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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 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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Clouds Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCAR Particle Probes IMPACTS | NASA P-3 | CDP, CPI PROBES, HVPS, PMS 2D-S PROBE | 2020-01-18 to 2023-02-28 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | N: 48.237 S: 33.261 E: -64.987 W: -95.243 | netCDF-4 |
| New York State Mesonet IMPACTS | GROUND STATIONS | BAROMETERS, DISDROMETERS, LIDAR, RADIOMETERS, THERMOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS | 2020-01-03 to 2023-03-02 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | N: 44.9057 S: 40.594 E: -72.1909 W: -79.6375 | PNG |
| NRT AMSR2 L2B GLOBAL SWATH GSFC PROFILING ALGORITHM 2010: SURFACE PRECIPITATION, WIND SPEED OVER OCEAN, WATER VAPOR OVER OCEAN AND CLOUD LIQUID WATER OVER OCEAN | GCOM-W1 | AMSR2 | GLOBAL | N: 89.2 S: -89.3 E: 180 W: -180 | HDF-EOS-5 | |
| NRT AMSR2 Unified Global Swath Surface Precipitation GSFC Profiling Algorithm V1 | GCOM-W1 | AMSR2 | GLOBAL | N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4; HDF-EOS5 | |
| NRT AMSR2 Unified Global Swath Surface Precipitation GSFC Profiling Algorithm V2 | GCOM-W1 | AMSR2 | 2021-10-01 | GLOBAL | N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 - HDF-EOS5 |
| NRT AMSR2 Unified L2B Global Swath Ocean Products V1 | GCOM-W1 | AMSR2 | 2020-06-01 | GLOBAL | N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 - HDF-EOS5 |
| Particle Habit Imaging and Polar Scattering Probe (PHIPS) IMPACTS V1 | NASA P-3 | PHIPS | 2020-01-18 to 2023-02-28 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | N: 48.237 S: 33.261 E: -64.987 W: -95.243 | PNG |
| RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS 3-DAY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F10 NETCDF V7 | DMSP 5D-2/F10 | SSM/I | 1990-12-06 to 1997-11-14 | GLOBAL OCEAN | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 |
| RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS 3-DAY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F11 NETCDF V7 | DMSP 5D-2/F11 | SSM/I | 1991-12-01 to 2000-05-16 | GLOBAL OCEAN | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 |
| RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS 3-DAY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F13 NETCDF V7 | DMSP 5D-2/F13 | SSM/I | 1995-05-01 to 2009-11-04 | GLOBAL OCEAN | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 |
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