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Terra Learning Resources
This ArcGIS Python Toolbox simplifies access to quality data by decoding complex quality information into usable thematic raster files.
Tutorial
Aug. 18, 2020
NASA's Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) provides an introduction to learning resources for the ecology community.
Webinar
Aug. 6, 2020
In response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, researchers used a machine learning algorithm to classify oil thickness with Terra ASTER data.
Data in Action
July 23, 2020
This ARSET training teaches how to use earth observations to estimate water budgets for a given river basin.
Training
July 21 - Aug. 4, 2020
See how the Tennessee Valley Energy DEVELOP team used Earth observations to predict river water temperatures for managing and protecting aquatic ecosystems.
Data in Action
July 1, 2020
This ARSET training focuses on the use of remote sensing to understand global phenology.
Training
June 30 - July 14, 2020
Researchers used MODIS land cover products and ASTER models to identify suitable areas where an endangered species of monkey may reside.
Data in Action
June 29, 2020
Learn how a NASA DEVELOP team helped create models to determine an ideal location for a jaguar corridor using NASA Earth observation data.
Data in Action
May 21, 2020
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Determining risk from a wide range of natural hazards is only a mouse click away thanks to SEDAC's Hazards Mapper application.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
The Naval Research Laboratory and the University of North Dakota developed a level 3 gridded product specifically designed for quantitative applications including data assimilation and model validation. It is available through LANCE-MODIS.
News
Nov. 4, 2020
The MODIS Team at ORNL DAAC was awarded the national Doug D. Nebert Champion of the World award for their work developing the MODIS tool suite.
News
Nov. 4, 2020
The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard the Terra satellite passed over the Colby Fire at 10:45 a.m. on Jan. 16, 2014, about five hours after the fire was first reported. The instrument was able to acquire images of the fire at different angles, allowing scientists to create a 3-D view of the Colby fire and images of the height of the smoke/particulate dispersal.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
NASA’s global precipitation data and data processing systems have come a long way from the launch of TRMM in 1997 to the ongoing GPM mission.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
Interactively explore your world your way with nearly 20 years of MODIS global imagery and the EOSDIS Worldview data visualization application.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
A new comparison feature in the most recently released version of NASA’s Worldview data visualization application makes it easy to compare two images.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
Since 1999, NASA’s Terra Earth observing satellite has completed more than 100,000 orbits. The instrument data from this workhorse satellite has resulted in one of the longest continuous data records of our planet ever recorded from space.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
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