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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 Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Terra FM2 MODIS Edition2B Edition2B Terra CERES-FM2 2000-03-01 to 2006-03-01 HDF4
CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Terra FM2 MODIS Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM2, MODIS 2024-05-01 to 2024-08-31 20 Kilometers x 20 Kilometers HDF4
CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath TRMM Edition2C Edition2C TRMM CERES-PFM 1998-01-01 to 2000-03-31 HDF4
CERES Daily Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged NOAA-20 TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition1B Edition1B NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present NetCDF-4
CERES Daily Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged NOAA-20 TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present 1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
CERES Daily Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged Terra and Aqua TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition4A Edition4A Terra, Aqua CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, MODIS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2002-07-01 to Present NetCDF-4
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA and Surface Monthly means data in netCDF Edition 4.1 Edition4.1 Terra, Aqua CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to 2022-04-01 NetCDF-4
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA and Surface Monthly means data in netCDF Edition 4.2 Edition4.2 Terra, Aqua, NOAA-20 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM6 2000-03-01 to Present netCDF-3
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA and Surface Monthly means data in netCDF Edition 4.2.1 Edition4.2.1 Terra, Aqua, NOAA-20 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM6 2000-03-01 to Present netCDF-4
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA Monthly means data in netCDF Edition4.1 Edition4.1 Terra, Aqua CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to 2023-04-01 NetCDF-3
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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
SOOT NASA's Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) provides users with suborbital field campaign data discovery and download capabilities. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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