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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
FIREX-AQ ER-2 Cloud Physics Lidar Remotely Sensed Data 1 NASA ER-2 CPL 2019-07-31 to 2019-08-23 HDF5
CPEX-CV Merge Data Files 1 NASA DC-8, Data Analysis CIP, CAS, Computer 2022-09-06 to 2022-10-02 ICARTT
GPM GROUND VALIDATION DUAL-FREQUENCY DUAL-POLARIZED DOPPLER RADAR (D3R) GCPEX 1 GROUND STATIONS D3R, DOPPLER RADAR 2012-01-03 to 2012-02-29

N: 44.5021 S: 43.9631 E: -79.5122 W: -80.0512

netCDF-4
GPM Ground Validation Optical Disdrometer (ODM) LPVEx 1 R/V ARANDA ODM 2010-09-15 to 2010-09-26

N: 60.2792 S: 59.3778 E: 25.5378 W: 21.3281

ASCII
UAlbany Parsivel IMPACTS 1 GROUND STATIONS DISDROMETERS 2020-01-30 to 2023-02-28

N: 42.6957 S: 42.67091583252 E: -73.804445495605 W: -73.8419

netCDF-4
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NCAR CLOUD MICROPHYSICS PARTICLE PROBES GCPEX 1 UND CITATION II CIPS, HVPS-3, PMS 2D-C PROBE 2012-01-19 to 2012-02-24

N: 46.3966 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7659 W: -80.549

ASCII - netCDF-4
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave Daily Average by Local Fluxes 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1988-01-01 to 2009-12-31 NetCDF-4
SCOAPE-II R/V Point Sur Data 1 R/V Point Sur Picarro G2301-m, Thermo Model 49C O3 Analyzer 2024-06-02 to 2024-06-15 ICARTT, NetCDF-4
CAR TARFOX Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment L1 V1 (CAR_TARFOX_L1C) at GES DISC 1 C-131A CAR 1996-07-10 to 1996-07-27

N: 39.7427 S: 36.4875 E: -72.576 W: -76.2847

VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Mask and Spectral Test Results 6-Min L2 Swath 750m 1 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2012-03-01 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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