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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
MLS/Aura Level 2 Cloud Ice Product V005 (ML2IWC) at GES DISC 005 Aura MLS 2004-08-02 to Present

N: 82 S: -82 E: 180 W: -180

MISR radiometric camera-by-camera Cloud Mask subset for the UAE region V004 004 Terra MISR 2004-07-01 to 2006-10-05

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

HDF-EOS2
MLS/Aura Level 3 Daily Binned Cloud Ice (IWC) on Assorted Grids V004 (ML3DBIWC) at GES DISC 004 Aura MLS 2004-08-02 to Present

N: 82 S: -82 E: 180 W: -180

MISR Level 3 Component Global Aerosol product in netCDF format covering a day V004 004 Terra MISR 1999-12-18 to Present

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

netCDF-4
OMI/Aura Effective Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V004 (OMCLDRR) at GES DISC 004 Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present

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

SAGE III Meteor-3M L2 Monthly Cloud Presence Data (Native) V004 004 Meteor-3M SAGE III 2001-12-10 to 2005-12-31

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

0.01 Decimal Degrees x 0.01 Decimal Degrees Binary
SAGE III Meteor-3M L2 Monthly Cloud Presence Data (HDF-EOS) V004 004 Meteor-3M SAGE III 2001-12-10 to 2005-12-31

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

0.01 Decimal Degrees x 0.01 Decimal Degrees HDF4
MISR Level 3 Component Global Land product in netCDF format covering a day V004 004 Terra MISR 1999-12-18 to Present

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

netCDF-4
MLS/Aura Level 3 Daily Binned Cloud Ice (IWC) on Zonal and Similar Grids V004 (ML3DZIWC) at GES DISC 004 Aura MLS 2004-08-02 to Present

N: 82 S: -82 E: 180 W: -180

MLS/Aura Level 3 Monthly Binned Cloud Ice (IWC) on Assorted Grids V004 (ML3MBIWC) at GES DISC 004 Aura MLS 2004-08-02 to Present

N: 82 S: -82 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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