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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.

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Dataset Sort descending	Version	Platform	Instrument	Temporal Extent	Spatial Extent	Spatial Resolution	Data Format
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1/3 km Merged Layer, V4-51	V4-51	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1/3 km Merged Layer, V5-00	V5-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km Cloud Layer, V4-51	V4-51	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km Merged Layer, V4-51	V4-51	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km Merged Layer, V5-00	V5-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5km Cloud Layer, V5-00	V5-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Aerosol Profile, V5-00	V5-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Cloud Profile, V4-51	V4-51	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Cloud Profile, V5-00	V5-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Merged Layer Diagnostic Beta, V5-00	V5-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Polar Stratospheric Cloud (PSC), V2-00	V2-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2021-03-26			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Polar Stratospheric Cloud (PSC), V3-00	V3-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM), V4-51	V4-51	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM), V5-00	V5-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Cloud Occurrence Data, Standard V1-00	V1-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-01 to 2017-01-01			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Cloud Occurrence Data, Standard V2-00	V2-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-01 to 2023-07-01			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 GEWEX Cloud, Standard V2-00	V2-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-01 to 2023-07-01			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud, Standard V1-00	V1-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-01 to 2017-01-01			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Ice Cloud Data, Standard V1-00	V1-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-01 to 2022-02-01			HDF4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Ice Cloud Data, Standard V2-00	V2-00	CALIPSO	CALIOP	2006-06-01 to 2023-07-01			HDF4
CALIPSO-CloudSat-MODIS 25KM quantification of aerosol-cloud interactions	1.0	CALIPSO, Aqua, CloudSat	CALIOP, MODIS, CloudSat-CPR	2006-06-12 to 2017-12-06	N: 60 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180	25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers	netCDF-4
CAMEX-3 CLOUD AND AEROSOL PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION (CAPAC) V1	1	NASA DC-8	FSSP, PMS 2D-P PROBE	1998-08-15 to 1998-09-23	N: 39.0333 S: 14.045 E: -62.96 W: -86.165		ASCII
CAMEX-3 CLOUD AND AEROSOL PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION VIDEO V1	1	NASA DC-8	VIDEO CAMERA	1998-08-10 to 1998-09-02	N: 50 S: 10 E: -50 W: -105		Not Provided
CAMEX-3 NAST-I RADIANCE PRODUCTS V1	1	NASA ER-2	NAST-I	1998-08-13 to 1998-09-27	N: 36.0668 S: 13.5693 E: -62.3263 W: -94.3327		TAR
CAMEX-4 CLOUD MICROPHYSICS V1	1	NASA DC-8	FSSP, PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS 2D-P PROBE	2001-08-18 to 2001-09-25	N: 39.71 S: 16.5317 E: -58.635 W: -88.215		ASCII

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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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