for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). The data are ...

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This data set contains a series of land surface parameters simulated from the Noah land-surface model (LSM) for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). The data are ...

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This data set contains a series of land surface parameters simulated from the Noah land-surface model (LSM) for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). The data are ...

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This data set contains the primary forcing data "File A" for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). The data are in 1/8th degree grid spacing and range from Jan 1979 ...

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This data set contains the monthly primary forcing data "File A" for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). The data are in 1/8th degree grid spacing and range from ...

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This data set contains the secondary forcing data "File B" for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). The data are in 1/8th degree grid spacing and range from Jan ...

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This data set contains the monthly secondary forcing data "File B" for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). The data are in 1/8th degree grid spacing and range from ...

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These energy consumption data were multiplied by their respective carbon dioxide emission factors, which are called carbon content coefficients by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These ...

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The International Polar Year Historical Data and Literature collection (formerly known as the Discovery and Access of Historic Literature from the IPYs (DAHLI) project) is an online data collection ...

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The Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) is a program of the National Ocean Service (NOS) that supports safe and cost-efficient navigation by providing ship masters and pilots with accurate ...

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ABSTRACT: NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is building high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) for select U.S. coastal regions. These integrated bathymetric-topographic DEMs ...

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ABSTRACT: The sea surface temperature (SST) products were derived from NOAA's Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) for the coastal United States. They were created by NOAA CoastWatch ...

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ABSTRACT: CoastWatch swath data derived from AVHRR is full pass swath projection data from different AVHRR receiving stations. The files contain multiple data variables stored using the HDF-4 Scientific ...

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This is a data set of spectral reflectance (400-2500 nm) of small, monospecific canopies formed from seedlings of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum). The trees ...

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ABSTRACT: NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is building high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) for select U.S. coastal regions. These integrated bathymetric-topographic DEMs ...

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Time-series oceanographic data for the coast of California collected by the USGS or used in conjunction with USGS projects. These data are stored as NetCDF files using conventions developed by NOAA's ...

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This data set contains measurements taken from six meteorological instruments operated at the Fresno super site from 5/24/2000 to 12/31/2006. The ambient temperature is measured by a Met One Instruments ...

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This data set contains the measurements taken with a single and dual wavelength aethalometer. The single wavelength aethalometer (model AE14) was operated at the Fresno supersite from December 17, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NARSTO_EPA_SS_LOS_ANGELES_PARTISOL_DATA -118.16,33.93,-117.33,34.13 2000-10-03T00:00:00Z 2003-09-19T00:00:00Z 2011-08-29T04:00:00Z

Data are available for samples collected using Partisol Model 2025-D samplers between late 2000 and late 2003 variously from sites at Downey, Claremont, Riverside, Rubidoux, and the University of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00542 -123.0,30.0,-77.0,48.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

U.S. Integrated Surface Irradiance Study (ISIS) Level 1 - 15 Minute Values and Statistics is digital data set DSI-9870, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).ISIS is a continuation ...

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U.S. Integrated Surface Irradiance Study (ISIS) Level 1 - Hourly Values is digital data set DSI-9871, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).ISIS is a continuation of earlier National ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_MAP_MF-2336 -125.029884,39.982655,-123.0,41.017353 2011-07-01T04:00:00Z

This database and accompanying plot files depict the distribution of geologic materials and structures at a regional (1:100,000) scale. The report is intended to provide geologic information for ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NASA_ARC_ASHOE_MAESA_DATA -122.0,37.0,-122.0,37.0-158.0,21.0,-158.0,21.0173.0,-43.0,173.0,-43.0 1994-03-01T00:00:00Z 1994-11-31T00:00:00Z 2011-01-28T05:00:00Z

[Summary Adapted from the ASHOE/MAESA Home Page] This CD-ROM contains data pertaining to the combined experiment: Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment; and Measurements for Assessing ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]POST -146.27,38.02,-123.12,60.69 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2010-07-01T04:00:00Z

The Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) Project's mission is to further understanding of the behaviour of marine animals through the operation of a large-scale ocean telemetry and data management ...

