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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
GPM PR on TRMM Spectral Latent Heating Profiles L2 1.5 hours 5 km V07 (GPM_2HSLH_TRMM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM PR 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-01

N: 37 S: -37 E: 180 W: -180

GPM PR on TRMM Spectral Latent Heating Profiles L3 1 Day 0.5x0.5 degree V07 (GPM_3HSLH_TRMM_DAY) at GES DISC 07 TRMM PR 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-01

N: 67 S: -67 E: 180 W: -180

GPM PR and TMI on TRMM Combined Convective-Stratiform Latent Heating Profiles L2 1.5 hours 5 km V07 (GPM_2HCSH_TRMM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM PR, TMI 1997-12-07 to 2015-12-01

N: 37 S: -37 E: 180 W: -180

GPM PR and TMI on TRMM Combined Convective-Stratiform Latent Heating Profiles L3 1 month 0.25x0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3HCSH_TRMM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM PR, TMI 1997-12-01 to 2015-04-30

N: 67 S: -67 E: 180 W: -180

GPM PR and TMI on TRMM Combined Gridded Orbital Convective-Stratiform Latent Heating Profiles L3 1.5 hours 0.25x0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3GCSH_TRMM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM PR, TMI 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-30

N: 37 S: -37 E: 180 W: -180

GPM PR on TRMM Spectral Latent Heating L3 1 month 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree V07 (GPM_3HSLH_TRMM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM PR 1997-12-01 to 2015-04-30

N: 67 S: -67 E: 180 W: -180

GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Thin Cloud/Aerosol Optical Depths Data (HDF5) V033 033 ICESat ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11

N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters to 70 Meters x 60 Meters to 70 Meters HDF
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Aerosol Vertical Structure Data (HDF5) V033 033 ICESat ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC 2003-09-25 to 2009-10-11

N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters to 70 Meters x 60 Meters to 70 Meters HDF
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Cloud Heights for Multi-layer Clouds (HDF5) V033 033 ICESat ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11

N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters to 70 Meters x 60 Meters to 70 Meters HDF
DSCOVR EPIC Level 2 Cloud Version 03 03 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-13 to Present NetCDF-4
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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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