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Aqua Data Access and Tools
Data collected by NASA’s Aqua satellite are integral for efforts to characterize the Earth's water cycle. Explore Aqua datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.
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Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sounder SIPS: Aqua AIRS Level-1C Calibration Subset: Random Full Spectra V2 (SNDRAQIML1CCALSUBRND) at GES DISC | AIRS, AMSU-B | 2002-08-31 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, INFRARED FLUX, Infrared Radiance | |
| ABoVE: Angular-corrected MODIS MAIAC Reflectance across Alaska and Canada, 2000-2017 | MODIS | 2000-02-24 to 2017-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Reflectance, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Cover |
| ABoVE: Burn Severity, Fire Progression, and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2015-2016 | SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, MODIS | 2015-05-20 to 2016-08-08 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Soil Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Cover, Soil Moisture/Water Content |
| ABoVE: Burn Severity, Fire Progression, Landcover and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2014 | MODIS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE | 1997-07-07 to 2015-07-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Dominant Species, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Fire Occurrence, Biomass, Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
| ABoVE: Burned Area, Depth, and Combustion for Alaska and Canada, 2001-2019 | MODIS, OLI, TIRS | 2001-01-01 to 2019-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | COG | Fire Occurrence, Emissions, Forests, Carbon, Burned Area |
| ABoVE: Corrected MODIS MAIAC Reflectance at Tower Sites, Alaska and Canada, 2000-2016 | Computer, MODIS | 2000-02-24 to 2016-07-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Reflectance |
| ABoVE: Dall Sheep Response to Snow and Landscape Covariates, Alaska, 2005-2008 | Computer, MODIS | 2005-09-01 to 2008-08-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 classic | Snow Depth, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Topographic Effects, Terrain Elevation, Snow Density |
| ABoVE: Environmental Conditions During Fall Moose Hunting Seasons, Alaska, 2000-2016 | WATER LEVEL GAUGES, MODIS, THERMOMETERS | 2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Air Temperature, Leaf Characteristics, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Phenological Changes, Animal Ecology and Behavior |
| ABoVE: Fractional Open Water Cover for Pan-Arctic and ABoVE-Domain Regions, 2002-2015 | AMSR-E, MODIS, AMSR2 | 2002-06-20 to 2015-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Total Surface Water, Droughts, Floods, Inundation |
| ABoVE: High Resolution Cloud-Free Snow Cover Extent and Snow Depth, Alaska, 2001-2017 | MODIS | 2001-01-01 to 2017-12-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 classic | Snow Cover, Snow Depth |
Aqua Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIRMS | The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. | Access, Visualization | |
| LDOPE | Access a range of software tools designed to manipulate, visualize, and analyze MODIS and VIIRS data. | Analysis, Visualization | |
| Similarity Search | Similarity Search uses machine learning to make it easier for scientists to comb through millions of images and locate sets of similar examples. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| TESViS | The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. | Visualization, Subsetting | |
| 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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