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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 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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Clouds Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Tropics Satellite Data V1 | NOAA-18, DMSP 5D-3/F16, NOAA-19, GPM, TRMM, CORIOLIS, DMSP 5D-3/F15, METOP-A, DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F18 | AMSU-A, AVHRR, SSMIS, GMI, PR, TMI, WINDSAT, SSM/I | 2013-07-23 to 2014-09-30 | ATLANTIC OCEAN | N: 53.9 S: 2.2 E: -9 W: -113.5 | JPEG |
| Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Cloud Top Height V1 | GOES-15, METEOSAT-10 | GOES-15 Imager, SEVIRI | 2014-08-14 to 2014-10-03 | ATLANTIC OCEAN | N: 52 S: 12 E: -60 W: -180 | PNG |
| Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Tropical Overshooting Tops V1 | METEOSAT-10, GOES-15 | SEVIRI, GOES-15 Imager | 2014-08-14 to 2014-10-03 | ATLANTIC OCEAN | N: 52 S: 12 E: -60 W: -180 | KML |
| HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK CLOUD PHYSICS LIDAR (CPL) V1 | GLOBAL HAWK | CPL | 2012-09-07 to 2014-09-30 | NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN | N: 48.1787 S: 7.55657 E: -19.4239 W: -118.552 | ASCII - HDF5 - netCDF-4 - XML |
| HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK HIGH ALTITUDE MMIC SOUNDING RADIOMETER (HAMSR) V1 | GLOBAL HAWK | HAMSR | 2011-09-09 to 2013-09-26 | NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN | N: 51.942 S: 9.239 E: -54.876 W: -175.713 | netCDF-3 - PDF |
| ISLSCP II Climate Research Unit CRU05 Monthly Climate Data | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | multiple | |
| ISLSCP II Cloud and Meteorology Parameters | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | Shapefile | |
| ISLSCP II CRU05 Climate Time Series for Global Land Areas, 1986-1995 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | multiple | |
| ISLSCP II Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Radiation Data | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | Shapefile | |
| LBA Regional Mean Climatology, 0.5-Deg, 1930-1960, V. 2.1 (Cramer and Leemans) | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | TEMPERATURE SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, SUN PHOTOMETERS | 1931-01-01 to 1960-12-31 | N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 | Binary |
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