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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
TOVS GLA DAILY GRIDS from NOAA-12 V01 (TOVSADND) at GES DISC 01 NOAA-12 HIRS/2, MSU, TOVS 1991-07-04 to 1994-07-01

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

DSCOVR EPIC Level 2 GLINT 01 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-13 to Present HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics Quick Look V007 007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2025-06-08 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

280 Meters HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics V007 007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

280 Meters HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics Quick Look V007 007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2025-06-08 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

280 Meters HDF5
HIRDLS/Aura Level 2 Daily Geophysical Parameters V007 (HIRDLS2) at GES DISC 007 Aura HIRDLS 2005-01-29 to 2008-03-17

N: 80 S: -64 E: 180 W: -180

AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Quantization in Physical Units (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) 5 degrees x 5 degrees V006 (AIRH3QPM) at GES DISC 006 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB 2002-09-01 to 2003-02-01

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

AIRS/Aqua L2 Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU) V006 (AIRX2RET) at GES DISC 006 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-30 to 2016-09-24

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

AIRS/Aqua L3 Daily Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRH3STD) at GES DISC 006 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-31 to 2003-02-06

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

AIRS/Aqua L2 Support Retrieval (AIRS-only) V006 (AIRS2SUP) at GES DISC 006 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-30 to Present

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

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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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