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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMSR-E/Aqua Weekly L3 Global Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids V002 | AMSR-E | 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-02 | N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 | 2 | COMPLETE | HDF-EOS2 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature Indices, Surface Winds, Water Temperature |
| MODIS/Aqua+Terra Global Flood Product L3 NRT 250m 2-day GeoTIFF | MODIS | 2021-03-15 to Present | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1 | ACTIVE | GeoTIFF | Floods, Floods |
| MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties 5-min L2 Swath 1km | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 1.1 | ACTIVE | NetCDF-4 | Clouds, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height | |
| MODIS/Aqua Terra Thermal Anomalies/Fire locations 1km FIRMS NRT (Vector data) | MODIS | 2019-12-15 | N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | TXT | Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature |
| MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km 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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