Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness Data Access and Tools

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Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness Datasets

Dataset	Version Sort ascending	Platforms	Instruments	Temporal Extent	Spatial Extent	Spatial Resolution	Data Format
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly NOAA-20 Edition1B	Edition1B	NOAA-20	CERES-FM6, VIIRS	2018-05-01 to Present			HDF4
CERES Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly NOAA-20 Edition 1B	Edition1B	NOAA-20	CERES-FM6, VIIRS	2018-05-01 to Present			HDF4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NOAA20-FM6-VIIRS Edition1B	Edition1B	JPSS-1, NOAA-20	CERES-FM6, VIIRS	2018-05-01 to Present			netCDF-4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra-NPP Edition1A	Edition1A	GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, Terra, Suomi-NPP	IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM5, VIIRS	2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30			HDF4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly-Averaged 1-Hourly Terra-NPP Edition1A	Edition1A	GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, Terra, Suomi-NPP	IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM5, VIIRS	2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30			HDF4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols One-Hourly Terra-NPP Edition1A	Edition1A	GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, Terra, Suomi-NPP	IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, MODIS, CERES-FM5, VIIRS	2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30			HDF4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Three-Hourly Terra-NPP Edition1A	Edition1A	GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, Terra, Suomi-NPP	IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM5, VIIRS	2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30			HDF4
MODIS/Aqua Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 3km - NRT	6.1NRT	Aqua	MODIS	2017-10-20	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	3 Kilometers x 3 Kilometers	HDF-EOS
MODIS/Terra Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 3km - NRT	6.1NRT	Terra	MODIS	2017-10-11	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	3 Kilometers x 3 Kilometers	HDF-EOS
MODIS/Terra Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 10km - NRT	6.1NRT	Terra	MODIS	2017-10-11	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	10 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers	HDF-EOS

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MODIS

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments are aboard NASA’s Terra and Aqua platforms and provide estimates about aerosol optical depth. Terra's orbit is timed so that it passes from north to south across the equator in the morning, while Aqua passes south to north over the equator in the afternoon.

MODIS data in NASA Worldview

Expansion of MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth Palette

GIBS will be expanding the data range and palette of the MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth products.

true-color satellite image of western U.S. with colored dots indicating AERONET sites; gray banner in center of image indicated selected site

Explore New Aerosol Layers in NASA Worldview

NASA Worldview added four layers from the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) program to provide ground-based measurements of aerosol optical depth (AOD) and Angstrom parameter.

A screenshot showing a portion of the FIRMS active fire map showing ultra real-time data

FIRMS Adds Ultra Real-Time Data from MODIS and VIIRS

Scientists develop routine service for wildfire detection in the continental United States with a latency of less than 60 seconds.

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True color corrected reflectance image of Africa, Europe, and Asia from the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-21 satellite

From MODIS to VIIRS: Continuing the Legacy

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) will help ensure continuity of Earth observations after the upcoming retirement of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).

Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness Data Tools

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Tool Sort descending	Description	Services
AppEEARS	The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes.	Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
Panoply	Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets.	Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
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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