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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 | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Science Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain Asia 12 km Modeled Estimates of Aerosol Transport, Chemistry, and Deposition Reanalysis, 2003-2019 V001 | MODIS, NOT APPLICABLE, MOPITT | 2003-01-01 to 2019-08-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 classic | Aerosol Concentration, Black Carbon, Deposition, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation |
| 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 |
| High Resolution Global Contiguous SIF Estimates from OCO-2 SIF and MODIS, Version 2 | MODIS, Computer, SPECTROMETERS | 2014-09-01 to 2020-07-31 | 2 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 classic | Solar Induced Fluorescence, Chlorophyll, Primary Production, Leaf Characteristics |
| INTEX-A AIRMAP data | NOT APPLICABLE, FILTERABLE DEPOSIT JAR SAMPLER, DC8 DROPSONDES | 2004-07-05 to 2004-07-05 | 1 | COMPLETE | ASCII | Aerosols, Air Quality |
| INTEX-B C-130 Aircraft data | NOT APPLICABLE | 2006-02-15 to 2006-05-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality |
| INTEX-B Cessna Aircraft data | NOT APPLICABLE | 2006-04-23 to 2006-05-17 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality |
| INTEX-B DC-8 Aircraft data | 2006-02-22 to 2006-05-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality | |
| INTEX-B Ground data | NOT APPLICABLE | 2006-03-03 to 2006-05-16 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality |
| INTEXB J31 Aircraft Data | NOT APPLICABLE | 2006-03-03 to 2006-03-20 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality |
| INTEX-B King Air Be200 Aircraft data | NOT APPLICABLE | 2006-03-01 to 2006-03-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality |
| INTEX-B Merged DC-8/C-130 Aircraft data | NOT APPLICABLE | 2006-03-04 to 2006-05-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality |
| INTEX-B Model data | NOT APPLICABLE | 2006-02-28 to 2006-05-16 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality |
| INTEX-B Ozonesonde data | OZONESONDES, NOT APPLICABLE | 2006-02-23 to 2006-09-20 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality |
| INTEX-B Satellite data | NOT APPLICABLE | 2006-02-01 to 2006-05-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality |
| LBA-ECO LC-23 ASTER and MODIS Fire Data Comparison for Brazil: 2003-2004 | MODIS, ASTER | 2003-01-19 to 2004-02-07 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Wildfires |
| LBA-ECO LC-23 Characterization of Vegetation Fire Dynamics for Brazil: 2001-2003 | MODIS, AVHRR | 2001-01-01 to 2003-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Reflectance, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence |
| LBA-ECO LC-39 MODIS Active Fire and Frequency Data for South America: 2000-2007 | MODIS | 2000-03-01 to 2007-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Fire Occurrence, Deforestation |
| Likely Basal Thermal State of the Greenland Ice Sheet V002 | MODIS, ACORDS, ICORDS, MCRDS, MCoRDS | 1993-06-23 to 2017-05-20 | 2 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 | THERMAL PROPERTIES |
| Location and Permanency of Water Bodies in the African Sahel Region from 2003-2011 | MODIS | 2003-01-01 to 2011-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-3 | Inundation, Lakes/Reservoirs, Total Surface Water |
| Low Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Monthly Global Gridded V001 | MODIS, VIIRS | 2002-08-01 to 2020-12-31 | 001 | COMPLETE | HDF-EOS5 | Land Surface Temperature |
| Low Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Monthly Global Gridded V002 | MODIS, VIIRS | 2002-08-01 to Present | 002 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS5 | Land Surface Temperature |
| MEaSUREs Antarctic Boundaries for IPY 2007-2009 from Satellite Radar V002 | PALSAR, MODIS, SAR, ASAR, OLI, C-SAR | 1992-02-07 to 2015-12-31 | 2 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF, BMP, Shapefile | Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves |
| MEaSUREs Arctic Sea Ice Characterization Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0 V001 | AMSR-E, SSM/I, SSMIS, SMMR | 1979-01-01 to 2012-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 | Ice Extent, Sea Ice Age, Snow Melt |
| MEaSUREs Greenland Monthly Image Mosaics from MODIS V001 | MODIS | 2008-03-01 to 2016-09-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Ice Edges, Surface Morphology |
| MEaSUREs MODIS Mosaic of Greenland (MOG) 2005, 2010, and 2015 Image Maps V002 | MODIS | 2005-03-12 to 2005-04-30 | 2 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF, Shapefile | Snow Grain Size, Surface Morphology |
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