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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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NRT AMSR2 Unified Global Swath Surface Precipitation GSFC Profiling Algorithm V2 2 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2021-10-01

N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4, HDF-EOS5
NRT AMSR2 Unified L2B Global Swath Ocean Products V1 1 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2020-06-01

N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180

HDF-EOS5, netCDF-4
OMI/Aura and MODIS/Aqua Merged Cloud Product 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V003 (OMMYDCLD) at GES DISC 003 Aura, Aqua OMI, MODIS 2004-10-01 to Present

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

24 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
OMI/Aura and MODIS/Aqua Merged Cloud Product 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V004 (OMMYDCLD) at GES DISC 004 Aura, Aqua OMI, MODIS 2004-10-01 to Present

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

24 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (O2-O2 Absorption) 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24km V003 (OMCLDO2) at GES DISC 003 Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present

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

24 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (O2-O2 Absorption) 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24km V004 (OMCLDO2) at GES DISC 004 Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present

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

24 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (O2-O2 Absorption) 200-km swath subset along CloudSat track V003 (OMCLDO2_CPR) at GES DISC 003 Aura OMI 2006-06-01 to 2018-03-02

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

24 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (O2-O2 Absorption) Daily L2 Global Gridded 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V3 (OMCLDO2G) at GES DISC 003 Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present

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

24 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (O2-O2 Absorption) Zoomed 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x12km V003 (OMCLDO2Z) at GES DISC 003 Aura OMI 2004-10-06 to 2019-11-12

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

12 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V003 NRT 003 Aura OMI 2004-07-15

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

HDF-EOS5
OMI/Aura Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) 200-km swath subset along CloudSat track V003 (OMCLDRR_CPR) at GES DISC 003 Aura OMI 2006-06-01 to 2018-03-02

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

24 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
OMI/Aura Effective Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V003 (OMCLDRR) at GES DISC 003 Aura OMI 2004-10-01 to Present

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

24 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
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

24 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
OMI/Aura Effective Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V004 (OMCLDRR) OMINRT 004 Aura OMI 2004-07-15

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

HDF-EOS5
OMI/Aura Effective Cloud Pressure and Fraction (Raman Scattering) 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V004 (OMCLDRR) OMINRT 004 Aura OMI 2004-07-15

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

HDF-EOS5
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

24 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
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

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 - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 4.0 4.0 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-2 Regional Cloud Optical Properties, GISS Polarimetric Cloud (GPC) Algorithm Data, version 4.0 4.0 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 - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 4.0 4.0 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
PACE HARP2 Level-3 Global Mapped Cloud Optical Properties, GISS Polarimetric Cloud (GPC) Algorithm Data, version 4.0 4.0 PACE HARP2 2024-02-05 to Present

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

netCDF-4

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
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