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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.

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ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics Quick Look V007 007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2025-11-25 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

280 Meters HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics V001 001 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2019-01-09

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

280 Meters HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics V002 002 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2019-11-15

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

280 Meters HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics V003 003 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2020-11-11

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

280 Meters HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics V004 004 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2021-07-15

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

280 Meters HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics V005 005 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2022-10-13

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

280 Meters HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics V007 007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

280 Meters HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics V007 007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

280 Meters HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Monthly Gridded Atmosphere V002 002 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2020-04-01

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Monthly Gridded Atmosphere V003 003 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2021-07-01

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Monthly Gridded Atmosphere V006 006 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Monthly Gridded Atmosphere V006 006 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere V002 002 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2020-04-01

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

2 Decimal Degrees x 2 Decimal Degrees HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere V003 003 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2021-07-01

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

2 Decimal Degrees x 2 Decimal Degrees HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere V006 006 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

2 Decimal Degrees x 2 Decimal Degrees HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Weekly Gridded Atmosphere V006 006 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

2 Decimal Degrees x 2 Decimal Degrees HDF5
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) CPEX 1 Aqua AIRS 2017-05-11 to 2017-07-16

N: 64.114389129078 S: -18.251580293096 E: -14.600802608546 W: -130.88138203742

HDF4
Atmospheric Profiles: TOVS - NOAA (FIFE) 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-9 TOVS 1987-01-01 to 1987-12-31

N: 40 S: 37 E: -95 W: -102

CSV
ATom: Back Trajectories and Influences of Air Parcels Along Flight Track, 2016-2018 1 NASA DC-8 Computer 2016-07-29 to 2018-05-21

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

multiple
ATom: Cloud and Coarse Aerosol Measurements from CAPS Instrument, 2016-2018 1 NASA DC-8 CAPS 2016-07-29 to 2018-05-21

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

ICARTT
ATom: DC-8 Forward Camera Videos, 2016-2017 1 NASA DC-8 CAMERAS 2016-08-01 to 2017-10-20

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

MP4
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
ATom: Global Modeled and CAFS Measured Cloudy and Clear Sky Photolysis Rates, 2016 1 NASA DC-8, CLIMATE MODELS SAFS, Computer 2005-08-01 to 2017-08-31

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

netCDF-4 classic
ATom: In-Situ Measurements of Airflow and Aerosols from Multiple Airborne Campaigns 1 NASA DC-8 MMS, CAPS 2013-06-10 to 2018-05-21

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

CSV
ATTREX Global Hawk UAS In-Situ Cloud Property Measurements 1 GLOBAL HAWK 2DS, CPI, FCDP, NOAA-H2O 2011-10-01 to 2015-03-13 ICARTT
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Clouds Data Tools

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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
SOOT NASA's Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) provides users with suborbital field campaign data discovery and download capabilities. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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