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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 Version Sort ascending Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Reduced Resolution Geolocated and Calibrated TOA Radiance 4 ENVISAT MERIS 2002-04-29 to 2012-04-08

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Envisat N1
Reduced Resolution Geophysical Product for Ocean, Land and Atmosphere 4 ENVISAT MERIS 2002-04-29 to 2012-04-08

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF4-zipped
Full Resolution Full Swath Geolocated and Calibrated TOA Radiance 4 ENVISAT MERIS 2002-05-17 to 2012-04-08

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF4-zipped
Full Resolution Full Swath Geophysical Product for Ocean, Land and Atmosphere 4 ENVISAT MERIS 2003-01-01 to 2012-04-08

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF4-zipped
AIRS-AMSU variables-CloudSat cloud mask, radar reflectivities, and cloud classification matchups V3.2 (AIRSM_CPR_MAT) at GES DISC 3.2 Aqua, CloudSat AIRS, CloudSat-CPR 2006-06-15 to 2012-12-14

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 3.2 Aqua, CloudSat AIRS, CloudSat-CPR 2006-06-15 to 2012-12-14

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

PACE OCI Level-2 Regional Cloud Mask - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 3.1 3.1 PACE OCI 2024-03-05 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
PACE OCI Level-2 Regional Cloud Mask Data, version 3.1 3.1 PACE OCI 2024-03-05 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
PACE OCI Level-2 Regional Cloud Optical Properties - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 3.1 3.1 PACE OCI 2024-03-05 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
PACE OCI Level-2 Regional Cloud Optical Properties Data, version 3.1 3.1 PACE OCI 2024-03-05 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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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