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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined ASTER and MODIS Emissivity database over Land (CAMEL) Emissivity Monthly Global 0.05Deg V001 | ASTER, MODIS | 2000-04-01 to 2017-01-02 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 001 | DEPRECATED | netCDF-4 | Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Snow Cover |
| Global Fire Atlas with Characteristics of Individual Fires, 2003-2016 | Computer, MODIS | 2003-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Burned Area, Fire Dynamics, Fire Occurrence |
| ABoVE: MODIS-derived Maximum NDVI, Northern Alaska and Yukon Territory for 2002-2017 | MODIS | 2002-06-01 to 2017-08-30 | N: 68.9658 S: 52.1694 E: -97.9305 W: -175.762 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) |
| MODIS-derived Vegetation and Albedo Parameters for Agroecosystem-Climate Modeling | Computer, MODIS | 2003-01-01 to 2010-12-31 | N: 49.1525 S: 15.1525 E: -51.9489 W: -139.051 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 classic | Leaf Characteristics, LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI), Albedo, Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
| Global Annual PM2.5 Grids from MODIS, MISR and SeaWiFS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) with GWR, 1998-2016 | Computer, MODIS, MISR, SeaWiFS | 1998-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | N: 69.85 S: -54.85 E: 180 W: -180 | 1.0 | COMPLETE | PDF, PNG, WMS, GeoTIFF | Particulate Matter, Particulates |
| MODIS/Aqua 24-hour Spacecraft ephemeris/orbit data files to be read via SDP Toolkit Binary Format - NRT | MODIS | 2017-10-11 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | Binary | ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS |
| PM1 5-min Spacecraft attitude data from GBAD - NRT | MODIS | 2017-10-11 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | Binary | ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS |
| Global 500-m Foliage Clumping Index Data Derived from MODIS BRDF, 2006 | MODIS | 2006-01-01 to 2006-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI), Canopy Characteristics |
| ABoVE: Burn Severity, Fire Progression, and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2015-2016 | SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, MODIS | 2015-05-20 to 2016-08-08 | N: 68.327 S: 59.927 E: -106.759 W: -135.543 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Soil Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Cover, Soil Moisture/Water Content |
| Fire Intensity and Burn Severity Metrics for Circumpolar Boreal Forests, 2001-2013 | Computer, MODIS | 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | N: 80 S: 40 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Fire Dynamics, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Albedo, Forests, Burned Area |
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