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Clouds Data Access and Tools

NASA’s clouds data span from atmosphere cloud and surface geophysical state measurements to hurricane tracking. Our datasets and tools help users find and integrate the data they need to discover how clouds form, flourish, and influence Earth’s weather and climate.

Clouds Datasets

Dataset Version Sort ascending Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
CERES A-Train Integrated CALIPSO, CloudSat, CERES, and MODIS (CCCM) Merged Release B1 RelB1 CALIPSO, Aqua, CloudSat CALIOP, MODIS, CERES SCANNER, CERES-FM3, CloudSat-CPR 2006-07-01 to 2011-04-30 HDF4
Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Satellite 2 Cloud Mask R01 R01 PREFIRE-SAT2 TIRS-PREFIRE 2024-06-29 to Present

N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Cloud Properties from PREFIRE Satellite 1 R01 R01 PREFIRE-SAT1 TIRS-PREFIRE 2024-07-24 to Present

N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Satellite 1 Cloud Mask R01 R01 PREFIRE-SAT1 TIRS-PREFIRE 2024-07-24 to Present

N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Cloud Properties from PREFIRE Satellite 2 R01 R01 PREFIRE-SAT2 TIRS-PREFIRE 2024-06-29 to Present

N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B Edition4B GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, Terra, NOAA-20, Aqua IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B Edition4B GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, Terra, NOAA-20, Aqua IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly-Averaged 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B Edition4B GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, Terra, NOAA-20, Aqua IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B Edition4B GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES, Terra, NOAA-20, Aqua IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, MODIS 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
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Clouds Data Tools

Tool Sort descending Description Services
ASDC CALIPSO Search and Subset Tool The CALIPSO Search and Subset web application enables a more sophisticated approach to selecting and ordering CALIPSO lidar data by date, time and geolocation. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
SOOT NASA's Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) provides users with suborbital field campaign data discovery and download capabilities. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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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