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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.

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CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Terra FM1 MODIS Edition2G Edition2G TERRA CERES-FM1 2007-12-01 to 2010-06-30 HDF4
CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Terra FM1 MODIS Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, MODIS 2018-01-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Terra FM2 MODIS Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM2, MODIS 2024-05-01 to 2024-08-31 20 Kilometers x 20 Kilometers HDF4
CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath TRMM Edition2C Edition2C TRMM CERES-PFM 1998-01-01 to 2000-03-31 HDF4
CERES Daily Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged NOAA-20 TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition1B Edition1B NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present NetCDF-4
CERES Daily Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged NOAA-20 TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present 1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
CERES Daily Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged Terra and Aqua TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition4A Edition4A Terra, Aqua CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, MODIS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2002-07-01 to Present NetCDF-4
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA and Surface Monthly means data in netCDF Edition 4.2.1 Edition4.2.1 Terra, Aqua, NOAA-20 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM6 2000-03-01 to Present netCDF-4
CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA Monthly means data in netCDF Edition4.2.1 Edition4.2.1 Terra, Aqua, NOAA-20 CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM6 2000-03-01 to Present netCDF-3
CERES Monthly Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged NOAA-20 TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition1B Edition1B NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present NetCDF-4
CERES Monthly Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged NOAA-20 TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present 1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
CERES Monthly Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged Terra and Aqua TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition4A Edition4A Terra, Aqua CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, MODIS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2002-07-01 to Present NetCDF-4
CERES Monthly Gridded Single Satellite Fluxes and Clouds TRMM Edition2C Edition2C TRMM CERES SCANNER, CERES-PFM 1998-01-01 to 2000-03-31 HDF4
CERES Regionally Averaged Computed TOA, within the Atmosphere, and Surface Fluxes Hourly Aqua Edition4A Edition4A Aqua CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2018-01-01 to 2022-12-31 HDF4
CERES Regionally Averaged Computed TOA, within the Atmosphere, and Surface Fluxes Hourly Terra Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2 2018-01-01 to 2022-12-31 HDF4
CERES Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly Aqua Edition4A Edition4A Aqua CERES-FM4, CERES-FM3, MODIS 2002-07-03 to Present HDF4
CERES Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly NOAA-20 Edition 1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6 2018-05-01 to Present netCDF-4
CERES Regionally Averaged TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Hourly Terra Edition4A Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Aqua-FM3 Edition4A Edition4A Aqua CERES-FM3 2002-07-03 to Present NetCDF-3, HDF4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Aqua-FM4 Edition4A Edition4A Aqua CERES-FM4 2002-07-03 to 2005-03-29 HDF4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NOAA20-FM6-VIIRS Edition1C Edition1C NOAA-20 CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2018-05-01 to Present netCDF-4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NPP-FM5 Edition2A Edition2A Suomi-NPP CERES-FM5, VIIRS 2012-01-27 to 2024-08-01 netCDF-4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols NPP-FM5 Edition2B Edition2B Suomi-NPP CERES-FM5, VIIRS 2023-09-30 to Present 24 Kilometers x 24 Kilometers netCDF-4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Terra-FM1 Edition4A Edition4A TERRA CERES-FM1 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES Single Scanner Footprint (SSF) TOA/Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Terra-FM2 Edition4A Edition4A TERRA CERES-FM2 2000-03-01 to 2025-01-10 HDF4
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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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