ICARE Atmosphere Data Centre
French data center (CNES/CNRS/Universite de Lille) hosting 100+ million files of satellite data on clouds, aerosols, water vapor, radiation, and precipitation as part of the AERIS national atmosphere data infrastructure
icare.univ-lille.fr
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global atmosphere data, 100M+ files, multi-mission
- Access
- Registration Required
- Category
- Space Agency
What's inside
- Water Vapor
- Cloud Properties
- Precipitation
- Atmospheric Radiation
- Aerosols
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: Precipitation
- 02
Model input
Drive hydrological, crop and urban drainage models.
- 03
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
- 02
Gauge + satellite fusion
Correct satellite rainfall with gauges using machine learning.
- 03
Segmentation
Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.
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