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Data collected by NASA’s Terra satellite are integral for efforts to understand changes among Earth's interconnected systems. Explore Terra datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.

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ASTER L2 Surface Reflectance VNIR and SWIR V004 ASTER 2000-03-06 to Present 004 ACTIVE COG Albedo, Reflectance
ASTER L2 Surface Temperature V003 ASTER 2000-03-04 to 2025-12-15 003 DEPRECATED HDF-EOS2, GeoTIFF Land Surface Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
ASTER Level 1 precision terrain corrected registered at-sensor radiance V003 ASTER 2000-03-04 to 2025-12-15 003 DEPRECATED HDF-EOS2, GeoTIFF REFLECTED INFRARED, THERMAL INFRARED, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Visible Radiance
ASTER Level 1 Precision Terrain Corrected Registered At-Sensor Radiance V031 ASTER 2000-03-04 to 2025-12-15 031 DEPRECATED HDF-EOS2 REFLECTED INFRARED, THERMAL INFRARED, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Visible Radiance
ASTER Level 1T Precision Terrain Corrected Registered At-Sensor Radiance V004 ASTER 2000-03-04 to Present 004 ACTIVE COG REFLECTED INFRARED, THERMAL INFRARED, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Visible Radiance
ASTER Orthorectified Digital Elevation Model (DEM) V003 ASTER 2000-03-06 to 2025-12-15 003 DEPRECATED GeoTIFF Topographical Relief Maps, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Visible Radiance, Infrared Radiance, THERMAL INFRARED
ASTER Registered Radiance at the Sensor - Orthorectified V003 ASTER 2000-03-06 to 2025-12-15 003 DEPRECATED GeoTIFF Land Use/Land Cover, Visible Radiance, Infrared Radiance, THERMAL INFRARED
Black Sea High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 0.0625 deg Resolution MODIS, SEVIRI, AVHRR-3, AVHRR, AATSR 2007-12-31 2.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
Black Sea Ultra High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 0.01 deg Resolution MODIS, SEVIRI, AVHRR-3, AVHRR, AATSR 2007-12-31 2.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
CARVE Modeled Gross Ecosystem CO2 Exchange and Respiration, Alaska, 2012-2014 OCO SPECTROMETERS, GOME-2, MODIS 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31 1 COMPLETE netCDF-3 Primary Production, Respiration Rate, Biogeochemical Cycles, Carbon
CER_BDS_Terra-FM2_Edition4 CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER 2000-03-01 to 2025-01-10 Edition4 COMPLETE HDF4 Shortwave Radiation, Visible Radiance, Longwave Radiation, Sensor Counts, SINK TEMPERATURE, Infrared Radiance
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra Edition4A CERES-FM1, CERES SCANNER, CERES-FM2, MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2002-06-30 Edition4A COMPLETE HDF4 Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Properties, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua Edition4A IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM3 2002-07-01 to Present Edition4A ACTIVE HDF4 Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Properties, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to Present Edition4B ACTIVE HDF4 Albedo, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra-NOAA20 Edition4A IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2022-04-01 to Present Edition4A COMPLETE HDF4 Albedo, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 3-Hourly Terra Edition4A IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES SCANNER, CERES-FM2, MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2002-06-30 Edition4A COMPLETE HDF4 Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 3-Hourly Terra-Aqua Edition4A IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM3 2002-07-01 to Present Edition4A ACTIVE HDF4 Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra Edition4A IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES SCANNER, CERES-FM2, MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2002-06-30 Edition4A COMPLETE HDF4 Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra-Aqua Edition4A IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM4, CERES-FM3 2002-07-01 Edition4A ACTIVE HDF4 Albedo, Aerosols, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to Present Edition4B ACTIVE HDF4 Albedo, Aerosols, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Net Radiation
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra-NOAA20 Edition4A IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS 2022-04-01 Edition4A COMPLETE HDF4 Albedo, Aerosols, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Net Radiation
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Daily Terra-NPP Edition1A IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM5, VIIRS 2012-02-01 to 2017-11-30 Edition1A COMPLETE HDF4 Albedo, Aerosols, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere, and Surface Fluxes Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra Edition4A IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2002-06-30 Edition4A COMPLETE HDF4 Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Incoming Solar Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Sea Level Pressure
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra-Aqua Edition4A IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2002-07-01 to Present Edition4A ACTIVE HDF4 Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Total Precipitable Water, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Net Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Properties, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra-Aqua-NOAA20 Edition4B IMAGING RADIOMETERS, CERES-FM1, CERES-FM2, CERES SCANNER, MODIS, CERES-FM6, VIIRS, CERES-FM3, CERES-FM4 2000-03-01 to Present Edition4B ACTIVE HDF4 Albedo, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Skin Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, Total Precipitable Water, Solar Irradiance, Cloud Base Temperature, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Radiative Transfer, Surface Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Water Vapor Indicators, Vegetation, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation

Terra Data Tools

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FIRMS The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. Access, Visualization
FLOOD The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, Visualization
LDOPE Access a range of software tools designed to manipulate, visualize, and analyze MODIS and VIIRS data. Analysis, Visualization
LP DAAC Data Prep Scripts Access a collection of R and Python scripts to download data and perform basic data processing functions.
MISR Browse Tool The MISR Browse Tool allows easy access to images from the MISR instrument. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
MISR Level 3 Data Browser The MISR Level 3 Data Browser provides visualizations of select parameters available in the MISR Level 3 global data products. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
MISR Orbit Tool The MISR Orbit Tool is an interactive interface for converting dates to MISR Orbit number and Orbit numbers to dates. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Similarity Search Similarity Search uses machine learning to make it easier for scientists to comb through millions of images and locate sets of similar examples. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
TESViS The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. Visualization, Subsetting
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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