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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.
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Clouds Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NOAA20-FM6-VIIRS Edition1B | JPSS-1, NOAA-20 | CERES-FM6, VIIRS | 2018-05-01 to Present | GLOBAL, TROPOSPHERE | netCDF-4 | |
| CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NOAA20-FM6-VIIRS Edition1C | NOAA-20 | CERES-FM6, VIIRS | 2018-05-01 to Present | GLOBAL | netCDF-4 | |
| EPIC Cloud Height | DSCOVR | EPIC | 2015-06-15 to Present | GLOBAL | PNG | |
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave Daily Average by UTC Ocean-only Fluxes | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 2010-01-01 to 2017-06-30 | GLOBAL OCEAN, GEOGRAPHIC REGION | NetCDF-4 | |
| ACCLIP WB-57 Aerosol and Cloud Remotely Sensed Data | NASA WB-57F | LIDAR, Roscoe | 2022-07-14 to 2022-09-14 | ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN ASIA, SOUTHERN ASIA, EASTERN ASIA, PACIFIC OCEAN | ||
| ACCLIP WB-57 Aircraft In-situ Cloud Data | NASA WB-57F | CAPS | 2022-07-14 to 2022-09-15 | ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN ASIA, SOUTHERN ASIA, PACIFIC OCEAN, WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN | ICARTT | |
| ACCLIP WB-57 Aircraft Merge Data | NASA WB-57F | Computer | 2022-07-16 to 2022-09-14 | ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN ASIA, SOUTHERN ASIA, PACIFIC OCEAN, WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN | N: 61.5 S: 16.6 E: 180 W: -180 | ICARTT |
| ACEPOL Airborne Hyper Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP) Remotely Sensed Data Version 1 | NASA ER-2 | AirHARP | 2017-10-18 to 2020-11-20 | NORTH AMERICA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TROPOSPHERE, STRATOSPHERE, CALIFORNIA | HDF5 | |
| ACEPOL Airborne Spectrometer for Planetary Exploration (AirSPEX) Remotely Sensed Data Version 1 | NASA ER-2 | SPEX Airborne | 2017-10-19 to 2017-11-09 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STRATOSPHERE, TROPOSPHERE, CALIFORNIA, EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN | HDF5 | |
| ACEPOL Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) Remotely Sensed Data Version 1 | NASA ER-2 | CPL | 2017-10-19 to 2017-11-09 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TROPOSPHERE, STRATOSPHERE, CALIFORNIA, EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN | HDF5 |
Clouds Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | 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 | |
| Earthdata Search | Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. | Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading | |
| SOOT | NASA's Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) provides users with suborbital field campaign data discovery and download capabilities. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| 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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