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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.
Datasets
| Dataset | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Daily 12.5 km Brightness Temperatures, Sea Ice Concentration, Motion & Snow Depth Polar Grids V001 | AMSR-E, AMSR2 | 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04, 2012-07-02 to Present | N: -39.23 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS5, ASCII | Brightness Temperature, Sea Ice Concentration, Sea Ice Motion, Snow Depth |
| MODIS/Terra+Aqua L3 Value-added Aerosol Optical Depth - NRT | MODIS | 2017-10-11 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS | Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties |
| SMAP L4 Global Daily 9 km EASE-Grid Carbon Net Ecosystem Exchange V008 | MODIS, NOT APPLICABLE, SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER, VIIRS | 2015-03-31 to Present | N: 85.044 S: -85.044 E: 180 W: -180 | 008 | ACTIVE | HDF5 | Gross Primary Production (gpp), Heterotrophic Respiration (rh), NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC) |
| MODIS/Aqua Calibrated Radiances 5-Min L1B Swath 500m - NRT | MODIS | 2017-10-20 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS | Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance |
| AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Monthly 25 km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent V001 | AMSR-E, AMSR2 | 2002-06-01 to 2011-09-30, 2012-07-02 to 2025-08-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | HDF-EOS5 | Snow Water Equivalent |
| MODIS/Aqua Aerosol Cloud Water Vapor Ozone Monthly L3 Global 1Deg CMG | MODIS | 2002-07-01 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS | Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties |
| Combined ASTER and MODIS Emissivity database over Land (CAMEL) Coefficient Monthly Global 0.05Deg V003 | ASTER, MODIS | 2000-03-01 to 2024-01-01 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 003 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 | Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Snow Cover, Land Surface Temperature |
| GEO-LEO Merged Deep Blue Aerosol Daily 1 x 1 degree Gridded L3 | ABI, AHI, MODIS, VIIRS | 2019-05-01 to 2020-05-01 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | ACTIVE | NetCDF-4 | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties |
| MODIS/Aqua L0 PDS Data, 5-Min Swath - NRT | MODIS | 2017-10-12 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | Binary | Sensor Counts, Sensor Counts, ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS, SENSOR COUNTS, SENSOR COUNTS |
| AMSR-E/Aqua L2A Global Swath Spatially-Resampled Brightness Temperatures V004 | AMSR-E | 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04 | N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 | 4 | COMPLETE | HDF-EOS2 | Brightness Temperature, Microwave Imagery |
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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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