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ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) product and shows the elevation of the area around the Drac Valley, where the Harmaliere landslide occurred

Landslides, Floral Growth Patterns, and Mangrove Health

Learn how satellite data supported landslide detection in the French Alps, flowering pattern analysis for beekeepers, and mangrove ecosystem monitoring in Bangladesh and India.

Data in Action

Oct. 29, 2016

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Work with Land Remote Sensing Data in a GIS Environment

View LP DAAC's presentation at the Black Hills Digital Mapping Association's 2016 annual conference.

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Oct. 4, 2016

Identifying Minerals Using ASTER

Researchers used ASTER data to generate a map identifying exposed minerals on the Conterminous United States.

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Sept. 20, 2016

An ASTER reflectance image of the Central Eastern Desert in Egypt showing the SWIR band combination 4-6-8

Crop Monitoring, Coral Conservation, and Mineral Exploration

Read highlights of three publications that detail how NASA Earth observation data informs chickpea agriculture growth in India, harmful sediment plumes affecting Colombian coral reefs, and new gold sites in Egypt's Central Eastern Desert.

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July 27, 2016

several maps created by the DEVELOP Indonesia Agriculture team using LP DAAC MODIS data and other data sources. The center map is the Maxent model output map of palm oil expansion in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. The smaller maps indicate inputs, clockwise from bottom left to right is a map of MODIS NDVI, slope, accessibility, precipitation, elevation, and conservation areas

Examining Palm Oil Production and Deforestation in Indonesia With NASA Data

In Spring 2016, DEVELOP researchers used MODIS data to identify areas of potential palm oil production and the risks of rainforest deforestation in Indonesia.

Data in Action

June 29, 2016

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A View from Above: The Aftermath of a Tornado

See ASTER data used to study tornado damage in Joplin, Missouri.

Data in Action

May 26, 2016

A composite Terra MODIS BRDF image of the North Island in New Zealand from December 1, 2013.

Hydrothermal Alteration Zones, Greenness Trends, and Forest Disturbance

Learn how remote sensing helps classify minerals and identify faults, the effectiveness of an afforestation program, and assessing forests and grasslands disturbance.

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May 20, 2016

View from NASA Terra's Zoom Lens: All About ASTER

Learn about ASTER products, how they can be applied to variety of studies, and how to access the data.

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May 6, 2016

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Show Me the Data

A new metadata project makes NASA's Earth data easier to find and access through federal open science portals.

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Sept. 17, 2025

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Earth Science Data Roundup: July 2025

A summary of datasets, products, and resources released by NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in June 2025.

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July 18, 2025

This is part of a larger image from the ASTER instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite. Composed of reconstructed unprocessed instrument band combination 3n-2-1 data, this image shows the landscape of Guatemala on March 23, 2003. Credit: LP DAAC

Earth Science Data Roundup: June 2025

A summary of datasets, products, and resources released by NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in May 2025.

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June 12, 2025

An ASTER image showing part of the San Quintín Glacier, the largest in southern Chile’s Northern Patagonia Icefield.

GLIMS Database Advances Glacier Monitoring from Space

The Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Glacier Database provides timely data on more than 200,000 glaciers around the world.

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April 8, 2025

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Landslides, Floral Growth Patterns, and Mangrove Health

Work with Land Remote Sensing Data in a GIS Environment

Identifying Minerals Using ASTER

Crop Monitoring, Coral Conservation, and Mineral Exploration

Examining Palm Oil Production and Deforestation in Indonesia With NASA Data

A View from Above: The Aftermath of a Tornado

Hydrothermal Alteration Zones, Greenness Trends, and Forest Disturbance

View from NASA Terra's Zoom Lens: All About ASTER

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Earth Science Data Roundup: July 2025

Earth Science Data Roundup: June 2025

GLIMS Database Advances Glacier Monitoring from Space

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