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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.

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Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Binned 4µm Day/Night Sea Surface Temperature (SST4) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version R2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 R2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Particulate Organic Carbon (POC) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 2022.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Organic Carbon
Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped 4µm Nighttime Sea Surface Temperature (SST4) Data, version R2019.0 MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 R2019.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Remote-Sensing Reflectance (RRS) Data, version 2022.0 MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 2022.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Reflectance, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent
Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Binned Chlorophyll (CHL) - NRT Data, version 2022.0 MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 2022.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Chlorophyll
Aqua MODIS Level-4 Global Mapped Garver-Siegel-Maritorena Model (GSM) Data, version 2022.0 MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 2022.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Absorption
Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Binned Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 2022.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Reflectance, Absorption, Scattering, Gelbstoff, Phytoplankton
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA Monthly means data in netCDF Edition4.2.1 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM6 2000-03-01 to Present Edition4.2.1 ACTIVE netCDF-3 Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Solar Radiation, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Fraction
Climatological Monthly Frequency of Dust Storm over Land for Varying Intensities, Based on MODIS Aqua Deep Blue Level 2 Aerosol Products MYD04_L2 Collection 6.1, on a Global 0.1 by 0.1 Degree Grid, Level 3 Version 1 (MYDFDS_CLM_GLB_L3) at GES DISC MODIS 2003-01-01 to 2022-12-31 N: 79.9 S: -80 E: 174.9 W: -175 1 ACTIVE Dust/Ash/Smoke, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Standard Deviation of Monthly Frequency of Dust Storm over Land for Varying Intensities, Based on MODIS Aqua Deep Blue Level 2 Aerosol Products MYD04_L2 Collection 6.1, on a Global 0.1 by 0.1 Degree Grid, Level 3 Version 1 (MYDFDS_SDV_GLB_L3) at GES DISC MODIS 2003-01-01 to 2022-12-31 N: 79.9 S: -80 E: 174.9 W: -175 1 ACTIVE Dust/Ash/Smoke, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
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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
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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