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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATom: Back Trajectories and Influences of Air Parcels Along Flight Track, 2016-2018 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | Computer | 2016-07-29 to 2018-05-21 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| ATom: Cloud and Coarse Aerosol Measurements from CAPS Instrument, 2016-2018 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | CAPS | 2016-07-29 to 2018-05-21 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ICARTT | |
| ATom: DC-8 Forward Camera Videos, 2016-2017 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | CAMERAS | 2016-08-01 to 2017-10-20 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
MP4 | |
| ATom: Dominant Role of Mineral Dust in Cirrus Cloud Formation | 1 | CESM, GEOS-Chem, NCEP-GFS, NASA DC-8 | Computer, PALMS | 2014-01-01 to 2019-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| ATom: Global Modeled and CAFS Measured Cloudy and Clear Sky Photolysis Rates, 2016 | 1 | NASA DC-8, CLIMATE MODELS | SAFS, Computer | 2005-08-01 to 2017-08-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 classic | |
| ATom: In-Situ Measurements of Airflow and Aerosols from Multiple Airborne Campaigns | 1 | NASA DC-8 | MMS, CAPS | 2013-06-10 to 2018-05-21 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
CSV | |
| ATTREX Global Hawk UAS In-Situ Cloud Property Measurements | 1 | GLOBAL HAWK | 2DS, CPI, FCDP, NOAA-H2O | 2011-10-01 to 2013-03-01 | ICARTT | ||
| AVIRIS-NG L2 Surface Reflectance, Facility Instrument Collection, V1 | 1 | NOAA Twin Otter, NASA ER-2, DHC-6, B-200 | AVIRIS-NG | 2014-06-21 to Present |
N: 84.356 S: 9.19806 E: 88.8094 W: -166.652 |
ENVI | |
| BOREAS AES Canadian Hourly and Daily Surface Meteorological Data, R1 | 2 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | SNOW MEASURING ROD, TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, WIND MONITOR, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, WET BULB THERMOMETERS | 1975-01-01 to 1997-01-01 |
N: 57.35 S: 52.17 E: -97.83 W: -107.87 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS AES Five-day Averaged Surface Meteorological and Upper Air Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, RAIN GAUGES, SNOW MEASURING ROD, WET BULB THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1976-01-01 to 1997-01-01 |
N: 57.35 S: 52.17 E: -97.83 W: -107.87 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS AFM-08 ECMWF Hourly Surface and Upper Air Data for the SSA and NSA | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-05-13 to 1997-03-31 |
N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -114 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-08 NSA-OJP and SSA-OBS Ceilometer Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | CEILOMETERS | 1994-05-31 to 1996-11-10 |
N: 55.93 S: 53.99 E: -98.62 W: -105.12 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES MARS-II 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1994 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | CEILOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, Visibility Sensor, WIND MONITOR, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR | 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-20 |
N: 59.56 S: 51.08 E: -97.55 W: -108.43 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES READAC 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, THERMISTORS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, Visibility Sensor, RAIN GAUGES, WIND MONITOR, CEILOMETERS | 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-20 |
N: 52.7 S: 52.7 E: -102.32 W: -102.32 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-3 CLOUD AND AEROSOL PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION (CAPAC) V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | FSSP, PMS 2D-P PROBE | 1998-08-15 to 1998-09-23 |
N: 39.0333 S: 14.045 E: -62.96 W: -86.165 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-3 CLOUD AND AEROSOL PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION VIDEO V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | VIDEO CAMERA | 1998-08-10 to 1998-09-02 |
N: 50 S: 10 E: -50 W: -105 |
Not Provided | |
| CAMEX-3 NAST-I RADIANCE PRODUCTS V1 | 1 | NASA ER-2 | NAST-I | 1998-08-13 to 1998-09-27 |
N: 36.0668 S: 13.5693 E: -62.3263 W: -94.3327 |
TAR | |
| CAMEX-4 CLOUD MICROPHYSICS V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | FSSP, PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS 2D-P PROBE | 2001-08-18 to 2001-09-25 |
N: 39.71 S: 16.5317 E: -58.635 W: -88.215 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-4 CVI CLOUD CONDENSED WATER CONTENT V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | CVI | 2001-09-06 to 2001-09-10 |
N: 39.0433 S: 24.455 E: -58.635 W: -84.4033 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-4 HIGH ALTITUDE MMIC SOUNDING RADIOMETER (HAMSR) V1 | 1 | NASA ER-2 | HAMSR, RADIOSONDES | 2001-08-18 to 2001-09-25 |
N: 39.45 S: 13.4 E: -48.56 W: -88.47 |
Binary | |
| CAMEX-4 MIPS CEILOMETER V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, MIPS | CEILOMETERS | 2001-08-05 to 2001-09-12 |
N: 24.8 S: 24.6 E: -81.5 W: -81.7 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-4 MIPS MICROWAVE PROFILING RADIOMETER V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, MIPS | MR, PYRANOMETERS | 2001-08-15 to 2001-09-12 |
N: 24.8 S: 24.6 E: -81.5 W: -81.7 |
ASCII | |
| CAMEX-4 NOAA WP-3D CLOUD PHYSICS V1 | 1 | WP-3D ORION | FSSP, HVPS | 2001-09-03 to 2001-09-19 |
N: 50 S: 10 E: -60 W: -100 |
Not Provided | |
| CAMP2Ex Cloud and Precipitation Retrievals Derived From APR-3 and AMPR Measurements | 1 | NASA P-3 | APR-3, AMPR | 2019-08-02 to 2019-10-07 | NetCDF-3 | ||
| CAMP2Ex Learjet In-Situ Cloud Data | 1 | LEARJET | FCDP, Hawkeye 2DS, Hawkeye FCDP, CPI, FFSSP, SPEC HVPS | 2019-08-24 to 2019-09-29 | ICARTT |
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