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Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Sentinel-3A OLCI Level-2 Regional Earth-observation Reduced Resolution (ERR) Ocean Color (OC) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Sentinel-3A OLCI 2016-04-05 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Sentinel-3B OLCI Level-2 Regional Earth-observation Full Resolution (EFR) Ocean Color (OC) - Near Real-time Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Sentinel-3B OLCI 2018-04-25 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Sentinel-3B OLCI Level-2 Regional Earth-observation Full Resolution (EFR) Ocean Color (OC) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Sentinel-3B OLCI 2018-04-25 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Sentinel-3B OLCI Level-2 Regional Earth-observation Reduced Resolution (ERR) Ocean Color (OC) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Sentinel-3B OLCI 2018-04-25 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Sentinel-3B OLCI Level-2 Regional Earth-observation Reduced Resolution (ERR) Ocean Color (OC) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Sentinel-3B OLCI 2018-04-25 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
SHIFT: Pseudo-invariant Targets, ASD Field Spectrometer Measurements, 2022 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SPECTRORADIOMETERS, SUN PHOTOMETERS 2022-03-01 to 2022-09-15

N: 34.75 S: 34.68 E: -120.03 W: -120.05

multiple
SNPP VIIRS Dark Target Aerosol Level-2 6-Minute Swath 6 km V2.1 2.1 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2012-03-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

6 Kilometers x 6 Kilometers NetCDF-4
SNPP VIIRS High Resolution Level 3 daily aerosol data, 0.1x0.1 degree grid Version 001 (AER_DBDT_D10KM_L3_VIIRS_SNPP) at GES DISC 001 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2012-03-04 to Present

N: 89.95 S: -89.95 E: 179.95 W: -179.95

SNPP VIIRS High Resolution Level 3 monthly aerosol data, 0.1x0.1 degree grid Version 001 (AER_DBDT_M10KM_L3_VIIRS_SNPP) at GES DISC 001 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2012-03-01 to Present

N: 89.95 S: -89.95 E: 179.95 W: -179.95

SOLVE II DC-8 Aircraft AATS14 Data 1 NASA DC-8 AATS14 2002-12-13 to 2003-02-06 AMES
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MODIS
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments are aboard NASA’s Terra and Aqua platforms and provide estimates about aerosol optical depth. Terra's orbit is timed so that it passes from north to south across the equator in the morning, while Aqua passes south to north over the equator in the afternoon.
MODIS data in NASA Worldview
True color corrected reflectance image of Africa, Europe, and Asia from the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-21 satellite

From MODIS to VIIRS: Continuing the Legacy

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) will help ensure continuity of Earth observations after the upcoming retirement of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).

Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
Panoply Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
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