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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 Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Data Format
CERES MODIS Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Nighttime Aqua FM3 Edition3A Aqua CERES-FM3, MODIS 2002-11-01 to 2017-02-28 GLOBAL HDF4
CERES MODIS Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Nighttime Aqua FM4 Edition3A Aqua CERES-FM4, MODIS 2002-07-01 to 2005-03-31 GLOBAL HDF4
CERES MODIS Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Nit Terra FM1 Edition3A Terra CERES-FM1, MODIS 2000-05-01 to 2017-02-28 GLOBAL HDF4
CERES MODIS Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Nit Terra FM2 Edition3A Terra CERES-FM2, MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2006-02-28 GLOBAL HDF4
CERES Monthly Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged NOAA-20 TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition1B NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present GLOBAL, STRATOSPHERE NetCDF-4
CERES Monthly Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged Terra and Aqua TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition4A Terra, Aqua CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, MODIS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2002-07-01 to Present GLOBAL, STRATOSPHERE NetCDF-4
CERES Monthly Gridded Radiative Fluxes and Clouds Terra FM1 Edition2F Terra CERES-FM1, CERES SCANNER 2006-05-01 to 2007-12-31 GLOBAL HDF4
CERES Monthly Gridded Radiative Fluxes and Clouds Terra FM1 Edition2G Terra CERES-FM1, CERES SCANNER 2007-12-01 to 2010-06-30 GLOBAL HDF4
CERES Monthly Gridded Single Satellite Fluxes and Clouds Aqua FM4 Edition2B Aqua CERES SCANNER, CERES-FM4 2002-07-01 to 2005-03-31 GLOBAL HDF4
CERES Monthly Gridded Single Satellite Fluxes and Clouds Terra FM1 Edition2C Terra CERES-FM1, CERES SCANNER 2000-05-01 to 2006-06-30 GLOBAL 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
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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