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Atmosphere Data Access and Tools
Earth observation data range from measuring the light reflected by snow and ice to tracking the atmospheric conditions around hurricanes. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.
| Dataset | Geographic Region | Temporal Extent | Data Format | Potential Application Areas | Related Subtopics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua/AIRS L3 Daily Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU) 1 degree x 1 degree V7.0 | Global | 2002-08-31 to 2016-09-25 | HDF-EOS |
| air quality, atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric pressure, atmospheric temperature, atmospheric water vapor, clouds, weather events |
| CALIPSO Lidar Level 1B profile data, V4-51 | Global, Troposphere, Stratosphere, Boundary Layer | 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 | HDF4 |
| aerosols, atmospheric chemistry, clouds |
| CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Aerosol Profile, V4-51 | Global, Troposphere | 2006-06-11 to 2023-06-30 | HDF4 |
| aerosols, atmospheric chemistry |
| CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Cloud Profile, V4-51 | Global, Troposphere | 2006-06-11 to 2023-06-30 | HDF4 |
| aerosols, clouds |
| ECOSTRESS Tiled Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Instantaneous L2 Global 70 m | Global Land | 2018-07-09 to Present | Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) |
| atmospheric temperature |
| GLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 3 hourly 0.25 x 0.25 degree V2.1 | Global Land | 2000-01-01 to Present | NetCDF |
| atmospheric pressure, atmospheric radiation, atmospheric temperature, atmospheric water vapor, atmospheric winds, precipitation, weather events |
| LIS/OTD 0.5 Degree High Resolution Full Climatology (HRFC) V2.3.2015 | Global | 1995-05-04 to 2014-12-31 |
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| atmospheric electricity, weather events |
| MAIAC Daily V01 | Global | 2015-06-13 to Present | PNG |
| aerosols |
| MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_flx_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Surface Flux Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 | Global | 1980-01-01 to 2025-04-01 | NetCDF |
| altitude, atmospheric radiation, atmospheric temperature, atmospheric water vapor, atmospheric winds, precipitation |
| MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_rad_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Radiation Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 | Global | 1980-01-01 to 2025-04-01 | NetCDF |
| atmospheric radiation, atmospheric temperature, clouds |
| MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_slv_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Single-Level Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 | Global | 1980-01-01 to 2025-04-01 | NetCDF |
| altitude, atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric pressure, atmospheric temperature, atmospheric water vapor, atmospheric winds, clouds, weather events |
| MODIS/Aqua Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 10km - NRT | Global | 2002-05-04 to Present |
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| aerosols, atmospheric radiation |
| MODIS/Aqua Cloud Mask and Spectral Test Results 5-Min L2 Swath 250m and 1km | Global | 2002-07-04 to Present | HDF |
| clouds, weather events |
| MODIS/Terra Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 10km - NRT | Global | 2017-10-11 to Present |
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| aerosols, air quality, atmospheric radiation |
| MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Aerosol Optical Depth Daily L2G Global 1 km SIN Grid | Global | 2022-08-01 to Present | HDF |
| aerosols, air quality |
| MODIS/Terra Clouds 5-Min L2 Swath 1km and 5km | Global | 2000-02-24 to Present | HDF |
| atmospheric radiation, atmospheric pressure, clouds, precipitation, weather events |
| PACE OCI Level-2 Regional Cloud Optical Properties - NRT Data, version 3.0 | Global | 2024-03-05 to Present | NetCDF-4 |
| atmospheric radiation, clouds, precipitation, weather events |
| RSS SSMIS OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS DAILY FROM DMSP F16 NETCDF V7 | Global | 2003-10-26 to Present | NetCDF-4 |
| atmospheric water vapor, atmospheric winds, clouds, precipitation, weather events |
| VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Mask and Spectral Test Results 6-Min L2 Swath 750m | Global Daytime | 2012-03-01 to Present | NetCDF-4 |
| aerosols, atmospheric radiation, clouds, weather events |
| VIIRS/Suomi-NPP Cloud Mask 6-Min Swath 750 m | Global | 2012-03-01 to Present | NetCDF |
| clouds, weather events |
| Dataset | Geographic Region | Temporal Extent | Data Format | Potential Application Areas | Related Subtopics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVATE Falcon In-Situ Meteorological and Navigational Data | North America, Northern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere, Atlantic Ocean, Troposphere | 2020-02-10 to 2022-06-20 | ICARTT |
| aerosols, atmospheric water vapor, atmospheric winds, weather events |