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FIRE Marine Stratus took place from 30 June through 19 July 1987 off the southwest coast of California . The experiment area extended from about 25N to 50N latitude and from ...

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[Source: NASA/GISS, http://data.giss.nasa.gov/rsp_air/ ] The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA/GISS) offers Photopolarimetry Measurements of Aerosols data taken by the Research Scanning ...

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An Optical Plankton Counter (OPC) was attached to the OSU SeaSoar system and towed along standard sections in the coastal region from Newport, Oregon to Crescent, California. These sections were ...

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As a part of the GLOBEC-Northeast Pacific project, line-transect surveys of cetaceans were conducted on two cruises to northern portion of the California ...

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As part of the Northeast Pacific Project (NEP) Process Study, CTD profiles where made at project designated Standard sections off Northern California and Oregon in 2000 and 2002. These standard sections ...

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Water column properties are reported for repeat cruises (June - August of 2000 and 2002) to the California Current System off coastal Oregon and Northern ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_ATDD_USGCRP_ISIS -125.0,32.0,-76.0,49.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-06-15T04:00:00Z

Solar radiation is the driving energy for the geophysical and biochemical processes that control weather and life on earth. The Integrated Surface Irradiance Study (ISIS) is a continuation of earlier ...

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The National Weather Service San Francisco Bay area office offers climate data sets covering the San Francisco Bay area, the state of California, and the United States. Below is a summary of available ...

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In the ALE/GAGE/AGAGE global network program, continuous high frequency gas chromatographic measurements of two biogenic/anthropogenic gases (methane, CH4; nitrous oxide, N2O) and eight ...

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Meteorological monitoring is conducted at 26 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) from at least one location within or adjacent to the reserve. Data are collected every 5 seconds ...

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Meteorological monitoring is conducted at 26 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) from at least one location within or adjacent to the reserve. Data are collected every 5 seconds ...

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Nutrient monitoring is conducted at 26 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) from four locations within or adjacent to the reserve on a monthly basis of the following parameters: ...

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Nutrient monitoring is conducted at 26 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) from four locations within or adjacent to the reserve on a monthly basis of the following parameters: ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]chl_a_3m_NEP -126.2,41.5,-124.2,45.0 2000-05-29T00:00:00Z 2000-06-11T00:00:00Z 2000-07-29T00:00:00Z 2000-08-12T00:00:00Z 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z 2002-06-18T00:00:00Z 2002-08-01T00:00:00Z 2002-08-17T00:00:00Z 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z

Chlorophyll-a and phaeophytin-a concentrations were measured at the 3m horizon in conjunction with a juvenile salmonid trawling survey in years 2000 and 2002 off coastal Oregon and California. Sampling ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MAST_VEG_MORTALITY -124.9,32.02,-113.61,42.51 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-05-08T04:00:00Z

The vegetation mortality maps from the Mountain Area Safety Taskforce (MAST) show distribution of dead trees. The primary cause of the tree deaths has been stress caused by drought followed ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]DYCOMS2_UCAR_JOSS_NOAA_CODIAC -127.0,26.0,-115.0,37.0 2001-07-07T00:00:00Z 2001-07-28T00:00:00Z 2009-04-28T04:00:00Z

DYCOMS-II is the name given to a field campaign which collected data for the purposes of testing large-eddy simulations of nocturnal stratocumulus. The experiment consisted of nine flights out of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SED_DDT -124.9,32.02,-113.61,42.51 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 1973-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-27T04:00:00Z

Adapted from the introduction INVENTORY OF DDT IN SEDIMENTS by Deirdre J. McDermott and Theadore C. Heesen DDT is one of the most important of the known contaminants ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CalCOFI_IEH -124.9,32.02,-113.61,42.51 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The California Oceanic Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CalCOFI) is a unique partnership of the California Department of Fish and Game, the NOAA Fisheries Service and the Scripps Institution ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00238 -125.0,31.0,-102.0,49.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has, in archive, the historical eleven volume publication Precipitation Frequency of the Western United States. This publication was prepared and published ...