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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CERES Bidirectional Scans Aqua FM3 Edition1-CV | CERES-FM3 | 2002-06-17 to Present | Edition1-CV | ACTIVE | HDF4 | Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Net Radiation, SINK TEMPERATURE, Infrared Radiance |
| CERES Bidirectional Scans Aqua FM3 Edition4 | CERES-FM3 | 2002-06-18 to Present | Edition4 | ACTIVE | HDF4 | Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Sensor Counts, SENSOR COUNTS, SINK TEMPERATURE |
| CERES Bidirectional Scans Aqua FM4 Edition1-CV | CERES-FM4 | 2002-06-17 to 2005-03-30 | Edition1-CV | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Net Radiation, SINK TEMPERATURE, Infrared Radiance |
| CERES Bidirectional Scans Aqua FM4 Edition4 | CERES-FM4 | 2002-06-18 to 2005-03-29 | Edition4 | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Sensor Counts, SENSOR COUNTS, SINK TEMPERATURE |
| CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath (CRS) Aqua-FM3 MODIS Edition2B | CERES-FM3 | 2002-07-02 to 2006-05-01 | Edition2B | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation |
| CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Aqua FM3 MODIS Edition2C | CERES-FM3 | 2006-05-01 to 2007-12-31 | Edition2C | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Albedo, Aerosols, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Base Height |
| CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Aqua FM3 MODIS Edition4A | CERES-FM3, MODIS | 2018-01-01 to Present | Edition4A | ACTIVE | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Skin Temperature |
| CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Aqua FM4 MODIS Edition2B | CERES-FM4 | 2002-07-02 to 2005-03-30 | Edition2B | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Cloud Base Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice |
| CERES Daily Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged Terra and Aqua TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition4A | CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, MODIS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 | 2002-07-01 to Present | Edition4A | ACTIVE | NetCDF-4 | Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation |
| CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA and Surface Monthly means data in netCDF Edition 4.1 | CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 | 2000-03-01 to 2022-04-01 | Edition4.1 | ACTIVE | NetCDF-4 | Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Solar Radiation, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Fraction |
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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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