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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 Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
AirMSPI version 1 cloud droplet size and cloud optical depth product acquired during the ORACLES flight campaign Jul-Oct 2016. NASA ER-2 AIRMSPI 2016-08-03 to 2016-09-29 AFRICA, SOUTHERN AFRICA, NAMIBIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CALIFORNIA NetCDF-4
AIRS-AMSU variables-CloudSat cloud mask, radar reflectivities, and cloud classification matchups V3.2 (AIRSM_CPR_MAT) at GES DISC Aqua, CloudSat AIRS, CloudSat-CPR 2006-06-15 to 2012-12-14 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
AIRS-CloudSat cloud mask and radar reflectivities collocation indexes V4.0 (AIRS_CPR_IND) at GES_DISC Aqua, CloudSat 2006-06-15 to 2015-01-30 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
AIRS-CloudSat cloud mask, radar reflectivities, and cloud classification matchups V3.2 (AIRS_CPR_MAT) at GES DISC Aqua, CloudSat AIRS, CloudSat-CPR 2006-06-15 to 2012-12-14 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
AIRS/Aqua L2 Near Real Time (NRT) Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS-only) V006 (AIRS2RET_NRT) at GES DISC Aqua AIRS 2016-10-15 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
AIRS/Aqua L2 Near Real Time (NRT) Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS-only) V006 (AIRS2RET_NRT) at GES DISC Aqua AIRS 2016-10-15 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
AIRS/Aqua L2 Near Real Time (NRT) Support Retrieval (AIRS-only) V006 (AIRS2SUP_NRT) at GES DISC Aqua AIRS 2016-10-15 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
AIRS/Aqua L2 Near Real Time (NRT) Support Retrieval (AIRS-only) V006 (AIRS2SUP_NRT) at GES DISC Aqua AIRS 2016-10-15 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
AIRS/Aqua L2 Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU) V006 (AIRX2RET) at GES DISC Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-30 to 2016-09-24 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
AIRS/Aqua L2 Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) V006 (AIRH2RET) at GES DISC Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB 2002-08-30 to 2003-02-05 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
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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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