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Characterizing MODIS performance involves an innovative and international collaboration of scientists.
Published Mar 5, 2001 11:50 AM
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Data available from NASA’s LP DAAC helps scientists like Dr. Robert Wright develop systems for autonomously detecting volcanic eruptions from space.
Published Aug 26, 2021 11:08 AM
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Through Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, the UN proposes to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. A critical part of this SDG Goal is monitoring urban sprawl and access to green and public spaces as well as monitoring air quality in urban areas. NASA Earth observations can aid in assessing progress towards meeting these objectives.
Published Sep 21, 2021 02:20 PM
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Responding to this RFI by October 11 via NSPIRES is an opportunity for you to express your perspective on the value of continuing NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) observations, and the unique scientific contributions and applications that could result from continuing Terra, Aqua, and Aura observations through the next several years of orbital drift.
Published Sep 20, 2022 03:30 PM
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Published May 3, 2023 12:41 PM
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After more than 20 years in space, the five instruments aboard NASA’s Terra satellite continue their singular achievement of compiling a climate data record of Earth.
Published Jan 22, 2020 09:49 AM
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In October 2001, a volcano in the remote South Sandwich Islands began spewing ash and lava. Less than 24 hours after the eruption began, a research team nearly 9,000 miles away was estimating how much energy the volcano was producing.
Published Feb 16, 2004 12:17 PM
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Drought turns the Fertile Crescent into a dust bowl.
Published Sep 28, 2016 03:15 PM
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Talking about 20 years of NASA's Terra mission and its significance with Terra Project Scientist Dr. Kurt Thome.
Published Feb 12, 2020 11:24 AM
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Honeybees signal a worrisome trend in plant-pollinator relationships.
Published Jan 25, 2010 03:05 PM
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Published May 19, 2015 02:37 PM
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Researchers explore the links between atmospheric aerosols, climate change, and ultraviolet rays.
Published Feb 6, 2008 04:46 PM
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New logic for classifying vegetation using the Global Land AVHRR Dataset (GLAD).
Published Mar 15, 1994 11:20 AM
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The business of data management has been transformed in the last decade—and not solely by computational progress.
Published Mar 8, 1998 01:54 PM
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