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.

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The Atmospheric Science Data Center’s Sub-Orbital Order Tool helps users locate, access, and download sub-orbital data quickly and easily.
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The Lightning Imaging Sensor measured the amount, rate, and radiant energy of lightning around the globe both day and night.
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Videos from NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio reveal the brilliant view from the agency’s newest pollution-detecting sensor.
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The POPGRID Viewer tool demystifies the process of finding the right population dataset.
Worldview Image of the Week

Image captured on Nov 21, 2023, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.

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