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Explore how remote sensing is used to study landslide vegetation recovery in China, identify zero curtain effects for permafrost detection, and map geothermal minerals in East Africa.
Data in Action
April 28, 2020
This ARSET training addresses how to use remote sensing data for agriculture monitoring, specifically drought and crop monitoring.
Training
April 14 - May 5, 2020
In Spring 2019 DEVELOP researchers used VIIRS and other instrument data to create models that provide fine details on drought conditions in Iowa.
Data in Action
April 13, 2020
Evaluating the evolution of ocean response to the 2019 Atlantic tropical cyclones.
Data in Action
April 2, 2020
This ARSET training focuses on how to apply the UN Biodiversity Lab and NASA satellite data to conservation and SDG goals.
Training
March 24 - April 7, 2020
Cette formation ARSET est axée sur l'utilisation des données du Laboratoire de biodiversité des Nations Unies et des données satellitaires de la NASA.
Training
March 24 - April 7, 2020
Esta capacitación de ARSET se centra en cómo aplicar los datos del UN Biodiversity Lab y satélites de la NASA a las metas de los ODS.
Training
March 24 - April 7, 2020
See how a DEVELOP project team employed Earth observation data to examine and predict the location of bighorn sheep habitat in the Mojave Desert.
Data in Action
Feb. 24, 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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