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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

Dataset Version Sort ascending Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
MACPEX WB-57 Aircraft In-situ Aerosol Data 1 NASA WB-57F PALMS, DMT SP2, FCAS, FCAS II, NMASS II 2011-03-18 to 2011-06-26 ICARTT
ARCSIX Learjet In-Situ Cloud Data 1 LEARJET 2DS, FCDP, HVPS, NEVZOROV PROBE, 2D-Gray 2024-07-25 to 2024-08-17

N: 84.18 S: 63.58 E: -49.13 W: -110.53

ICARTT
ATom: Dominant Role of Mineral Dust in Cirrus Cloud Formation 1 CESM, GEOS-Chem, NCEP-GFS, NASA DC-8 Computer, PALMS 2014-01-01 to 2019-01-01

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

multiple
ACEPOL Airborne Hyper Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP) Remotely Sensed Data Version 1 1 NASA ER-2 AirHARP 2017-10-18 to 2020-11-20 HDF5
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) University of Washington CV580 Aircraft 1 CONVAIR CV-580 NOT APPLICABLE 1998-05-19 to 1998-06-24 HDF
CLAMS-Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites Un. Washington Convair-580 aircraft measurements 1 CONVAIR CV-580 TSI-3563 Neph, FSSP, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, HYGROMETERS, RADIOMETERS 2001-07-10 to 2001-08-02 ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Joss-Waldvogel Disdrometer (JW) LPVEx V1 1 GROUND STATIONS JW DISDROMETER 2010-09-10 to 2010-11-09

N: 60.495 S: 60.475 E: 25.092 W: 25.072

ASCII
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Ancillary 3-Hourly 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1988-01-01 to 2009-12-31 NetCDF-4
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Longwave Daily Average by UTC Ocean-only Fluxes 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 2010-01-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
NAMMA CVI CLOUD CONDENSED WATER CONTENT V1 1 NASA DC-8 CVI, OPC, TUNABLE DIODE LASER 2006-08-19 to 2006-09-12

N: 21.9783 S: 7.03833 E: -10.5583 W: -34.1533

ASCII
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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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