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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 Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
CATS-ISS Level 2 Operational Night Mode 7.2 Version 3-00 5 km Layer V3-00 ISS CATS 2015-03-25 to 2017-10-29 HDF5
CATS-ISS Level 2 Operational Night Mode 7.2 Version 3-00 5 km Profile V3-00 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 7.2 Version 3-01 5 km Profile V3-01 ISS CATS 2015-03-25 to 2017-10-29 HDF5
CERES A-Train Integrated CALIPSO, CloudSat, CERES, and MODIS (CCCM) Merged Release B1 RelB1 CALIPSO, Aqua, CloudSat CALIOP, MODIS, CERES SCANNER, CERES-FM3, CloudSat-CPR 2006-07-01 to 2011-04-30 HDF4
CERES A-Train Integrated CALIPSO, CloudSat, CERES, and MODIS (CCCM) Merged Release D1 RelD1 CALIPSO, Aqua, CloudSat CALIOP, CERES-FM3, MODIS, CloudSat-CPR 2006-07-01 to 2011-04-30 HDF4
CERES A-Train Integrated CALIPSO, CloudSat, CERES, and MODIS (CCCM) Merged Release D2 RelD2 CALIPSO, Aqua, CloudSat CALIOP, CERES-FM3, MODIS, CloudSat-CPR 2006-07-01 to 2017-12-31 HDF4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, CERES SCANNER, CERES-FM2, MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2002-06-30 HDF4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua Edition4A Edition4A GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, Terra, Aqua IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM3 2002-07-01 to Present HDF4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B Edition4B GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, Terra, NOAA-20, Aqua IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
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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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