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Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
MISR Level 3 FIRSTLOOK Component Global Aerosol Product covering a month V002 002 Terra MISR 1999-12-18 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

HDF-EOS2
MISR Level 3 FIRSTLOOK Global Aerosol product in netCDF format covering a month V002 002 Terra MISR 1999-12-18 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
EMIT L2A Masks 60 m V002 002 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters netCDF-4
MODIS/Aqua Aerosol 10km 5-Min L2 Wide Swath Subset along CloudSat V002 (MAC04S1) at GES DISC 002 Aqua MODIS 2006-06-02 to 2018-02-28

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

VIIRS/JPSS1 Land Aerosol Optical Thickness L2G Daily Global 1km SIN Grid V002 002 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2018-01-05 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

750 Meters x 750 Meters HDF-EOS5
MODIS/Aqua Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath Subset 10km along MLS V002 (MAM04S0) at GES DISC 002 Aqua MODIS 2004-08-08 to 2008-01-11

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

SNPP VIIRS High Resolution Level 3 monthly aerosol data, 0.1x0.1 degree grid Version 001 (AER_DBDT_M10KM_L3_VIIRS_SNPP) at GES DISC 001 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2012-03-01 to Present

N: 89.95 S: -89.95 E: 179.95 W: -179.95

NOAA20 VIIRS High Resolution Level 3 monthly aerosol data, 0.1x0.1 degree grid Version 001 (AER_DBDT_M10KM_L3_VIIRS_NOAA20) at GES DISC 001 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2018-02-01 to Present

N: 89.95 S: -89.95 E: 179.95 W: -179.95

SNPP VIIRS High Resolution Level 3 daily aerosol data, 0.1x0.1 degree grid Version 001 (AER_DBDT_D10KM_L3_VIIRS_SNPP) at GES DISC 001 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2012-03-04 to Present

N: 89.95 S: -89.95 E: 179.95 W: -179.95

TERRA MODIS High Resolution Level 3 daily aerosol data, 0.1x0.1 degree grid Version 001 (AER_DBDT_D10KM_L3_MODIS_TERRA) at GES DISC 001 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to Present

N: 89.95 S: -89.95 E: 179.95 W: -179.95

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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
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 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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