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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 Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Monthly Average by UTC Fluxes | 1 | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 | NetCDF-4 | ||
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave 3-Hourly Land-only Fluxes | 1 | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 1983-07-01 to 1987-12-31 | NetCDF-4 | ||
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave 3-Hourly Ocean-only Fluxes | 1 | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 2010-01-01 to 2017-06-30 | NetCDF-4 | ||
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave Daily Average by Local Fluxes | 1 | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 1988-01-01 to 2009-12-31 | NetCDF-4 | ||
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave Daily Average by Local Land-only Fluxes | 1 | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 1983-07-01 to 1987-12-31 | NetCDF-4 | ||
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave Daily Average by Local Ocean-only Fluxes | 1 | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 2010-01-01 to 2017-12-31 | NetCDF-4 | ||
| GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4_1) Longwave Monthly Average by local Land-only Fluxes | 1 | SATELLITES | RADIOMETERS | 1983-07-01 to 1987-12-31 | NetCDF-4 | ||
| 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 | ||
| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Aerosol Vertical Structure Data (HDF5) V033 | 033 | ICESat | ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC | 2003-09-25 to 2009-10-11 |
N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180 |
60 Meters to 70 Meters x 60 Meters to 70 Meters | HDF |
| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Cloud Heights for Multi-layer Clouds (HDF5) V033 | 033 | ICESat | ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC | 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 |
N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180 |
60 Meters to 70 Meters x 60 Meters to 70 Meters | HDF |
| GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Thin Cloud/Aerosol Optical Depths Data (HDF5) V033 | 033 | ICESat | ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC | 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11 |
N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180 |
60 Meters to 70 Meters x 60 Meters to 70 Meters | HDF |
| Global 10-Year Mean Monthly Climatology, 1901-1990 (New et al.) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1901-01-01 to 1991-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Shapefile | |
| Global 30-Year Mean Monthly Climatology, 1901-1960 (New et al.) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1901-01-01 to 1961-01-01 |
N: 60 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180 |
Shapefile | |
| Global 30-Year Mean Monthly Climatology, 1961-1990 (New et al.) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1961-01-01 to 1991-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII | |
| Global Forest Ecosystem Structure and Function Data For Carbon Balance Research | 1 | NOAA-14 | AVHRR | 1897-01-01 to 2006-12-31 |
N: 67.36 S: -42.87 E: 172.75 W: -159.5 |
Shapefile | |
| Global Monthly Climatology for the Twentieth Century (New et al.) | 1 | COMPUTERS | Computer | 1900-01-01 to 1998-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII | |
| GOES CPEX-CV | 1 | GOES-16 | ABI | 2022-09-06 to 2022-09-30 |
N: 67.044532775879 S: 3.2196230888367 E: 5.6536154747009 W: -84.093238830566 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GOES-R PLT Cloud Physics LiDAR (CPL) | 1 | NASA ER-2 | CPL | 2017-03-23 to 2017-05-17 |
N: 43.5723 S: 26.4487 E: -65.3628 W: -118.234 |
ASCII, HDF5 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION ADVANCED MICROWAVE RADIOMETER RAIN IDENTIFICATION (ADMIRARI) GCPEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | ADMIRARI, CLOUD LIDAR, MRR | 2012-01-14 to 2012-02-29 |
N: 44.29 S: 44.18 E: -79.73 W: -79.82 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Autonomous Parsivel Unit (APU) ICE POP V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | APU | 2015-10-13 to 2018-07-01 |
N: 38.2509 S: 37.3779 E: 129.124 W: 128.378 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Cloud Physics LiDAR (CPL) OLYMPEX V1 | 1 | NASA ER-2 | CPL | 2015-11-09 to 2015-12-15 |
N: 49.6338 S: 34.1575 E: -117.774 W: -130.045 |
ASCII, HDF5 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Cloud Radar System (CRS) OLYMPEX V1 | 1 | NASA ER-2 | CRS | 2015-11-10 to 2015-12-10 |
N: 49.634 S: 34.1576 E: -117.774 W: -129.328 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION CLOUD SPECTROMETER AND IMPACTOR (CIP) LPVEX V1 | 1 | UWKA | CPI PROBES, PMS 2D-S PROBE | 2010-08-06 to 2010-10-20 |
N: 61.36 S: 60.06 E: 25.37 W: 25.04 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION DUAL-FREQUENCY DUAL-POLARIZED DOPPLER RADAR (D3R) GCPEX | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | D3R, DOPPLER RADAR | 2012-01-03 to 2012-02-29 |
N: 44.5021 S: 43.9631 E: -79.5122 W: -80.0512 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION DUAL-FREQUENCY DUAL-POLARIZED DOPPLER RADAR (D3R) IFLOODS | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | D3R | 2013-05-09 to 2013-06-13 |
N: 42.5 S: 42 E: -90.1 W: -92.9 |
netCDF-3 |
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