| Daymet: Annual Climate Summaries on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4 R1 | Atlantic Ocean, North America | 1950-01-01 to 2023-12-31 | GeoTIFF |
| atmospheric radiation, atmospheric temperature, atmospheric water vapor, precipitation |
| High-resolution mean North American methane fluxes for 2010-2015 optimized with GOSAT satellite data V1 | North America | 2010-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | NetCDF |
| atmospheric chemistry |
| Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) CPEX V1 | Atlantic Ocean | 2017-05-24 to 2017-07-16 | NetCDF-3 |
| precipitation, weather events |
| Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on TRMM Science Data V4 | Tropics | 1998-01-01 to 2015-04-08 |
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| atmospheric electricity, precipitation, weather events |
| LIS 0.1 DEGREE VERY HIGH RESOLUTION GRIDDED LIGHTNING ANNUAL CLIMATOLOGY (VHRAC) V1 | Tropics | 1998-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | NetCDF-4 |
| atmospheric electricity, weather events |
| MODIS/Terra Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 10km - NRT | Global | 2017-10-11 to Present |
|
| aerosols, air quality, atmospheric radiation |
| NLDAS Primary Forcing Data L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 | North America | 1979-01-01 to 2025-04-29 | NetCDF |
| atmospheric temperature, atmospheric water vapor, atmospheric winds, precipitation, weather events |
| STAQS JSC GV GEOstationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEO-CAPE) Airborne Simulator Data | North America | 2023-06-26 to 2023-08-17 |
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| atmospheric chemistry |
| TEMPO gridded formaldehyde total column V03 (PROVISIONAL) | North America | 2023-08-01 to Present | NetCDF-4 |
| aerosols, atmospheric chemistry |
| TEMPO gridded NO2 tropospheric and stratospheric columns V03 (PROVISIONAL) | North America | 2023-08-01 to Present | NetCDF-4 |
| air quality, atmospheric chemistry |
| TEMPO NO2 tropospheric and stratospheric columns V03 (PROVISIONAL) | North America | 2023-08-01 to Present | NetCDF-4 |
| air quality, atmospheric chemistry |
| TEMPO ozone total column V03 (PROVISIONAL) | North America | 2023-08-01 to Present | NetCDF-4 |
| air quality, atmospheric chemistry |
| Quality Controlled Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on International Space Station (ISS) Science Data V2 | Tropics | 2017-03-01 to 2023-11-16 |
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| atmospheric electricity, weather events |
Atmosphere Datasets
| Dataset | Version Sort ascending | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC-8 Meteorological and Navigation Data CPEX-AW | 1 | NASA DC-8 | GPS, KT19 Pyrometer, RADAR ALTIMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, THERMOMETERS | 2021-08-17 to 2021-09-04 |
N: 34.73 S: 11.8616 E: -45.6412 W: -118.163 |
ASCII | |
| ACES ELECTRIC FIELD MILL V1 | 1 | ALTUS | ELECTRIC FIELD MILL | 2002-07-10 to 2002-08-30 |
N: 26 S: 23 E: -81 W: -85 |
Binary | |
| ATom: Measurements of Soluble Acidic Gases and Aerosols (SAGA) | 1 | NASA DC-8 | ION CHROMATOGRAPHS | 2016-07-29 to 2018-05-21 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ICARTT | |
| GOES-R PLT Oklahoma Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | LMA | 2017-03-01 to 2017-06-01 |
N: 35.2891 S: 35.2691 E: -97.9079 W: -97.9279 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-3 MACAWS V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | MACAWS | 1998-08-21 to 1998-09-22 |
N: 50 S: 10 E: -50 W: -105 |
Various: Binary, ASCII, HTML, GIF | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) NASA HYMEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2012-09-07 to 2012-11-12 |
N: 44.2 S: 41.8 E: 12.5 W: 4.06 |
ASCII | |
| ARCSIX LaRC G-III Dropsonde Data | 1 | G-III | AVAPS | 2024-05-28 to 2024-08-18 |
N: 85.87 S: 36.65 E: 2.79 W: -108.39 |
ICARTT, NetCDF-4, PNG | |
| BOREAS AFM-05 Level-2 Upper Air Network Standard Pressure Level Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, BALLOONS | ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, RADIOSONDES | 1993-08-16 to 1996-10-22 |
N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111 |
ASCII | |
| TROPESS CrIS-SNPP L2 for Los Angeles Megacity, Standard Product V1 (TRPSDL2ALLCRSMGLOS) at GES DISC | 1 | Suomi-NPP | CrIS | 2016-01-02 to Present |
N: 36 S: 33 E: -117 W: -120 |
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| Optical Thickness Data: Aircraft (OTTER) | 1 | C-130 | SUN PHOTOMETERS | 1990-08-13 to 1990-08-15 |
N: 46.13 S: 43.97 E: -123.22 W: -124.02 |
ASCII |
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Atmosphere Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeaBASS | SeaBASS is public archive of ocean and atmosphere data captured in situ. The archive is maintained by NASA's Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG). | 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 | |
| VEDA | NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities. | Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing | |
| 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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