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Learn how to work with ASTER Level 1 Precision Terrain Corrected Registered At-Sensor Radiance ASTER L1T HDF-EOS (.hdf) files in R.
Data Recipe
Aug. 4, 2017
Learn how to decode quality data from MODIS products using an API quality service.
Tutorial
July 28, 2017
This ARSET training provides an overview of drought classification and web-based tools for drought monitoring and visualization.
Training
July 12-19, 2017
Follow Superstorm Sandy's lifecycle and impacts, and how the recovery of affected ecosystems were tracked by NASA remote sensing data.
Data in Action
July 6, 2017
This ARSET training covers how to access and apply satellite data relevant to land indicators, such as estimating total forest area and forest change.
Training
June 20-22, 2017
Read how Navajo Nation Climate III DEVELOP team used Earth observation data to investigate drivers of drought in the Southwestern United States.
Data in Action
June 14, 2017
Researchers use the the combined Terra and Aqua MODIS leaf area index data product to detect crop damage caused by hail.
Data in Action
May 31, 2017
Discover how remote sensing supports temperature modeling, urban agriculture mapping, and analysis of floodplain behavior in arid regions.
Data in Action
April 26, 2017
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Characterizing MODIS performance involves an innovative and international collaboration of scientists.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
Scientists and satellites hold vigil on a newborn lake in Pakistan.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
For years, experts have used cloud observations to predict the weather.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
After conducting an extensive study of available formats, EOSDIS planners selected the Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) as the standard for Earth science data generated by EOS instruments.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
According to a recent report in Science, the Amazon rain forest has lost nearly two million acres to logging each year since 1996.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
Phytoplankton blooms occur in all the Earth’s oceans when nutrient and sunlight conditions are right.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
A new long-term archive of satellite data will help hydrologists monitor floods, allow aid agencies to pinpoint flood-prone regions, and provide information for modeling Earth's complex hydrologic cycles.
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July 28, 2020
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