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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.
Datasets
| Dataset | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Version Sort ascending | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Weekly Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids V001 | AMSR-E, AMSR2 | 2002-06-02 to 2011-10-04, 2012-07-02 to Present | 1 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS5 | Cloud Precipitable Water, Cloud Water Path, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds |
| Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) CPEX | AIRS | 2017-05-11 to 2017-07-16 | 1 | ACTIVE | HDF-4 | Cloud Properties, Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Atmospheric Temperature Indices, Water Vapor Indices |
| Carbon Pools across CONUS using the MaxEnt Model, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, and 2017 | TM, SRTM, PALSAR, Computer, SURVEYING TOOLS, MODIS, PALSAR-2, OLI | 2005-01-01 to 2017-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Biomass, Litter Characteristics, Carbon, Forests |
| AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 6.25 km Sea Ice Drift Polar Grids V001 | AMSR-E | 2011-05-30 to 2011-10-03 | 1 | COMPLETE | HDF-EOS2 | Microwave Imagery, Sea Ice Motion |
| TROPESS AIRS-Aqua L2 Ozone for Forward Stream, Standard Product V1 (TRPSDL2O3AIRSFS) at GES DISC | AIRS | 2021-02-01 to Present | 1 | COMPLETE | Atmospheric Ozone | |
| NASA Water Vapor Project MEaSUREs (NVAP-M) CLIMATE Total Precipitable Water | AIRS, SSM/I, HIRS, RADIOSONDES | 1988-01-01 to 2009-12-01 | 1 | COMPLETE | NetCDF-4 | Total Precipitable Water, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Water Vapor Indicators |
| TROPESS AIRS-Aqua L2 Water for Forward Stream, Standard Product V1 (TRPSDL2H2OAIRSFS) at GES DISC | AIRS | 2021-02-01 to Present | 1 | COMPLETE | Water Vapor | |
| 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 |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION COMPOSITE SATELLITE OVERPASSES MC3E V1 | AMSR-E | 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-05 | 1 | COMPLETE | ASCII | Brightness Temperature, Skin Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Air Temperature, Precipitation Rate |
| CMS: Terrestrial Carbon Stocks, Emissions, and Fluxes for Conterminous US, 2001-2016 | OLI, MODIS, PALSAR, PALSAR-2, SRTM, Computer, TM | 2001-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 | Terrestrial Ecosystems, Biomass, Litter Characteristics, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Gross Primary Production (gpp) |
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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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