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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
OMI/Aura Effective Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V004 (OMCLDRR) at GES DISC 004 Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present

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

OMI/Aura Effective Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) Daily L2 Global Gridded 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V3 (OMCLDRRG) at GES DISC 003 Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present

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

OMPS-NPP L2 NM Cloud Pressure and Fraction swath orbital V2 (OMPS_NPP_NMCLDRR_L2) at GES DISC 2 Suomi-NPP OMPS 2011-11-13 to Present

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

ORACLES Aerosol Cloud Aircraft Remote Sensing Data 1 NASA P-3, NASA ER-2 RSP-2, RSP-1, HSRL-2, AMPR, APR-3 2016-07-28 to 2019-03-23 ICARTT, HDF5, NetCDF-3, NetCDF-4
ORACLES Cloud Aircraft InSitu Data 1 NASA P-3 4STAR, FPDR-PDI, 2DS, CAPS, CAS, CIP, HVPS, CDP 2016-08-24 to 2018-10-28 ICARTT
ORACLES Merge Data Files 1 NASA P-3, NASA ER-2 Computer 2016-07-28 to 2019-03-23 NetCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-2 Regional Cloud Optical Properties, GISS Polarimetric Cloud (GPC) Algorithm - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 3.0 3.0 PACE HARP2 2024-02-05 to Present

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

netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-2 Regional Cloud Optical Properties, GISS Polarimetric Cloud (GPC) Algorithm Data, version 3.0 3.0 PACE HARP2 2024-02-05 to Present

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

netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-3 Global Mapped Cloud Optical Properties, GISS Polarimetric Cloud (GPC) Algorithm - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 3.0 3.0 PACE HARP2 2024-02-05 to Present

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

netCDF-4
PACE HARP2 Level-3 Global Mapped Cloud Optical Properties, GISS Polarimetric Cloud (GPC) Algorithm Data, version 3.0 3.0 PACE HARP2 2024-02-05 to Present

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

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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