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Aerosol Observations

Visibility-Reducing Surface Weather Reports:

PRODUCT     HELP  REGION . . World Sahara Sahel Med E.Med Europe SoAfr SWAs IndOcn Indo SEAsia Aust East Asia NoAm EastUS SoAm TropAtl Carib Sfc. Obs. Latest Plot Info Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Sfc. Obs. Loop Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Sfc. Obs. Archive - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AERONET 1.5 Info Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MPLNet Info Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No

AERONET Sunphotometer Network (NASA/GSFC) Asian Lidar Observation Network, Data Exchange Page NIES (Japan National Institute for Environmental Studies) Aerosol Lidar Home Page NOAA Airport Reports BACK TO TOP

Aerosol Modeling

About NAAPS Global Aerosol Model NAAPS Products and Satellite Comparisons:

PRODUCT HELP  REGION . . World Sahara Sahel Med E.Med Europe SoAfr SWAs IndOcn Indo SEAsia Aust East Asia NoAm WestUS EastUS SoAm TropAtl Carib Arctic Salt NAAPS 120-h Fcst Model Info Yes Yes       Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No NAAPS Forecast Loop Plot Info Yes       Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No NAAPS Current Model Info Yes Yes       Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No NAAPS Archive Plot Generator Yes Yes       (X-sect) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NAAPS, NOGAPS Plot Info Time-Height Sections:        Archive NAAPS/TOMS Plot Info Current Toms not available     GM-Centered:   Latest   Loop    Archive    Dateline-Centered:   Latest    Loop    Archive    Pixel comparison:   Latest    5-day Loop    Archive NAAPS/Sat Latest Plot Info Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No NAAPS/Sat Loop - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No NAAPS/Sat Archive - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No NAAPS/NOAA Plot Info Pixel comparison:  Latest    5-day Loop    Archive NAAPS/MODIS Plot Info Pixel comparison:  Latest    Archive

DREAM: Dust REgional Atmospheric Model (North African and Mediterranean Dust Modeling) BACK TO TOP

Satellite Analyses

NRL/MRY Satellite Products Web Page Satellite Products:

PRODUCT HELP  REGION . . World Sahara Sahel Med E.Med Europe SoAfr SWAs IndOcn Indo SEAsia Aust China Japan WestPac EastPac ConUS EastUS SoAm TropAtl Carib SeaWIFS Home Page Permission to use SeaWiFS         NASA/GSFC SeaWiFS Browse SeaWiFS Latest Acknow. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SeaWiFS Loop - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SeaWiFS Archive - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MODIS Home Page Real-Time MODIS Latest readme Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MODIS Loop - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MODIS Archive - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NOAA AOD Home Page Daily:    Latest    5-day Loop    Archive       Weekly:    Latest    5-day Loop    Archive TOMS Home Page         GM-Centered:   Archive     Dateline-Centered:   Archive FLAMBE Home Page Smoke Flux    Daily Emission    Loop of 6-Hourly Emissions     Archive    WF-ABBA IONIA - 1993 Monthly IONIA AHVRR Fires:    Single Plots    Africa Loop     Australia/Indonesia Loop     South America Loop     NRL/SAT Home Focus World Sahara NOAA Sahara MODIS Med NOAA Med MODIS Europe SWAs NOAA SWAs MODIS IndOcn Indo SEAsia Aust China Japan NoCal NOAA SoCal NOAA SoCal MODIS SoCal GOES SoAm PR NOAA PR GOES NPS/NRL AOD Latest README No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes No NPS/NRL AOD Loop - No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes No NPS/NRL AOD Archive - No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Univ. Nottingham Meteosat Imagery U.W./CIMSS Aerosol Tracking Product, North Atlantic NOAA Operational Significant Event Imagery Server OSEI - Recent Reports ESA IONIA Fire Detection: ATSR Real-time AVHRR Climatology BACK TO TOP

Weather Modeling and Observations

About NOGAPS FNMOC: WXMAP (Public)   Portal (DoD-Only) NOGAPS Info and Monitoring

PRODUCT HELP  REGION . . World Sahara Sahel Med E.Med Europe SoAfr SWAs IndOcn Indo SEAsia Aust East Asia NoAm WestUS EastUS SoAm TropAtl Carib NOGAPS FNMOC Monitoring WXMAP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 27km Yes 27km Yes Yes 27km NOGAPS Archive WXMAP Portal (DoD) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes na Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Raobs Soundings Plot Info Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

NOAA/FSL Radiosonde Archive U. Wyoming Radiosonde Archive NIES Meteorological Data Explorer (METEX) Trajectories NOAA HYSPLIT Trajectories FLEXTRA Traject ories CMDL Trajectory Analysis BACK TO TOP

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