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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) VAISALA CEILOMETER GCPEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | CEILOMETERS | 2012-01-15 to 2012-03-01 |
N: 44.5 S: 43.5 E: -78.5 W: -79.5 |
Binary | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION GCPEX SNOW MICROPHYSICS CASE STUDY V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8, GROUND STATIONS, UND CITATION II | APR-2, CIPS, D3R, DPR, HVPS, PMS 2D-C PROBE | 2012-02-24 to 2012-02-25 |
N: 46.3966 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7616 W: -80.4026 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Joss-Waldvogel Disdrometer (JW) LPVEx V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | JW DISDROMETER | 2010-09-10 to 2010-11-09 |
N: 60.495 S: 60.475 E: 25.092 W: 25.072 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION MCGILL W-BAND RADAR GCPEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | W-Band Radar | 2012-02-01 to 2012-02-29 |
N: 44.2336 S: 44.2328 E: -79.7802 W: -79.781 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) NASA ACHIEVE IPHEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2014-05-06 to 2014-06-15 |
N: 35.562 S: 35.482 E: -83.044 W: -83.176 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA S-BAND DUAL POLARIMETRIC (NPOL) DOPPLER RADAR IFLOODS | 2 | GROUND STATIONS | NPOL | 2013-04-30 to 2013-06-16 |
N: 42.2708 S: 42.2656 E: -92.5056 W: -92.5128 |
UF | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NCAR CLOUD MICROPHYSICS PARTICLE PROBES GCPEX | 1 | UND CITATION II | CIPS, HVPS-3, PMS 2D-C PROBE | 2012-01-19 to 2012-02-24 |
N: 46.3966 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7659 W: -80.549 |
ASCII, netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NCAR CLOUD MICROPHYSICS PARTICLE PROBES MC3E | 1 | UND CITATION II | 2DC, CIPS, HVPS-3 | 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-02 |
N: 37.5 S: 35.5 E: -96.5 W: -98.5 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation NCAR Particle Probes IPHEx | 1 | UND CITATION II | 2DC, 2DS, HVPS | 2014-05-09 to 2014-06-12 |
N: 36.4839 S: 30.3971 E: -75.3234 W: -84.934 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation NCAR Particle Probes OLYMPEX | 1 | UND CITATION II | 2DC, 2DS, HVPS | 2015-11-12 to 2015-12-20 |
N: 48.3535 S: 46.2209 E: -97.1811 W: -126.129 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Optical Disdrometer (ODM) LPVEx | 1 | R/V ARANDA | ODM | 2010-09-15 to 2010-09-26 |
N: 60.2792 S: 59.3778 E: 25.5378 W: 21.3281 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Imaging Package (PIP) ICE POP V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | PIP | 2017-06-18 to 2018-12-30 |
N: 37.7382 S: 37.6652 E: 128.806 W: 128.7 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Imaging Package (PIP) University of Connecticut (UCONN) | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | PIP | 2021-09-15 to 2024-05-21 |
N: 41.828 S: 41.798 E: -72.248 W: -72.304 |
ASCII-CSV, PNG, AVI | |
| GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Occurrence Sensor System (POSS) LPVEx V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | POSS | 2010-09-17 to 2011-04-20 |
N: 60.4847 S: 60.2038 E: 25.6248 W: 25.0822 |
ASCII | |
| 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 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS LPVEX V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2010-09-21 to 2010-10-21 |
N: 75 S: 34 E: 25 W: 23 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS MC3E V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2011-04-25 to 2011-05-21 |
N: 43 S: 28 E: -91 W: -121 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS TWP-ICE V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2006-01-23 to 2006-02-06 |
N: -10 S: -25 E: 140 W: 125 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION TOTAL SKY IMAGER IPHEX V1 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | TSI | 2014-05-06 to 2014-06-15 |
N: 35.56 S: 35.48 E: -83.04 W: -83.18 |
JPEG | |
| GPM Ground Validation Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) OLYMPEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | 2DVD | 2015-10-31 to 2016-01-17 |
N: 47.514 S: 47.36 E: -123.812 W: -123.993 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION UND CITATION CLOUD MICROPHYSICS GCPEX V2 | 2 | UND CITATION II | CDP, CPC, CPI PROBES, HVPS, INS, LASER HYGROMETERS, NEVZOROV PROBE, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS KING PROBE, ROSEMOUNT ICING DETECTOR | 2012-01-19 to 2012-02-24 |
N: 46.3615 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7659 W: -80.3847 |
Multiple | |
| GPM Ground Validation UND Citation Cloud Microphysics GCPEX Version 1 | 1 | UND CITATION II | PMS 2D-C PROBE | ASCII, BIN | |||
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION UND CITATION CLOUD MICROPHYSICS IPHEx V1 | 1 | UND CITATION II | CDP, CPC, CPI PROBES, HVPS, INS, LASER HYGROMETERS, NEVZOROV PROBE, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS KING PROBE, ROSEMOUNT ICING DETECTOR | 2014-03-06 to 2014-06-13 |
N: 35.59 S: 35.23 E: -82.06 W: -83.1 |
ASCII, Binary | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION UND CITATION CLOUD MICROPHYSICS MC3E V1 | 1 | UND CITATION II | CDP, CPI PROBES, HVPS, INS, LASER HYGROMETERS, PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS KING PROBE, ROSEMOUNT ICING DETECTOR, UHSAS | 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-02 |
N: 40.944 S: 34.3247 E: -95.2302 W: -99.1654 |
ASCII, Binary | |
| GPM Ground Validation UND Citation Cloud Microphysics OLYMPEX V1 | 1 | UND CITATION II | 2DC, 2DS, CDP, CPI PROBES, HVPS | 2015-11-12 to 2015-12-19 |
N: 48.3535 S: 46.2209 E: -97.1811 W: -126.129 |
ASCII, Binary |
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