Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center (LaRC ASDC)

On April 17, 2010, NASA’s Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite collected observations across Europe and captured this image of the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano ash cloud as it continued to drift over the continent. In the image, the ash cloud is seen above Paris as a thin, wispy layer of particles ranging in altitude from 6,000 to 21,000 feet. CALIPSO is joint mission between NASA and CNES, the French space agency. Courtesy: NASA CALIPSO Science Team

The ASDC at NASA LaRC supports more than 40 projects and has more than 1800 archived data sets. These data sets were obtained from satellite measurements, field experiments, and modeled data products. ASDC projects are focused on the Earth science disciplines Radiation Budget, Clouds, Aerosols, and Tropospheric Chemistry. A complete list of data sets is available at http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov

Data Access

There are multiple methods of obtaining data and information from the NASA Langley ASDC including ASDC ordering tools, Data Pool, Web download of renewable energy data (SSE), pre-packaged CDs, and Reverb

Specialty

• Radiation Budget
• Clouds
• Aerosols
• Tropospheric Chemistry

Contact Information

User and Data Services
NASA Langley Research Center
Phone: +1 757–864–8656
Fax: +1 757–864–8807
E-mail: larc-asdc-uds@lists.nasa.gov
URL: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov

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