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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 Clouds and Radiative Swath Terra FM1 MODIS Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, MODIS 2018-01-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA and Surface Monthly means data in netCDF Edition 4.2.1 Edition4.2.1 TERRA, Aqua, NOAA-20 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM6 2000-03-01 to Present netCDF-4
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA Monthly means data in netCDF Edition4.2.1 Edition4.2.1 TERRA, Aqua, NOAA-20 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM6 2000-03-01 to Present netCDF-3
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA Monthly means data in netCDF Edition4.2 Edition4.2 TERRA, Aqua, NOAA-20 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM6 2000-03-01 to Present NetCDF-3
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA and Surface Monthly means data in netCDF Edition 4.2 Edition4.2 TERRA, Aqua, NOAA-20 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM6 2000-03-01 to Present netCDF-3
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA and Surface Monthly means data in netCDF Edition 4.1 Edition4.1 TERRA, Aqua CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to 2022-04-01 NetCDF-4
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA Monthly means data in netCDF Edition4.1 Edition4.1 TERRA, Aqua CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to 2023-04-01 NetCDF-3
CERES MODIS Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Daytime Aqua FM3 Edition3A Edition3A Aqua CERES-FM3 2002-11-01 to 2017-02-28 HDF4
CERES MODIS Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Nighttime Aqua FM3 Edition3A Edition3A Aqua CERES-FM3, MODIS 2002-11-01 to 2017-02-28 HDF4
CERES MODIS Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Nit Terra FM1 Edition3A Edition3A Terra CERES-FM1, MODIS 2000-05-01 to 2017-02-28 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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