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Aqua Data Access and Tools
Data collected by NASA’s Aqua satellite are integral for efforts to characterize the Earth's water cycle. Explore Aqua datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.
Aqua Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIRMS | The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. | Access, Visualization | |
| LDOPE | Access a range of software tools designed to manipulate, visualize, and analyze MODIS and VIIRS data. | Analysis, Visualization | |
| Similarity Search | Similarity Search uses machine learning to make it easier for scientists to comb through millions of images and locate sets of similar examples. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| TESViS | The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. | Visualization, Subsetting | |
| Worldview | Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events |
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Datasets
| Dataset | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Pools across CONUS using the MaxEnt Model, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, and 2017 | TM, SRTM, PALSAR, Computer, SURVEYING TOOLS, MODIS, PALSAR-2, OLI | 2005-01-01 to 2017-12-31 | N: 52.8561 S: 21.5875 E: -64.1285 W: -130.233 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Biomass, Litter Characteristics, CARBON, Forests |
| ABoVE: Angular-corrected MODIS MAIAC Reflectance across Alaska and Canada, 2000-2017 | MODIS | 2000-02-24 to 2017-12-31 | N: 80.8064 S: 44.1164 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Reflectance, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Cover |
| MODIS-based GPP, PAR, fC4, and SANIRv estimates from SLOPE for CONUS, 2000-2019 | Computer, MODIS | 2000-01-01 to 2020-01-01 | N: 50.01 S: 19.99 E: -52.216 W: -155.573 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Reflectance, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Plant Characteristics, REFLECTED INFRARED, Gross Primary Production (gpp) |
| ABoVE: Dall Sheep Response to Snow and Landscape Covariates, Alaska, 2005-2008 | Computer, MODIS | 2005-09-01 to 2008-08-31 | N: 61.0517 S: 59.976 E: -153.033 W: -154.526 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 classic | Snow Depth, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Topographic Effects, Terrain Elevation, Snow Density |
| MODIS/Aqua Water Reservoir Monthly L3 Global V061 | MODIS | 2002-07-01 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 061 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS2 | Lakes/Reservoirs, Total Surface Water, Bed Elevation |
| CMS: Terrestrial Carbon Stocks, Emissions, and Fluxes for Conterminous US, 2001-2016 | OLI, MODIS, PALSAR, PALSAR-2, SRTM, Computer, TM | 2001-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | N: 50 S: 25 E: -60 W: -130 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 | Terrestrial Ecosystems, Biomass, Litter Characteristics, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Gross Primary Production (gpp) |
| Greenness Trends and Carbon Stocks of Mangrove Forests Across Mexico, 2001-2015 | MODIS, Computer | 2001-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | N: 29.7262 S: 14.4292 E: -86.5302 W: -114.055 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Estuary, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Coastal, SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC), Land Use/Land Cover |
| ABoVE: Ignitions, Burned Area, and Emissions of Fires in AK, YT, and NWT, 2001-2018 | MODIS, Computer | 2001-01-01 to 2018-12-31 | N: 79.2618 S: 51.6346 E: -99.9838 W: -167 | 2 | COMPLETE | multiple | Fire Models, Fire Occurrence, Emissions, Organic Matter, Fire Disturbance |
| MODIS/Aqua Water Reservoir 8-Day L3 Global V061 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 061 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS2 | Lakes/Reservoirs, Total Surface Water, Bed Elevation |
| MODIS/Terra+Aqua Direct Broadcast Burned Area Monthly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 | MODIS | 2000-11-01 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 061 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS2 | Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area |
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