Skip to main content

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

Filters
Dataset Sort descending Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
DSCOVR EPIC Level 2 EPICAERUV-Fast 01 DSCOVR EPIC 2020-09-01 to Present HDF-EOS5
DSCOVR EPIC Level 2 GLINT 01 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-13 to Present HDF5
DSCOVR EPIC Level 2 Total Ozone, Version 3 03 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-16 to Present HDF5
DSCOVR EPIC Level 2 UV Aerosol Version 3 03 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-16 to Present HDF-EOS5
DSCOVR EPIC Level 4 Tropospheric Ozone 01 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-17 to Present HDF5
Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere Model Output 1 GOES-16, GOES-17, WRF, TRAJ3D ABI, Computer 2021-05-01 to 2022-10-01

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

NetCDF-3
Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere Radar and Satellite (Remote Sensing) Data Products 1 GOES-17, GOES-16, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS ABI, GridRad 2021-07-05 to 2022-07-14

N: 55 S: 10 E: -60 W: -135

NetCDF-4
Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere Reports 1 NASA ER-2 Computer 2021-07-16 to 2022-07-13

N: 47 S: 25 E: -80 W: -123

PDF
ECOSTRESS Cloud Mask Daily L2 Global 70m V001 001 ISS ECOSTRESS 2018-07-09 to 2025-01-06

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

70 Meters x 70 Meters HDF5
ECOSTRESS Gridded Cloud Mask Instantaneous L2 Global 70 m V002 002 ISS ECOSTRESS 2018-07-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

70 Meters x 70 Meters HDF5
ECOSTRESS Gridded Cloud Mask Instantaneous L2 Global 70 m V003 003 ISS ECOSTRESS 2018-07-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

70 Meters x 70 Meters HDF5
ECOSTRESS L3/L4 Ancillary data Quality Assurance (QA) flags L3 Global 70m V001 001 ISS ECOSTRESS 2018-07-15 to 2023-02-25

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

70 Meters x 70 Meters HDF5
EMIT L2A Masks 60 m V002 002 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters netCDF-4
EPIC Cloud Height 01 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-15 to Present PNG
EPIC Ocean Surface PAR Version 2 02 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-13 to Present HDF5
ER-2 X-Band Doppler Radar (EXRAD) ALOFT 1 NASA ER-2 EXRAD 2023-06-15 to 2023-07-31

N: 35.959 S: 10.888 E: -80.404 W: -118.559

HDF5
ER-2 X-Band Doppler Radar (EXRAD) IMPACTS 1 NASA ER-2 EXRAD 2020-01-25 to 2023-03-02

N: 48.658 S: 27.106 E: -67.286 W: -117.635

HDF5
Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) Aqua-FM3-MODIS data in HDF Version 4A Version4A Aqua CERES-FM3 2018-12-15 to 2023-04-01 HDF4
Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) data in netCDF Version1A NOAA-20 CERES-FM6 2022-12-13 to 2024-04-02 NetCDF-4
Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) TERRA-FM1 data in HDF Version 4A Version4A Terra CERES-FM1 2017-01-01 to 2024-04-01 HDF4
Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) TERRA-FM1 data in netCDF Version 4B Version4B Terra CERES-FM1 2017-01-01 to 2025-02-17 netCDF-4
Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) NOAA-20 Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) Version1B Version1B NOAA-20 CERES-FM6 2023-10-01 to Present netCDF-4
FIREX-AQ DC-8 In-Situ Cloud Data 1 NASA DC-8 CDP, CPSPD, CAPS 2019-07-22 to 2019-09-05 ICARTT
FIREX-AQ ER-2 Cloud Physics Lidar Remotely Sensed Data 1 NASA ER-2 CPL 2019-07-31 to 2019-08-23 HDF5
FIREX-AQ ER-2 Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) 1 NASA ER-2 SHIS 2019-08-02 to 2019-08-23 HDF5, NetCDF-3

Clouds Data Tools

Tool Sort descending 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
SOOT NASA's Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) provides users with suborbital field campaign data discovery and download capabilities. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
SHOWING 2 OF 2

Frequently Asked Questions

Earthdata Forum

Our online forum provides a space for users to browse thousands of FAQs about research needs, data, and data applications. You can also submit new questions for our experts to answer.

Submit Questions to Earthdata Forumand View Expert Responses

Earthdata
Forum