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Water Management Data Access and Tools

NASA has water management datasets that help researchers characterize the particular makeup of the air we breathe. Access a range of data and data tools such as AppEEARS, FIRMS, and Giovanni to make the most of water management data.

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Featured Water Management Observation Method: MODIS

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) continually collects data with global coverage every one to two days. Its exceptionally broad spectral range enables MODIS data to be used in studies across numerous disciplines, including changes in land cover and land use, and flood detection. An important attribute of MODIS data is the availability of MODIS data products in real-time and near real-time. Direct broadcast stations around the world download raw MODIS data in real-time directly from the satellite, while NASA’s Land, Atmosphere Near Real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) provides several MODIS products within three hours of satellite observation.

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Lake Mead, Nevada, USA

Lake Mead, Nevada, USA

Images captured on Sep 6 and Sep 4, 2021, by the MODIS instrument aboard the Terra satellite.
True color corrected reflectance image of Africa, Europe, and Asia from the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-21 satellite

From MODIS to VIIRS: Continuing the Legacy

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) will help ensure continuity of Earth observations after the upcoming retirement of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).

Water Management Data Tools

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AppEEARS The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
Panoply Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
STREAM STREAM is a rapid water quality monitoring tool that processes satellite imagery to create maps showing chlorophyll-a, Total Suspended Solids, and water clarity at 20-30 meter resolution. Processing
VEDA NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities. Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing
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