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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK CLOUD PHYSICS LIDAR (CPL) V1 | 1 | GLOBAL HAWK | CPL | 2012-09-07 to 2014-09-30 |
N: 48.1787 S: 7.55657 E: -19.4239 W: -118.552 |
ASCII - HDF5 - netCDF-4 - XML | |
| AMAZE-08 Aerosol Characterization and Meteorological Data, Central Amazon Basin: 2008 | 1 | LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS | LOPC-PMS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, CNC, AEROSOL/CLOUD PARTICLE SIZER | 2008-02-05 to 2008-04-21 |
N: -2.4282 S: -2.75745 E: -60.0272 W: -60.3678 |
CSV | |
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) University of Washington CV580 Aircraft | 1 | CONVAIR CV-580 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-05-19 to 1998-06-24 | HDF | ||
| Sentinel-5P TROPOMI SNPP cloud product band 7 (SWIR detector) 1-Orbit L2 5.5km x 7km V1 (S5P_L2__NP_BD7_HiR) at GES DISC | 1 | Sentinel-5P | TROPOMI | 2018-04-30 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| BOREAS AFM-08 ECMWF Hourly Surface and Upper Air Data for the SSA and NSA | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-05-13 to 1997-03-31 |
N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -114 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) VAISALA CEILOMETER GCPEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | CEILOMETERS | 2012-01-15 to 2012-03-01 |
N: 44.5 S: 43.5 E: -78.5 W: -79.5 |
Binary | |
| ER-2 X-Band Doppler Radar (EXRAD) ALOFT | 1 | NASA ER-2 | EXRAD | 2023-06-15 to 2023-07-31 |
N: 35.959 S: 10.888 E: -80.404 W: -118.559 |
HDF5 |
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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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