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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ER-2 X-Band Doppler Radar (EXRAD) IMPACTS | 1 | NASA ER-2 | EXRAD | 2020-01-25 to 2023-03-02 |
N: 48.658 S: 27.106 E: -67.286 W: -117.635 |
HDF-5 | |
| SAFARI 2000 Micro-Pulse Lidar Cloud and Aerosol Data, Dry Season 2000 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MPL | 2000-08-16 to 2000-09-24 |
N: -23.5902 S: -25.5025 E: 33.1174 W: 30.7568 |
Shapefile | |
| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II University of North Dakota Citation Aircraft 1 Hertz Data | 1 | Airplane | CNC, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, HYGROMETERS, WIND MONITOR, Hotwire LWC, ROSEMOUNT ICING DETECTOR, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES | 1991-11-14 to 1991-12-07 | ASCII | ||
| CAR ARCTAS Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites L1 V1 (CAR_ARCTAS_L1C) at GES DISC | 1 | NASA P-3 | CAR | 2008-04-06 to 2008-07-12 |
N: 80.6613 S: 32.93152 E: -69.2484 W: -163.5979 |
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| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus National Center forAtmospheric Research (NCAR) Electra Aircraft Data | 1 | NCAR ELECTRA | PARTICLE DETECTORS, ALTIMETERS, AEROSOL MONITOR, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, FSSP, GUST PROBES, Hotwire LWC, HYGROMETERS, LIDAR, PMS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PRT, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, VIDEO CAMERA | 1987-06-29 to 1987-07-18 | ASCII | ||
| CERES and MISR Along-Track Footprint Radiances, Fluxes, and Clouds Terra-FM2 | 1 | Terra | MODIS, CERES-FM1, CERES SCANNER, MISR, CERES-FM2 | 2000-04-12 to 2005-02-28 | HDF4 | ||
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave Daily Average by Local Ocean-only Fluxes | 1 | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 2010-01-01 to 2017-12-31 | NetCDF-4 | ||
| NAMMA CVI CLOUD CONDENSED WATER CONTENT V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | CVI, OPC, TUNABLE DIODE LASER | 2006-08-19 to 2006-09-12 |
N: 21.9783 S: 7.03833 E: -10.5583 W: -34.1533 |
ASCII | |
| ATom: Dominant Role of Mineral Dust in Cirrus Cloud Formation | 1 | CESM, GEOS-Chem, NCEP-GFS, NASA DC-8 | Computer, PALMS | 2014-01-01 to 2019-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| ACEPOL Airborne Hyper Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP) Remotely Sensed Data Version 1 | 1 | NASA ER-2 | AirHARP | 2017-10-18 to 2020-11-20 | HDF5 |
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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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