Your Gateway to NASA Earth Observation Data
The Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) Program provides full and open access to NASA’s collection of Earth science data for understanding and protecting our home planet. Begin your Earthdata exploration by clicking on any of the discipline icons above.
Your Gateway to NASA Earth Observation Data
The Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) Program provides full and open access to NASA’s collection of Earth science data for understanding and protecting our home planet.
New to using NASA Earth science data? Our Data Pathfinders will help you chart a path through the process of selecting data products and learning how to use them. Click the arrows on either side of the box to find your topic-specific starting point.
Resource Spotlight
Find data, articles, webinars and other resources on relevant topics in one place on these spotlight pages.
Wildfires

NASA provides many resources for monitoring and tracking wildfires.

Open Science

Open Science empowers an inclusive, collaborative scientific process through the open sharing of data and knowledge.

Air Quality

Air pollution is one of the largest global environmental and health threats.

Data User Profile
NASA Earth science data help scientists like Dr. Dan Runfola estimate the socioeconomic status of individuals around the globe.
Article
The Global Gridded Relative Deprivation Index is the first product of its kind to cover the world at a 1-kilometer resolution.
Article
A NASA/Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute collaboration is teaching students how to use NASA Earth observation data.
Article
Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting and Visualization Services (TESViS) supports ecological field research in easy-to-use formats.
Worldview Image of the Week
Aug 3, 2023

Image captured on Aug 2, 2023, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.

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