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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
Aqua AIRS-MODIS 1-km Matchup Indexes V1 (Aqua_AIRS_MODIS1km_IND) at GES_DISC 1 Aqua CrIS, VIIRS 2002-08-31 to 2022-03-31

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

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 1 Colorado State University Sabreliner Aircraft Radiometric and Meteorological Data 1 T-39 PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PYRANOMETERS, HYGROMETERS, GUST PROBES 1986-10-13 to 1986-11-02 Binary
Sulfates, Clouds and Radiation Brazil (SCAR-B) University of Washington C131A Data 1 C-131A TSI-3562 Nephelometer, COSPEC, FSSP, PCASP, PMS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE 1995-08-17 to 1995-09-20 Binary
GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS C3VP V1 1 CRM DPR, GMI 2007-01-20 to 2007-01-23

N: 75 S: 34 E: 23 W: 25

netCDF-3
Configurable Scanning Submillimeter-wave Instrument/Radiometer (CoSSIR) IMPACTS 1 NASA ER-2 COSSIR 2023-01-05 to 2023-03-02

N: 49.36 S: 26.395 E: -66.647 W: -115.701

netCDF-4
HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK HIGH ALTITUDE MMIC SOUNDING RADIOMETER (HAMSR) V1 1 GLOBAL HAWK HAMSR 2011-09-09 to 2013-09-26

N: 51.942 S: 9.239 E: -54.876 W: -175.713

netCDF-3 - PDF
CPEX-CV DC-8 Aircraft In-situ Cloud Data 1 NASA DC-8 CAS, CIP 2022-09-06 to 2022-09-30 ICARTT
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave Monthly Average by local Ocean-only Fluxes 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 2010-01-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
SEAC4RS ER-2 Aircraft Remotely Sensed Research Scanning Polarimeter Aerosol and Cloud Data 1 NASA ER-2 RSP 2013-08-01 to 2013-09-24 HDF5, ICARTT
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

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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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