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.
Agriculture

NASA data provide vital information for farmers, water managers, and others in the field of agriculture.

Open Science

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

Environmental Justice

Combining Earth science with socioeconomic data provides insights for identifying vulnerable communities.

Article
A study has identified an ESO data processing architecture that both promotes open science and advances Earth system science.
Article
Careful calibration and validation ensure that NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will provide the best data possible.
Article
The dataset provides projections of future population distribution and internal migration for 112 low- and middle-income countries.
Data User Profile
Data from NASA’s ORNL DAAC help Dr. Kyla Dahlin better understand how remote sensing can improve predictive ecological models.
Worldview Image of the Week
Mar 22, 2023

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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