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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
ABI G16 Deep Blue L3 Daily Aerosol Data, 1 x 1 degree grid 1 GOES-16 ABI 2019-05-01 to 2020-05-01

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

10 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers NetCDF-4
SAFARI 2000 AOT and Column Water Vapor, Kalahari Transect, Wet Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SUN PHOTOMETERS 2000-03-03 to 2000-03-18

N: -18.65 S: -24.17 E: 25.5 W: 21.72

Shapefile
VAGHT Combined GEOLEO Aerosol 30-Min average L3 Global 0.25x0.25 degree grid 1 GOES-16, TERRA, Aqua, Himawari-8, Himawari-9, GOES-17, NOAA-20, Suomi-NPP ABI, MODIS, AHI, VIIRS 2019-01-01 to 2023-01-02

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

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees NetCDF-4
GPM Ground Validation Cloud Physics LiDAR (CPL) OLYMPEX V1 1 NASA ER-2 CPL 2015-11-09 to 2015-12-15

N: 49.6338 S: 34.1575 E: -117.774 W: -130.045

ASCII - HDF5
OLCI+SLSTR/Sentinel-3A L2 Surface Reflectance and Aerosol parameters over Land 1 Sentinel-3A SLSTR, OLCI 2019-12-17 to Present

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

ZIP(netCDF 4)
ACEPOL High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 (HSRL-2) Remotely Sensed Data 1 NASA ER-2 HSRL-2 2017-10-23 to 2017-11-09 HDF5
SEAC4RS DC-8 Aircraft Remotely Sensed Differential Absorption Lidar Data 1 NASA DC-8 DIAL 2013-08-02 to 2013-09-23 HDF5, ICARTT
MISR Derived Case Study Data for Kilauea Volcanic Eruptions Including Geometric Plume Height and Qualitative Radiometric Particle Property Information 1 TERRA MISR 2000-10-25 to 2018-08-01 ASCII, PNG, JPEG, HDF5
ABI/GOES-16 Dark Target Aerosol 10-Min L2 Full Disk 10 km 1 GOES-16 ABI 2019-01-01 to 2023-01-02

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

10 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers NetCDF-4
ACEPOL Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) Remotely Sensed Data Version 1 1 NASA ER-2 CPL 2017-10-19 to 2017-11-09 HDF5
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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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