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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 Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 2 CHART Normal Spectral Resolution: Atmosphere, cloud and surface geophysical state V1 1 Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2013-01-01 to 2015-11-01

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

AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily 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
ATom: Cloud and Coarse Aerosol Measurements from CAPS Instrument, 2016-2018 1 NASA DC-8 CAPS 2016-07-29 to 2018-05-21

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

ICARTT
STAQS JSC GV High Spectral Resolution Lidar-2 Data 1 G-V HSRL-2 2023-06-24 to 2023-08-16

N: 44.22 S: 29.25 E: -72.1 W: -119.8

HDF5
CAMEX-4 NOAA WP-3D CLOUD PHYSICS V1 1 WP-3D ORION FSSP, HVPS 2001-09-03 to 2001-09-19

N: 50 S: 10 E: -60 W: -100

4mm Tape
SAFARI 2000 ETA Atmospheric Model Data, Wet and Dry Seasons 2000 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-02-01 to 2000-09-30

N: -9 S: -53 E: 53 W: -13

Shapefile
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
CAMP2Ex Cloud and Precipitation Retrievals Derived From APR-3 and AMPR Measurements 1 NASA P-3 APR-3, AMPR 2019-08-02 to 2019-10-07 NetCDF-3
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II University of North Dakota Citation Aircraft Microphysical Data 1 Airplane PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS 2D-P PROBE 1991-11-14 to 1991-12-07 Binary
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Monthly Average by Local Fluxes 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
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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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