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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
MISR radiometric camera-by-camera Cloud Mask subset for the UAE region V003 003 Terra MISR 2004-08-02 to 2004-11-03

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

HDF-EOS2
OMI/Aura and MODIS/Aqua Merged Cloud Product 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V003 (OMMYDCLD) at GES DISC 003 Aura, Aqua OMI, MODIS 2004-10-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (O2-O2 Absorption) 200-km swath subset along CloudSat track V003 (OMCLDO2_CPR) at GES DISC 003 Aura OMI 2006-06-01 to 2018-03-02

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (O2-O2 Absorption) 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24km V003 (OMCLDO2) at GES DISC 003 Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (O2-O2 Absorption) Daily L2 Global Gridded 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V3 (OMCLDO2G) at GES DISC 003 Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (O2-O2 Absorption) Zoomed 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x12km V003 (OMCLDO2Z) at GES DISC 003 Aura OMI 2004-10-06 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

MISR Level 2 TOA/Cloud Classifier parameters V003 003 Terra MISR 1999-12-18 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

HDF-EOS2
MISR L2 TOA/Cloud Classifier Product subset for the RICO region V003 003 Terra MISR 2000-11-01 to 2005-02-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

HDF4
OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) 200-km swath subset along CloudSat track V003 (OMCLDRR_CPR) at GES DISC 003 Aura OMI 2006-06-01 to 2018-03-02

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

OMI/Aura Effective Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V003 (OMCLDRR) at GES DISC 003 Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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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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