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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 | Spatial Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | N: 90 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 | Ice Extent, Sea Ice Age, Snow Melt |
| AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Ocean Products derived from Wentz Algorithm V002 | AMSR-E | 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-03 | N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 | 2 | COMPLETE | HDF-EOS2, ASCII | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature |
| MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties Level 3 monthly, 1x1 degree grid | MODIS | 2002-07-01 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 1.1 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Clouds, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height |
| MODIS/Aqua Thermal Bands Daily L2G Global 1km SIN Grid Day NRT | MODIS | 2021-02-07 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS | Land Surface Temperature |
| MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m V061 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 61 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS2 | Snow Cover |
| High Mountain Asia 12 km Modeled Estimates of Aerosol Transport, Chemistry, and Deposition Reanalysis, 2003-2019 V001 | MODIS, NOT APPLICABLE, MOPITT | 2003-01-01 to 2019-08-31 | N: 57.767 S: 4.873 E: 138.953 W: 44.647 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 classic | Aerosol Concentration, Black Carbon, Deposition, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation |
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B | IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 | 2000-03-01 to Present | Edition4B | ACTIVE | HDF4 | Albedo, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness | |
| AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Global Swath Ocean Products V001 | AMSR-E, AMSR2 | 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04, 2012-07-02 | N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | HDF-EOS5 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Total Precipitable Water, Wind Speed |
| MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Model Parameters Daily L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid | MODIS | 2021-09-15 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS | Surface Radiative Properties, Albedo, Anisotropy |
| MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day V061 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 61 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS2 | Ice Extent, Ice Temperature |
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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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