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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRIP CLOUD MICROPHYSICS V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | CAPS, CDP, PIP | 2010-08-13 to 2010-09-25 |
N: 40 S: 0 E: -71.5 W: -100 |
ASCII | |
| Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere Radar and Satellite (Remote Sensing) Data Products | 1 | GOES-17, GOES-16, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | ABI, GridRad | 2021-07-05 to 2022-07-14 | NetCDF-4 | ||
| NAAMES C-130 Cloud In Situ Data, Version 1 | 1 | C-130 | CDP, CIP | 2015-11-12 to 2017-09-20 | ICARTT | ||
| ASIA-AQ LaRC G-III High Spectral Resolution Lidar-2 Data | 1 | G-III | HSRL-2 | 2024-02-05 to 2024-03-28 |
N: 37.84 S: 8 E: 128.6 W: 99.73 |
HDF5, PNG | |
| AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Monthly Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids V001 | 1 | Aqua, GCOM-W1 | AMSR-E, AMSR2 | 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04, 2012-07-02 to Present |
N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees | HDF-EOS5 |
| MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) L2 Cloud Data | 1 | NASA ER-2 | MAS | 2007-07-07 to 2007-08-10 |
N: 80 S: -35 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF-EOS | |
| Cloud Radar System (CRS) IMPACTS | 1 | NASA ER-2 | CRS | 2020-01-25 to 2023-02-28 |
N: 48.658 S: 31.073 E: -64.894 W: -95.46 |
HDF-5 | |
| SAFARI 2000 Mean Climatology, 0.5-Deg, 1930-1960, V[ersion]. 2.1 (Cramer and Leemans) | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, SUN PHOTOMETERS | 1931-01-01 to 1960-12-31 |
N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5 |
multiple | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION GCPEX SNOW MICROPHYSICS CASE STUDY V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8, GROUND STATIONS, UND CITATION II | APR-2, CIPS, D3R, DPR, HVPS, PMS 2D-C PROBE | 2012-02-24 to 2012-02-25 |
N: 46.3966 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7616 W: -80.4026 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION UND CITATION CLOUD MICROPHYSICS MC3E V1 | 1 | UND CITATION II | CDP, CPI PROBES, HVPS, INS, LASER HYGROMETERS, PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS KING PROBE, ROSEMOUNT ICING DETECTOR, UHSAS | 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-02 |
N: 40.944 S: 34.3247 E: -95.2302 W: -99.1654 |
ASCII - Binary |
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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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