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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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Dataset Instruments Temporal Extent Version Data State Data Format Related Topics
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present 61 ACTIVE HDF-EOS2 Snow Cover
High Mountain Asia MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth V001 MODIS 2000-02-01 to 2019-03-31 1 COMPLETE ASCII Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent
AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture V001 AMSR-E, AMSR2 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04, 2012-07-02 to Present 1 ACTIVE HDF-EOS5 Brightness Temperature, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Vegetation Water Content
MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Quality Daily L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid MODIS 2017-02-03 6.1NRT ACTIVE HDF-EOS Surface Radiative Properties, Albedo, Anisotropy
GHRSST NOAA/STAR ACSPO v2.81 0.02 degree L3S Dataset from Afternoon LEO Satellites VIIRS, MODIS 2002-07-04 2.81 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Subskin Temperature
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present 61 ACTIVE HDF-EOS2 Snow Cover
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA and Surface Monthly means data in netCDF Edition 4.2.1 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM6 2000-03-01 to Present Edition4.2.1 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Solar Radiation, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Fraction
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Aqua Data Tools

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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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