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Dr. Owen Cooper, Senior Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado–Boulder/NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory. Cooper is also a member of the ASDC User Working Group.
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User Profile: Dr. Owen Cooper
Data from NASA’s Atmospheric Science Data Center help Dr. Owen Cooper monitor and track tropospheric ozone.
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Providing Open Data for NASA’s Earth System Observatory (ESO)
A study has identified an ESO data processing architecture that both promotes open science and advances Earth system science.
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Preparing for Oceans of Data
Careful calibration and validation ensure that NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will provide the best data possible.
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SEDAC Releases Groundswell Spatial Population Dataset
The dataset provides projections of future population distribution and internal migration for 112 low- and middle-income countries.
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User Profile: Dr. Kyla Dahlin
Data from NASA’s ORNL DAAC help Dr. Kyla Dahlin better understand how remote sensing can improve predictive ecological models.
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NASA Announces Pause in GEDI Mission
Mar 17, 2023

The GEDI instrument has been moved to an alternate location on the International Space Station for a period of 13 to 18 months.

Webinar: Advancing Ecological Insights with NASA Subsetting and Visualization Tools and Services for Site-based Research
Mar 14, 2023

Join us for a webinar April 12 at 2:00 p.m., EDT (UTC/GMT-4), to learn more about datasets and tool capabilities available through NASA's ORNL DAAC that enable the harmonization of remote sensing and in situ ecological data products for site-based research.

NASA Counts 9.9 billion Trees Across Sub-Saharan Africa using Commercial Satellite Data
Mar 9, 2023

The study, which utilized data made available by NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program, was led by NASA’s Compton Tucker and provides new insight into how carbon stocks can be mapped at the level of individual trees.

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Flooding in Mozambique and Malawi shown in red overlaid on a true color corrected reflectance image from the MODIS instrument aboard the Terra satellite on 23 March 2023
Mar 22, 2023
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Flooding in Mozambique and Malawi

Image of a three-day flood composite ending Mar 22, 2023, from the MODIS instruments aboard the Terra and Aqua satellites, overlaid on a true color corrected reflectance image.

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