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.
| Dataset Sort descending | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Science Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Particulate Organic Carbon (POC) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 2022.0 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Organic Carbon, CARBON, Ocean Optics |
| Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Particulate Organic Carbon (POC) Data, version 2022.0 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 2022.0 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Organic Carbon, CARBON, Ocean Optics |
| Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 2022.0 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) Data, version 2022.0 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 2022.0 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Remote-Sensing Reflectance (RRS) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 2022.0 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Reflectance |
| Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Remote-Sensing Reflectance (RRS) Data, version 2022.0 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 2022.0 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Reflectance |
| Aqua MODIS Level-4 Global Binned Apparent Visible Wavelength (AVW) Data, version 2022.0 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 2022.0 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Visible Wavelengths, Ocean Color, Water Color, Light Transmission, Surface Water |
| Aqua MODIS Level-4 Global Binned Garver-Siegel-Maritorena Model (GSM) Data, version 2022.0 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 2022.0 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Absorption, Scattering, Phytoplankton, Surface Water, Chlorophyll Concentration |
| Aqua MODIS Level-4 Global Binned Phytoplankton Carbon Data, version 2022.0 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 2022.0 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Organic Carbon, Phytoplankton |
| Aqua MODIS Level-4 Global Mapped Apparent Visible Wavelength (AVW) Data, version 2022.0 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 2022.0 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Visible Wavelengths, Ocean Color, Water Color, Light Transmission, Surface Water |
| Aqua MODIS Level-4 Global Mapped Garver-Siegel-Maritorena Model (GSM) Data, version 2022.0 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 2022.0 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Absorption, Scattering, Phytoplankton, Surface Water, Chlorophyll Concentration |
| Aqua MODIS Level-4 Global Mapped Phytoplankton Carbon Data, version 2022.0 | MODIS | 2002-07-04 to Present | 2022.0 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Organic Carbon, Phytoplankton |
| Aqua MODIS RegionalMapped Eulerian and Lagrangian Oceanography and Ecology Variables Data, version 1 | MODIS | 2000-01-01 to 2021-10-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 | Sea Surface Skin Temperature, Optical Depth, Organic Carbon, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Chlorophyll, Chlorophyll, Attenuation/Transmission, Finite Time Lyapunov Exponent, Lagrangian Feature |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Cloud-Cleared Infrared Radiances (AIRS+AMSU) V7.0 | AIRS, AMSU-A | 2002-08-30 to 2016-09-25 | 7.0 | COMPLETE | Infrared Radiance | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Cloud-Cleared Infrared Radiances (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) V7.0 | AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB | 2002-08-30 to 2003-02-06 | 7.0 | COMPLETE | Infrared Radiance | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Cloud-Cleared Infrared Radiances (AIRS-only) V7.0 | AIRS | 2002-08-30 to Present | 7.0 | ACTIVE | Infrared Radiance | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Near Real Time (NRT) Cloud-Cleared Infrared Radiances (AIRS-only) V7.0 | AIRS | 2002-08-30 to Present | 7.0 | ACTIVE | Infrared Radiance | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Near Real Time (NRT) Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS-only) V7.0 | AIRS | 2002-08-30 to Present | 7.0 | ACTIVE | Carbon Monoxide, Tropospheric Ozone, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Layered Precipitable Water, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Water Vapor Concentration Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Near Real Time (NRT) Support Retrieval (AIRS-only) V7.0 | AIRS | 2002-08-30 to Present | 7.0 | ACTIVE | Aerosols, Carbon Monoxide, Tropospheric Ozone, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Atmospheric Chemistry, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Surface Pressure, Longwave Radiation, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Atmospheric Temperature, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Layered Precipitable Water, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Clouds, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Precipitation, Precipitation Rate, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU) V7.0 | AIRS, AMSU-A | 2002-08-30 to 2016-09-25 | 7.0 | COMPLETE | Carbon Monoxide, Tropospheric Ozone, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) V7.0 | AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB | 2002-08-30 to 2003-02-06 | 7.0 | COMPLETE | Carbon Monoxide, Tropospheric Ozone, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS-only) V7.0 | AIRS | 2002-08-30 to Present | 7.0 | ACTIVE | Carbon Monoxide, Tropospheric Ozone, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Support Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU) V7.0 | AIRS, AMSU-A | 2002-08-30 to 2016-09-25 | 7.0 | COMPLETE | Carbon Monoxide, Tropospheric Ozone, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Types, Precipitation Rate, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Brightness Temperature | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Support Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) V7.0 | AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB | 2002-08-30 to 2003-02-06 | 7.0 | COMPLETE | Carbon Monoxide, Tropospheric Ozone, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Types, Precipitation Rate, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Brightness Temperature | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Support Retrieval (AIRS-only) V7.0 | AIRS | 2002-08-30 to Present | 7.0 | ACTIVE | Carbon Monoxide, Tropospheric Ozone, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Types, Precipitation Rate, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature |
| 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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