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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

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath (CRS) Aqua-FM3 MODIS Edition2B Edition2B AQUA CERES-FM3 2002-07-02 to 2006-05-01 HDF4
CERES Monthly Gridded Single Satellite Fluxes and Clouds Aqua FM4 Edition2B Edition2B Aqua CERES SCANNER, CERES-FM4 2002-07-01 to 2005-03-31 HDF4
CERES SSF 1 degree Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly NPP VIIRS Edition2A Edition2A Suomi-NPP CERES-FM5, VIIRS 2012-02-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily NPP Edition2A Edition2A Suomi-NPP CERES-FM5, VIIRS 2012-02-01 to Present HDF4
CERES SSF 1 degree Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly NPP Edition2A Edition2A Suomi-NPP CERES-FM5, VIIRS 2012-02-01 to 2019-09-30 HDF4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NPP-FM5 Edition2A Edition2A Suomi-NPP CERES-FM5, VIIRS 2012-01-27 to Present netCDF-4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NOAA20-FM6-VIIRS Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present netCDF-4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily NOAA-20 Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly NOAA-20 Edition 1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6 2018-05-01 to Present netCDF-4
CERES Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly NOAA-20 Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present HDF4
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Clouds Data Tools

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Tool 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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