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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 | Version Sort ascending | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEO-LEO Merged Deep Blue Aerosol 0.25x0.25 degree Gridded L2 | ABI, AHI, MODIS, VIIRS | 2019-05-01 to 2020-05-01 | 1 | ACTIVE | NetCDF-4 | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties |
| ABoVE: Fractional Open Water Cover for Pan-Arctic and ABoVE-Domain Regions, 2002-2015 | AMSR-E, MODIS, AMSR2 | 2002-06-20 to 2015-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Total Surface Water, Droughts, Floods, Inundation |
| AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Global Swath Surface Precipitation V001 | AMSR-E, AMSR2 | 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04, 2012-07-02 to Present | 1 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS5 | Cloud Water Path, Convective Precipitation, Frozen Precipitation, Ice Water Path, Rain Water Path |
| Global 500-m Foliage Clumping Index Data Derived from MODIS BRDF, 2006 | MODIS | 2006-01-01 to 2006-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI), Canopy Characteristics |
| MEaSUREs Arctic Sea Ice Characterization Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0 V001 | AMSR-E, SSM/I, SSMIS, SMMR | 1979-01-01 to 2012-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 | Ice Extent, Sea Ice Age, Snow Melt |
| MODIS-derived Vegetation and Albedo Parameters for Agroecosystem-Climate Modeling | Computer, MODIS | 2003-01-01 to 2010-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 classic | Leaf Characteristics, LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI), Albedo, Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
| INTEX-B C-130 Aircraft data | NOT APPLICABLE | 2006-02-15 to 2006-05-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality |
| TROPESS AIRS-Aqua and OMI-Aura L2 Ozone for Forward Stream, Standard Product V1 (TRPSDL2O3AIRSOMIFS) at GES DISC | AIRS, OMI | 2021-02-01 to Present | 1 | COMPLETE | Atmospheric Ozone | |
| AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture V001 | AMSR-E, AMSR2 | 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04, 2012-07-02 to Present | 1 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS5 | Brightness Temperature, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Vegetation Water Content |
| Ocean Surface pCO2 and Air-Sea CO2 Flux in the Northern Gulf of America, 2006-2010 | MODIS | 2006-01-01 to 2011-01-01 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 classic | Coastal Processes, Carbon Dioxide, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Heat Flux, Marine Ecosystems |
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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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