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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 Sort descending | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties COSP Level 3 monthly, 1x1 deg. grid | MODIS | 2002-08-01 to Present | 1.1 | ACTIVE | netCDF4 | Optical Depth/Thickness, Clouds, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice |
| MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties Level 3 daily, 1x1 degree grid | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 1.1 | ACTIVE | NetCDF5 | Clouds, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height |
| MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties Level 3 monthly, 1x1 degree grid | MODIS | 2002-07-01 to Present | 1.1 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Clouds, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height |
| MODIS/Aqua Clouds 1km and 5km 5-Min L2 Narrow Swath Subset along CloudSat V002 (MAC06S0) at GES DISC | MODIS | 2006-06-02 to 2018-02-28 | 002 | COMPLETE | Cloud Frequency, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Reflectance | |
| MODIS/Aqua Clouds 1km and 5km 5-Min L2 Swath Subset along MLS V002 (MAM06S0) at GES DISC | MODIS | 2004-08-08 to 2008-01-11 | 002 | COMPLETE | Cloud Frequency, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Reflectance | |
| MODIS/Aqua Clouds 1km and 5km 5-Min L2 Wide Swath Subset along CloudSat V002 (MAC06S1) at GES DISC | MODIS | 2006-06-02 to 2018-02-28 | 002 | COMPLETE | Cloud Frequency, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Reflectance | |
| MODIS/Aqua Clouds 5-Min L2 Swath 1km and 5km | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 6.1 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS | Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance |
| MODIS/Aqua Clouds 5-Min L2 Swath 1km and 5km - NRT | MODIS | 2017-10-20 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS | Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance |
| MODIS/Aqua Dark Target Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 10 km | MODIS | 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | 1 | ACTIVE | NetCDF-4 | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties |
| MODIS/Aqua Geolocation Angles Daily L2G Global 1km SIN Grid Day NRT | MODIS | 2021-02-07 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS | VIEWING GEOMETRY |
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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 | |
| 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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