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Optical Thickness Cross-Calib. (FIFE)	1	C-130, FIELD INVESTIGATION	SUN PHOTOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR	1989-08-04 to 1989-08-06	N: 39.22 S: 39.22 E: -97.12 W: -97.12	multiple
Optical Thickness Data: Bruegge (FIFE)	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION	SUN PHOTOMETERS	1987-05-30 to 1989-08-08	N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.54 W: -96.62	multiple
Optical Thickness Data: Fraser (FIFE)	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION	SUN PHOTOMETERS	1987-06-25 to 1989-10-31	N: 39.1 S: 39.07 E: -96.54 W: -96.61	multiple
Optical Thickness Data: Staff (FIFE)	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION	SUN PHOTOMETERS	1987-03-06 to 1989-10-31	N: 39.19 S: 39.01 E: -96.52 W: -96.61	multiple
ORACLES Aerosol Aircraft InSitu Data	1	NASA P-3	4STAR, PSAP, CCN, TSI CPC-3010, TSI CPC-3025, PTI, TSI-3563 Neph, DMT SP2, AMS, PCASP, DMT UHSAS, UHSAS, APS	2016-08-24 to 2018-10-28	N: 37.95 S: -23.11 E: 14.94 W: -76.44	ICARTT, NetCDF-3
ORACLES Aerosol Cloud Aircraft Remote Sensing Data	1	NASA P-3, NASA ER-2	RSP-2, RSP-1, HSRL-2, AMPR, APR-3	2016-07-28 to 2019-03-23	N: 40.71 S: -23.56 E: 14.94 W: -125.94	ICARTT, HDF5, NetCDF-3, NetCDF-4
ORACLES Merge Data Files	1	NASA P-3, NASA ER-2	Computer	2016-07-28 to 2019-03-23	N: 37.95 S: -34.95 E: 14.94 W: -76.44	NetCDF-4
OrbView-2 SeaWiFS Level-2 Regional Global Area Coverage (GAC) Ocean Color (OC) Data, version 2022.0	2022.0	OrbView-2	SeaWiFS	1997-09-04 to 2010-12-11	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
OrbView-2 SeaWiFS Level-2 Regional Merged Local Area Coverage (MLAC) Ocean Color (OC) Data, version 2022.0	2022.0	OrbView-2	SeaWiFS	1997-09-04 to 2010-12-11	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-2 Regional Aerosol Over Land Optical Properties, FastMAPOL Algorithm - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 4.0	4.0	PACE	HARP2	2024-02-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-2 Regional Aerosol Over Land Optical Properties, FastMAPOL Algorithm Data, version 4.0	4.0	PACE	HARP2	2024-02-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-2 Regional Aerosol Over Ocean Optical Properties, FastMAPOL Algorithm - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 3.0	3.0	PACE	HARP2	2024-02-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-2 Regional Aerosol Over Ocean Optical Properties, FastMAPOL Algorithm - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 4.0	4.0	PACE	HARP2	2024-02-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-2 Regional Aerosol Over Ocean Optical Properties, FastMAPOL Algorithm Data, version 3.0	3.0	PACE	HARP2	2024-02-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-2 Regional Aerosol Over Ocean Optical Properties, FastMAPOL Algorithm Data, version 4.0	4.0	PACE	HARP2	2024-02-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-3 Global Mapped Aerosol Over Land Optical Properties, FastMAPOL Algorithm - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 4.0	4.0	PACE	HARP2	2024-02-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-3 Global Mapped Aerosol Over Land Optical Properties, FastMAPOL Algorithm Data, version 4.0	4.0	PACE	HARP2	2024-02-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-3 Global Mapped Aerosol Over Ocean Optical Properties, FastMAPOL Algorithm - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 3.0	3.0	PACE	HARP2	2024-02-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-3 Global Mapped Aerosol Over Ocean Optical Properties, FastMAPOL Algorithm - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 4.0	4.0	PACE	HARP2	2024-02-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-3 Global Mapped Aerosol Over Ocean Optical Properties, FastMAPOL Algorithm Data, version 3.0	3.0	PACE	HARP2	2024-02-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-3 Global Mapped Aerosol Over Ocean Optical Properties, FastMAPOL Algorithm Data, version 4.0	4.0	PACE	HARP2	2024-02-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE OCI Level-2 Regional Aerosol Index, Unified Aerosol Algorithm (UAA) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 3.1	3.1	PACE	OCI	2024-03-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE OCI Level-2 Regional Aerosol Index, Unified Aerosol Algorithm (UAA) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 3.1	3.1	PACE	OCI	2024-03-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE OCI Level-2 Regional Aerosol Index, Unified Aerosol Algorithm (UAA) Data, version 3.1	3.1	PACE	OCI	2024-03-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
PACE OCI Level-2 Regional Aerosol Index, Unified Aerosol Algorithm (UAA) Data, version 3.1	3.1	PACE	OCI	2024-03-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4

Expansion of MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth Palette

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

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Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness Data Tools

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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

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