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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOREAS TF-08 NSA-OJP and SSA-OBS Ceilometer Data | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | CEILOMETERS | 1994-05-31 to 1996-11-10 | N: 55.93 S: 53.99 E: -98.62 W: -105.12 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES MARS-II 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1994 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | CEILOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, Visibility Sensor, WIND MONITOR, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR | 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-20 | N: 59.56 S: 51.08 E: -97.55 W: -108.43 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES READAC 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, THERMISTORS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, Visibility Sensor, RAIN GAUGES, WIND MONITOR, CEILOMETERS | 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-20 | N: 52.7 S: 52.7 E: -102.32 W: -102.32 | ASCII | |
| CAMEX-3 CLOUD AND AEROSOL PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION (CAPAC) V1 | NASA DC-8 | FSSP, PMS 2D-P PROBE | 1998-08-15 to 1998-09-23 | CARIBBEAN | N: 39.0333 S: 14.045 E: -62.96 W: -86.165 | ASCII |
| CAMEX-3 CLOUD AND AEROSOL PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION VIDEO V1 | NASA DC-8 | VIDEO CAMERA | 1998-08-10 to 1998-09-02 | CARIBBEAN | N: 50 S: 10 E: -50 W: -105 | DVD |
| CAMEX-3 NAST-I RADIANCE PRODUCTS V1 | NASA ER-2 | NAST-I | 1998-08-13 to 1998-09-27 | CARIBBEAN | N: 36.0668 S: 13.5693 E: -62.3263 W: -94.3327 | Various: netCDF-3, Binary, ASCII |
| CAMEX-4 CLOUD MICROPHYSICS V1 | NASA DC-8 | FSSP, PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS 2D-P PROBE | 2001-08-18 to 2001-09-25 | NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN | N: 39.71 S: 16.5317 E: -58.635 W: -88.215 | ASCII |
| CAMEX-4 CVI CLOUD CONDENSED WATER CONTENT V1 | NASA DC-8 | CVI | 2001-09-06 to 2001-09-10 | NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN | N: 39.0433 S: 24.455 E: -58.635 W: -84.4033 | ASCII |
| CAMEX-4 HIGH ALTITUDE MMIC SOUNDING RADIOMETER (HAMSR) V1 | NASA ER-2 | HAMSR, RADIOSONDES | 2001-08-18 to 2001-09-25 | ATLANTIC OCEAN | N: 39.45 S: 13.4 E: -48.56 W: -88.47 | Binary |
| CAMEX-4 MIPS CEILOMETER V1 | GROUND STATIONS, MIPS | CEILOMETERS | 2001-08-05 to 2001-09-12 | FLORIDA KEYS | N: 24.8 S: 24.6 E: -81.5 W: -81.7 | ASCII |
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