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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.

Clouds Datasets

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Dataset Sort descending Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
KORUS-AQ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ground Site Data 1 GROUND STATIONS CEILOMETERS, CAPS, 2B Technologies, Aeroqual Portable Air Quality Monitor 2016-04-27 to 2016-06-13

N: 37.63 S: 37.21 E: 127.42 W: 127.02

HDF5, ICARTT
LBA Regional Mean Climatology, 0.5-Deg, 1930-1960, V. 2.1 (Cramer and Leemans) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION TEMPERATURE SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, SUN PHOTOMETERS 1931-01-01 to 1960-12-31

N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85

Binary
LBA-ECO CD-03 Cloud Base-Backscatter Data, km 67 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CEILOMETERS 2001-04-07 to 2003-12-22

N: -2.857 S: -2.857 E: -54.959 W: -54.959

CSV
LMOS Grafton Ground Site Data 1 GROUND STATIONS SPECTROMETERS, CEILOMETERS 2017-05-10 to 2017-06-21

N: 90 S: -90 E: 85 W: -90

ICARTT, ZIP
LMOS Milwaukee Ground Site Data 1 GROUND STATIONS SPECTROMETERS, CEILOMETERS 2017-05-10 to 2017-06-15

N: 90 S: -90 E: 85 W: -90

ICARTT, ZIP
LMOS Miscellaneous and Ancillary Data Products 1 SATELLITES Computer 2017-01-01 to 2018-01-01

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

HDF4
LMOS Sheboygan Ground Site Data 1 GROUND STATIONS LASERS, LIDAR, HSRL, GPS, SPECTROMETERS, GAS SENSORS 2017-05-09 to 2017-06-24

N: 45 S: 40 E: 90 W: -90

ICARTT, NetCDF-3
LMOS Zion Ground Site Data 1 GROUND STATIONS CIT-ToF-CIMS, GAS SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, SPECTROMETERS, CEILOMETERS, APS, SMPS, SODAR, GC-MS, OC-EC Analyzer 2017-05-16 to 2017-06-24

N: 46 S: 40 E: 95 W: -95

ICARTT, NetCDF-3, HDF5
MACPEX Satellite Ancillary Data 1 GOES-13 GOES-13 Imager 2011-03-27 to 2011-04-26

N: 39.29 S: 19.43 E: -84.2 W: -98.59

ICARTT
MACPEX WB-57 Aircraft In-situ Aerosol Data 1 NASA WB-57F PALMS, DMT SP2, FCAS, FCAS II, NMASS II 2011-03-27 to 2011-04-26

N: 41.3 S: 19.43 E: -84.2 W: -104.59

ICARTT
MACPEX WB-57 Aircraft In-situ Cloud Data 1 NASA WB-57F HVPS, 2DS, SID, VIPS 2011-03-30 to 2011-04-26

N: 41.3 S: 19.43 E: -84.2 W: -104.59

ICARTT
MACPEX WB-57 Aircraft In-situ Water Data 1 NASA WB-57F DLH, JPL LASER HYGROMETERS, CIMS, ALIAS, HWV, CLH2, ULH, FISH 2011-03-30 to 2011-04-26

N: 39.29 S: 19.43 E: -84.2 W: -104.59

ICARTT
MERRA-2 inst1_2d_asm_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Instantaneous,Single-Level,Assimilation,Single-Level Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2I1NXASM) 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 inst1_2d_int_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Instantaneous,Single-Level,Assimilation,Vertically Integrated Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2I1NXINT) 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 inst3_3d_asm_Np: 3d,3-Hourly,Instantaneous,Pressure-Level,Assimilation,Assimilated Meteorological Fields 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2I3NPASM) 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 inst3_3d_asm_Nv: 3d,3-Hourly,Instantaneous,Model-Level,Assimilation,Assimilated Meteorological Fields 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2I3NVASM) 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 instM_2d_asm_Nx: 2d,Monthly mean,Single-Level,Assimilation,Single-Level Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2IMNXASM) 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 instM_2d_int_Nx: 2d,Monthly mean,Instantaneous,Single-Level,Assimilation,Vertically Integrated Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2IMNXINT) 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 instM_3d_asm_Np: 3d,Monthly mean,Instantaneous,Pressure-Level,Assimilation,Assimilated Meteorological Fields 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2IMNPASM) 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 instU_2d_asm_Nx: 2d,diurnal,Instantaneous,Single-Level,Assimilation,Single-Level Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2IUNXASM) 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 instU_2d_int_Nx: 2d,diurnal,Instantaneous,Single-Level,Assimilation,Vertically Integrated Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2IUNXINT) 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 instU_3d_asm_Np: 3d,diurnal,Instantaneous,Pressure-Level,Assimilation,Assimilated Meteorological Fields 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2IUNPASM) 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_csp_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,COSP Satellite Simulator 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXCSP) 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_int_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Vertically Integrated Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXINT) 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_ocn_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Ocean Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXOCN) 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees

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
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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