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| Discover and Access NASA's Near Real-Time Global Flood Products | This presentation provides an introduction to NASA's near real-time global flood products available through NASA's Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observation. Information about how to discover, access, and use these NRT products is also provided. | PDF (16.77 mb) | Sept. 17, 2025 |
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NOAA-20 Learning Resources
This ARSET training provides participants with the skills to combine in situ measurements and optical remote sensing data to assess water quality.
Training
Nov. 30 - Dec. 7, 2021
Join us for an overview of NASA's LAADS DAAC, its Level-1 and atmospheric data products, and to explore different options to search, discover, and acquire the data.
Webinar
Oct. 25, 2021
Esta capacitación de ARSET cubre similitudes y diferencias entre MODIS y VIIRS para monitoreo de calidad del agua.
Training
Sept. 14-21, 2021
This ARSET training provides an overview of the similarities and differences between MODIS and VIIRS for water quality monitoring.
Training
Sept. 14-21, 2021
LANCE near real-time products enable the management of ongoing events; standard data products are heavily processed and intended for scientific research.
Data Basics
July 15, 2021
Join us to learn how to use NASA’s Worldview, an imagery mapping and visualization tool that provides access to over 900 data imagery layers, many of which are available within hours, even minutes, to explore Earth’s interconnected processes and events.
Webinar
May 26, 2021
Read highlights of three publications that detail how NASA Earth observation data informs forest structure mapping, disease vector tracking, and mineral identification.
Data in Action
April 26, 2021
During this webinar we will introduce several of the NSIDC DAAC snow-focused NASA missions and data products, followed by a live demonstration teaching participants how to discover, access, and couple snow data across varying geospatial scales using Python.
Webinar
Nov. 4, 2020
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NASA significantly enhanced its MODIS and VIIRS near real-time flood products, enabling users to distinguish between unusual and recurring flooding.
Blog
April 10, 2026
Sensors on Aqua, Suomi-NPP, and NOAA-20 detected fires and poor air quality across Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and other countries in early April 2026.
Worldview Image of the Week
April 10, 2026
The VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-20 platform captured this image on March 26, 2026.
Worldview Image of the Week
March 27, 2026
Image captured February 17, 2026, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
Feb. 19, 2026
In computer models that simulate Earth’s atmosphere, scientists evaluated their upgraded cloud simulation capabilities against satellite observations.
Feature Article
Jan. 27, 2026
Base image, overlaid with flood information captured on December 23, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-20 platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
Dec. 26, 2025
Image captured September 11, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-21 platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
Sept. 11, 2025
A summary of datasets, products, and resources released by NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in August 2025.
News
Sept. 4, 2025
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