Giovanni is a Web-based application developed by the GES DISC that provides a simple and intuitive way to visualize, analyze, and access vast amounts of Earth science remote sensing data without having to download the data.

Giovanni is comprised of a number of interfaces, called instances, each tailored to meet the needs of different Earth science research communities.

• Atmospheric Instances:  A-Train along CloudSat Track;  Aerosol Optical Thickness Measurement and Model Comparison Daily and Monthly; MISR Daily and Monthly;  Aqua/AIRS Global Daily and Monthly;    MODIS Terra and Aqua Daily and Monthly;  Aura OMI Level 3 and Level 2G;   Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS);  Aura High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS); Earth Probe and Nimbus-7 TOMS;  Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE);  Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) 3D Monthly and 2D Monthly.


• Environmental Instances:  Air Quality; Agriculture; Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI) Daily and Monthly


• Ocean Instances:   Ocean Color;  Ocean Color Radiometry  (SeaWiFS, MODIS, and derived and model products in both instances)


• Hydrology Instances:  MODIS Terra and Aqua Daily and Monthly; TRMM Online Visualization and Analysis System (TOVAS);   Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI) Daily and Monthly;  MERRA 3D Monthly and 2D Monthly

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