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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
OMPS-NPP L2 NM Cloud Pressure and Fraction swath orbital V2 (OMPS_NPP_NMCLDRR_L2) at GES DISC 2 Suomi-NPP OMPS 2011-11-13 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 3 CLIMCAPS: Specific Quality Control Gridded Monthly V2 (SNDRAQIML3SMCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-31 to 2016-09-26

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 3 CLIMCAPS: Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Monthly V2 (SNDRAQIL3CMCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-31 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

NRT AMSR2 Unified Global Swath Surface Precipitation GSFC Profiling Algorithm V2 2 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2021-10-01

N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4 - HDF-EOS5
Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR MW Level 3 CLIMCAPS : Specific Quality Control Gridded Daily V2 (SNDRAQIML3SDCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-31 to 2016-09-26

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Sounder SIPS: JPSS-1 CrIS Level 3 Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Monthly CLIMCAPS V2 (SNDRJ1IML3CMCCP) at GES DISC 2 NOAA-20 CrIS, ATMS 2018-02-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

CAR Kuwait Oil Fire BRDF V2 (CAR_KUWAITOILFIRE_BRDF) at GES DISC 2 C-131A CAR 1991-05-18 to 1991-06-02

N: 28.602 S: 27.8542 E: 49.3732 W: 46.9617

Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Specific Quality Control Gridded Monthly CLIMCAPS Full Spectral Resolution V2 (SNDRSNIML3SMCCP) at GES DISC 2 Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2015-11-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

VIIRS/JPSS1 Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V002 2 JPSS-1, NOAA-20 VIIRS 2018-01-05 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS5
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA S-BAND DUAL POLARIMETRIC (NPOL) DOPPLER RADAR IFLOODS 2 GROUND STATIONS NPOL 2013-04-30 to 2013-06-16

N: 42.2708 S: 42.2656 E: -92.5056 W: -92.5128

UF
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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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