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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 Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Data Format
MERRA-2 tavgU_2d_rad_Nx: 2d,diurnal,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Radiation Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNXRAD) at GES DISC MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present GLOBAL
MERRA-2 tavgU_2d_slv_Nx: 2d,diurnal,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Single-Level Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNXSLV) at GES DISC MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present GLOBAL
MERRA-2 tavgU_3d_cld_Np: 3d,diurnal,Time-Averaged,Pressure-Level,Assimilation,Cloud Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNPCLD) at GES DISC MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present GLOBAL
MERRA-2 tavgU_3d_rad_Np: 3d,diurnal,Time-Averaged,Pressure-Level,Assimilation,Radiation Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNPRAD) at GES DISC MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present GLOBAL
MISR FIRSTLOOK radiometric camera-by-camera Cloud Mask V001 Terra MISR 2000-12-13 to Present GLOBAL HDF-EOS2
MISR FIRSTLOOK radiometric camera-by-camera Cloud Mask V002 Terra MISR 1999-12-18 to Present GLOBAL netCDF-4
MISR L1B3 Radiometric Camera-by-camera Cloud Mask Product subset for the RICO region V004 Terra MISR 2000-11-01 to 2005-01-31 GLOBAL HDF-EOS2
MISR L2 FIRSTLOOK TOA/Cloud Stereo Product subset for the ARCTAS region V001 Terra MISR 2008-04-02 to 2008-07-24 GLOBAL HDF4
MISR L2 Geometric Parameters subset for the C-MARE Region V002 Terra MISR 2004-09-20 to 2014-10-23 GLOBAL HDF4
MISR L2 TOA/Cloud Albedo Product subset for the RICO region V002 Terra MISR 2000-11-01 to 2005-02-01 GLOBAL HDF4
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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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