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Clouds Data Access and Tools

NASA’s clouds data span from atmosphere cloud and surface geophysical state measurements to hurricane tracking. Our datasets and tools help users find and integrate the data they need to discover how clouds form, flourish, and influence Earth’s weather and climate.

Clouds Datasets

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Dataset Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) NOAA-20 Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) Version1B Version1B NOAA-20 CERES-FM6 2023-10-01 to Present netCDF-4
FLASHFlux NOAA-20 Daily Gridded TOA and Surfaces/Clouds data Version 1A Version1A NOAA-20 CERES-FM6 2023-12-30 to Present HDF4, netCDF-4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM), V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Merged Layer Diagnostic Beta, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Cloud Profile, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Track, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO IIR 2006-06-12 to 2023-07-01 HDF4
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Swath, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO IIR 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Aerosol Profile, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5km Cloud Layer, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km Merged Layer, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1/3 km Merged Layer, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1 km Cloud Layer, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 1B profile data, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4, netCDF-3
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km Merged Layer, V4-51 V4-51 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM), V4-51 V4-51 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Cloud Profile, V4-51 V4-51 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Track, V4-51 V4-51 CALIPSO IIR 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Swath, V4-51 V4-51 CALIPSO IIR 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km Cloud Layer, V4-51 V4-51 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1/3 km Merged Layer, V4-51 V4-51 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1 km Cloud Layer, V4-51 V4-51 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
CATS-ISS Level 2 Operational Night Mode 7.2 Version 3-01 5 km Profile V3-01 ISS CATS 2015-03-25 to 2017-10-29 HDF5
CATS-ISS Level 2 Operational Night Mode 7.2 Version 3-01 5 km Layer V3-01 ISS CATS 2015-03-25 to 2017-10-29 HDF5
CATS-ISS Level 2 Operational Night Mode 7.1 Version 3-01 5 km Profile V3-01 ISS CATS 2015-02-12 to 2015-03-18 HDF5
CATS-ISS Level 2 Operational Night Mode 7.1 Version 3-01 5 km Layer V3-01 ISS CATS 2015-02-12 to 2015-03-18 HDF5
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Clouds Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
ASDC CALIPSO Search and Subset Tool The CALIPSO Search and Subset web application enables a more sophisticated approach to selecting and ordering CALIPSO lidar data by date, time and geolocation. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
SOOT NASA's Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) provides users with suborbital field campaign data discovery and download capabilities. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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