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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.

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MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Daytime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-04 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Daytime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-01-01 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Nighttime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-01-01 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Daytime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Nighttime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Daytime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Nighttime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Daytime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Nighttime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Daytime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-01 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Nighttime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-01 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Daytime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime V2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS (Aqua/Terra) Cloud Properties Level 3 daily, 1x1 degree grid MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present 6.2 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Optical Depth/Thickness, Clouds, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Precipitable Water, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution
MODIS (Aqua/Terra) Cloud Properties Level 3 monthly, 1x1 degree grid MODIS 2002-07-01 to Present 6.2 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Optical Depth/Thickness, Clouds, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Precipitable Water, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution
MODIS NDVI Data, Smoothed and Gap-filled, for the Conterminous US: 2000-2015 MODIS 2000-01-01 to 2015-12-31 3 COMPLETE netCDF-4 classic Plant Phenology, Vegetation Index
MODIS-AIRS/Aqua Cloud Mask + Sounder 5-Min L2 Swath 1km V2 MODIS, AIRS 2002-07-04 2 ACTIVE NetCDF-4 Clouds, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance
MODIS/Aqua 1 degree Gridded MODIS Active Fire Product V005 (MYD14CM1) at GES DISC MODIS 2002-07-01 to 2015-12-31 005 COMPLETE Fire Occurrence
MODIS/Aqua 24-hour Spacecraft ephemeris/orbit data files to be read via SDP Toolkit Binary Format - NRT MODIS 2017-10-11 6.1NRT ACTIVE Binary ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS
MODIS/Aqua 5-minute GBAD data in L0 format - NRT MODIS 2017-10-20 6.1NRT ACTIVE SPD ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS
MODIS/Aqua 8-Day Clear Sky Radiance Bias Daily L3 Global 1Deg Zonal Bands MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE HDF-EOS Infrared Radiance, Microwave Radiance, ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE
MODIS/Aqua Aerosol 10km 5-Min L2 Narrow Swath Subset along CloudSat V002 (MAC04S0) at GES DISC MODIS 2006-06-02 to 2018-02-28 002 COMPLETE Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Radiative Flux, Radiative Flux
MODIS/Aqua Aerosol 10km 5-Min L2 Wide Swath Subset along CloudSat V002 (MAC04S1) at GES DISC MODIS 2006-06-02 to 2018-02-28 002 COMPLETE Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Radiative Flux
MODIS/Aqua Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 10km MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE HDF-EOS Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance
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Aqua Data Tools

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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
FLOOD The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, 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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