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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 Sort descending Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 1 TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Data 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-9 TOVS 1986-10-14 to 1986-11-02 Binary
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 2 High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) Data 1 GROUND STATIONS LIDAR, HSRL 1991-11-22 to 1991-12-06 GIF
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 2 High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (HIS) Data 1 NASA ER-2 HIS 1991-11-26 to 1991-12-05 ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 2 ISCCP Stage DX Pixel Level Cloud Product - Revised Algorithm Data 1 GOES-7, NOAA-12, NOAA-11 VISSR, RADIOMETERS, AVHRR 1991-11-01 to 1991-12-31 ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 2 Volume Imaging Lidar (VIL) Altitude vs. Time (RTI) Data 1 GROUND STATIONS LIDAR, VIL 1991-11-17 to 1991-12-06 GIF
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 2 Volume Imaging Lidar (VIL) Cirrus Scan Data 1 GROUND STATIONS LIDAR, VIL 1991-11-18 to 1991-12-06 GIF
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase I National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Kingair Aircraft Data 1 King Air PYRANOMETERS, HYGROMETERS, GUST PROBES, BRTS, CLOUD LIQUID WATER PROBE, THERMOMETERS, PHOTOMETERS, RADIOMETERS 1986-10-14 to 1986-11-02 Binary
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase I National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Sabreliner Aircraft Data 1 T-39 PYRANOMETERS, HYGROMETERS, GUST PROBES, RADIOMETERS 1986-10-13 to 1986-11-02 ZIP
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II Environmental & Technology Laboratory (ETL) Doppler Radar Images (FIRE_CI2_ETL_RADAR) 1 GROUND STATIONS RADAR, DOPPLER RADAR 1991-11-13 to 1991-11-29 ASCII
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Kingair Aircraft Data 1 B-200 GUST PROBES, Hotwire LWC, HYGROMETERS, PHOTOMETERS, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS 2D-P PROBE, PRT, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, RADIOMETERS 1991-11-09 to 1991-12-06 ASCII
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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
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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