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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 | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Version Sort ascending | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 3 CLIMCAPS : Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Monthly V2 (SNDRAQIML3CMCCP) at GES DISC | AIRS, AMSU-A | 2002-08-31 to 2016-10-01 | 2 | ACTIVE | Tropospheric Ozone, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure | |
| AMSR-E/Aqua 5-Day L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids V002 | AMSR-E | 2002-06-20 to 2011-10-03 | 2 | COMPLETE | HDF-EOS2 | Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Water Equivalent |
| Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 2 CLIMCAPS : Atmosphere, cloud and surface geophysical state V2 (SNDRAQIL2CCPRET) at GES DISC | AIRS | 2002-08-30 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | Tropospheric Ozone, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure | |
| AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 Global Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids V002 | AMSR-E | 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-01 | 2 | COMPLETE | HDF-EOS2 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature, Surface Winds, Water Temperature |
| ABoVE: Ignitions, Burned Area, and Emissions of Fires in AK, YT, and NWT, 2001-2018 | MODIS, Computer | 2001-01-01 to 2018-12-31 | 2 | COMPLETE | multiple | Fire Models, Fire Occurrence, Emissions, Organic Matter, Fire Disturbance |
| Global MODIS and FLUXNET-derived Daily Gross Primary Production, V2 | MODIS, Computer | 2000-03-01 to 2020-08-01 | 2 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 classic | Primary Production, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Gross Primary Production (gpp), Reflectance |
| AMSR-MODIS Boundary Layer Water Vapor L3 Daily 1 degree x 1 degree V2 (AMDBLWV) at GES DISC | AMSR-E, MODIS, AMSR2 | 2002-07-04 to 2017-12-31 | 2 | COMPLETE | Atmospheric Water Vapor | |
| Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 2 CLIMCAPS: Cloud Cleared Radiances V2 (SNDRAQIL2CCPCCR) at GES DISC | AIRS | 2002-08-30 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | Brightness Temperature, Infrared Radiance, Brightness Temperature, Microwave Radiance | |
| AMSR-E/Aqua Weekly L3 Global Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids V002 | AMSR-E | 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-02 | 2 | COMPLETE | HDF-EOS2 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Precipitable Water, Sea Surface Temperature Indices, Surface Winds, Water Temperature |
| Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 3 CLIMCAPS : Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Daily V2 (SNDRAQIL3CDCCP) at GES DISC | AIRS | 2002-08-31 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | Tropospheric Ozone, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure |
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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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