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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 Sort descending | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSS MONTHLY 1-DEG MICROWAVE TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER NETCDF V7R01 | AMSR-E, SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR2, WINDSAT | 1988-01-01 | 7R01 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 - netCDF-3 | Water Vapor, Brightness Temperature, Total Precipitable Water |
| RSS Monthly 1-deg Microwave Total Precipitable Water netCDF Version7 revision 00 | AMSR-E | 7 | Retired | NETCDF | Atmospheric Water Vapor | |
| SAFARI 2000 MAPSS MOD05_L2 Water Vapor Summary Data for Southern Africa | MODIS | 2000-02-24 to 2002-03-04 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | REFLECTED INFRARED, Water Vapor, Total Precipitable Water |
| SEDIMENT ANALYSIS NETWORK FOR DECISION SUPPORT (SANDS) MODIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF AL (GSA) ANALYSIS V1 | MODIS | 2000-09-14 to 2008-09-08 | 1 | COMPLETE | ASCII - JPEG - Excel - PDF | Sediment Transport, Sedimentation, Sedimentation, Erosion, Sedimentation |
| SEDIMENT ANALYSIS NETWORK FOR DECISION SUPPORT (SANDS) MODIS GEOTIFF V1 | MODIS | 2000-09-11 to 2008-09-09 | 1 | COMPLETE | ASCII - TIFF | Sediment Transport, Sediments, Erosion, Sedimentation, Erosion |
| SEDIMENT ANALYSIS NETWORK FOR DECISION SUPPORT (SANDS) MODIS GULF SUBSETTED V1 | MODIS | 2000-09-11 to 2008-09-09 | 1 | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Sediments, Sedimentation, Sediment Transport, Sedimentation, Erosion |
| SMAP L4 Global Daily 9 km EASE-Grid Carbon Net Ecosystem Exchange V008 | MODIS, NOT APPLICABLE, SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER, VIIRS | 2015-03-31 to Present | 008 | ACTIVE | HDF5 | Gross Primary Production (gpp), Heterotrophic Respiration (rh), NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) |
| Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 2 CLIMCAPS: Atmosphere, cloud and surface geophysical state V2 (SNDRAQIML2CCPRET) at GES DISC | AIRS, AMSU-A | 2002-08-30 to 2016-09-25 | 2 | ACTIVE | Tropospheric Ozone, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Atmospheric Temperature | |
| Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 2 CLIMCAPS: Cloud Cleared Radiances V2 (SNDRAQIML2CCPCCR) at GES DISC | AIRS, AMSU-A | 2002-08-30 to 2016-09-25 | 2 | ACTIVE | Brightness Temperature, Infrared Radiance, Brightness Temperature, Microwave Radiance | |
| Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 2 CLIMCAPS: Retrieved atmospheric state V2.1 (SNDRAQIML2CPS) at GES DISC | AIRS, AMSU-A | 2002-08-31 to Present | 2.1 | ACTIVE | Tropospheric Ozone, Tropopause, Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Methane |
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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 | |
| FLOOD | The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. | Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, 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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