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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
CAR ARMCAS Arctic Cloud BRDF Measurements V2 (CAR_ARMCAS_BRDF) at GES DISC 2 C-131A CAR 1995-06-05 to 1995-06-14

N: 72.6317 S: 68.7631 E: -145.5568 W: -154.0273

Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 2 SiFSAP Support: Atmosphere cloud and surface geophysical state per footprint V2 at GES DISC 2 Suomi-NPP ATMS, CrIS 2015-11-02

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

AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Global Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids V002 2 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-03

N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI SNPP VIIRS cloud product band 3 (UVIS detector) 1-Orbit L2 5.5km x 3.5km V2 (S5P_L2__NP_BD3_HiR) at GES DISC 2 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to Present

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

Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 3 CLIMCAPS: Specific Quality Control Gridded Monthly V2 (SNDRAQIL3SMCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-31 to Present

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

AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 Global Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids V002 2 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-01

N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
CAR SCAR-A Sulfates, Clouds, and Radiation-Atlantic BRDF Measurements BRDF V2 (CAR_SCARA_BRDF) at GES DISC 2 C-131A CAR 1993-07-16 to 1993-07-28

N: 39.92937 S: 36.4796 E: -74.3712 W: -76.4707

Sentinel-5P TROPOMI SNPP VIIRS cloud product band 6 (NIR detector) 1-Orbit L2 5.5km x 3.5km V2 (S5P_L2__NP_BD6_HiR) at GES DISC 2 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-04-30 to Present

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

TOMS/EP Near UV Aerosol Index and LER 1-Orbit L2 40x40km at GES DISC 2 EP-TOMS TOMS 1996-07-16 to 2002-01-01

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

AMSR-E/Aqua Weekly L3 Global Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids V002 2 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-02

N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
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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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