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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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Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR MW Level 3 CLIMCAPS : Specific Quality Control Gridded Daily V2 (SNDRAQIML3SDCCP) at GES DISC AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-31 to 2016-09-26 2 ACTIVE Tropospheric Ozone, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure
AIRS/Aqua L1B Near Real Time (NRT) AMSU (A1/A2) geolocated and calibrated brightness temperatures V005 (AIRABRAD_NRT) at GES DISC AMSU-A 2015-12-15 to Present 005 ACTIVE Brightness Temperature
AIRS/Aqua L3 5-day Quantization in Physical Units (AIRS-only) 5 degrees x 5 degrees V006 (AIRS3QP5) at GES DISC AIRS 2002-09-01 to Present 006 ACTIVE Air Temperature, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution
AIRS/Aqua L1B Near Real Time (NRT) Visible/Near Infrared (VIS/NIR) quality assurance subset V005 (AIRVBQAP_NRT) at GES DISC AIRS 2015-12-15 to Present 005 ACTIVE Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance
Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 3 CLIMCAPS: Specific Quality Control Gridded Monthly V2 (SNDRAQIL3SMCCP) at GES DISC AIRS 2002-08-31 to Present 2 ACTIVE Tropospheric Ozone, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure
AIRS/Aqua L1B Near Real Time (NRT) Visible/Near Infrared (VIS/NIR) quality assurance subset V005 (AIRVBQAP_NRT) at GES DISC AIRS 2015-12-15 to Present 005 ACTIVE Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance
AIRS/Aqua L3 daily CO2 in the free troposphere (AIRS-only) 2.5 degrees x 2 degrees V005 (AIRS3C2D) at GES DISC AIRS 2010-01-01 to 2017-02-28 005 COMPLETE Absorption, Radiative Forcing, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
AIRS/Aqua L2 CO2 support retrieval (AIRS+AMSU) V005 (AIRX2SPC) at GES DISC AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-09-01 to 2012-03-01 005 COMPLETE Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Aqua AIRS Level 3 Spectral Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) Monthly AIRS 2002-08-31 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE Outgoing Longwave Radiation
MODIS/Aqua Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath Subset 10km along MLS V002 (MAM04S0) at GES DISC MODIS 2004-08-08 to 2008-01-11 002 COMPLETE Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance
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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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