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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.

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CERES Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly NOAA-20 Edition 1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6 2018-05-01 to Present netCDF-4
CERES Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly Terra Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Aqua-FM3 Edition4A Edition4A Aqua CERES-FM3 2002-07-03 to Present NetCDF-3, HDF4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Aqua-FM4 Edition4A Edition4A Aqua CERES-FM4 2002-07-03 to 2005-03-29 HDF4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NOAA20-FM6-VIIRS Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present netCDF-4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NOAA20-FM6-VIIRS Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present netCDF-4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NPP-FM5 Edition2A Edition2A Suomi-NPP CERES-FM5, VIIRS 2012-01-27 to Present netCDF-4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Terra-FM1 Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Terra-FM2 Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM2 2000-03-01 to 2025-01-10 HDF4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols TRMM-PFM Edition2B Edition2B TRMM CERES-PFM 1998-01-01 to 2000-03-31 HDF4
CERES SSF 1 degree Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly NPP VIIRS Edition2A Edition2A Suomi-NPP CERES-FM5, VIIRS 2012-02-01 to Present HDF4
CERES SSF 1 degree Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly NPP Edition2A Edition2A Suomi-NPP CERES-FM5, VIIRS 2012-02-01 to 2019-09-30 HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Aqua Edition4A Edition4A Aqua CERES-FM4, CERES-FM3 2002-07-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily NOAA-20 Edition1B Edition1B NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily NOAA-20 Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily NPP Edition2A Edition2A Suomi-NPP CERES-FM5, VIIRS 2012-02-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Aqua Edition4A Edition4A Aqua CERES-FM4, CERES-FM3 2002-07-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly NOAA-20 Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly NOAA-20 Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, MODIS 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES-MODIS and hourly geostationary cloud properties stratified by ISCCP cloud types for day and night. Edition4A Terra, Aqua, GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES MODIS, IMAGING RADIOMETERS 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES-MODIS-VIIRS and hourly geostationary cloud properties stratified by ISCCP cloud types for day and night. Edition4A Terra, NOAA-20 MODIS, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present HDF4
CLAMS CV-580 Cloud Absorption Radiometer (CAR) 1 Convair-580 CAR 2001-07-10 to 2001-08-02

N: 38.7 S: 35.9 E: -70.28 W: -76.5

HDF4
CLAMS-Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites Un. Washington Convair-580 aircraft measurements 1 CONVAIR CV-580 TSI-3563 Neph, FSSP, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, HYGROMETERS, RADIOMETERS 2001-07-10 to 2001-08-02

N: 38 S: 35.9 E: -70 W: -76.5

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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
SOOT NASA's Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) provides users with suborbital field campaign data discovery and download capabilities. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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