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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
OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (O2-O2 Absorption) Daily L2 Global Gridded 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V3 (OMCLDO2G) at GES DISC Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present GLOBAL
OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (O2-O2 Absorption) Zoomed 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x12km V003 (OMCLDO2Z) at GES DISC Aura OMI 2004-10-06 to Present GLOBAL
OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) 200-km swath subset along CloudSat track V003 (OMCLDRR_CPR) at GES DISC Aura OMI 2006-06-01 to 2018-03-02 GLOBAL
OMI/Aura Effective Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V003 (OMCLDRR) at GES DISC Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present GLOBAL
OMI/Aura Effective Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V004 (OMCLDRR) at GES DISC Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present GLOBAL
OMI/Aura Effective Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) Daily L2 Global Gridded 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V3 (OMCLDRRG) at GES DISC Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present GLOBAL
OMPS-NPP L2 NM Cloud Pressure and Fraction swath orbital V2 (OMPS_NPP_NMCLDRR_L2) at GES DISC Suomi-NPP OMPS 2011-11-13 to Present GLOBAL
ORACLES Aerosol Cloud Aircraft Remote Sensing Data NASA P-3, NASA ER-2 RSP-2, RSP-1, HSRL-2, AMPR, APR-3 2016-07-28 to 2019-03-23 CONTINENT, AFRICA, SOUTHERN AFRICA, GEOGRAPHIC REGION, SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ICARTT, HDF5, NetCDF-3, NetCDF-4
ORACLES Cloud Aircraft InSitu Data NASA P-3 4STAR, FPDR-PDI, 2DS, CAPS, CAS, CIP, HVPS, CDP 2016-08-24 to 2018-10-28 CONTINENT, AFRICA, SOUTHERN AFRICA, GEOGRAPHIC REGION, SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ICARTT
ORACLES Merge Data Files NASA P-3, NASA ER-2 Computer 2016-07-28 to 2019-03-23 CONTINENT, AFRICA, SOUTHERN AFRICA, GEOGRAPHIC REGION, SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE NetCDF-4
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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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