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May 12, 2021

AppEEARS ECOSTRESS

Version 2.60 of the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρEEARS) has been released. This release includes the following:

A new metadata attribute field, “OrbitCorrectionPerformed” has been added to all point and area request o…

May 10, 2021

GEDI

(Author's Note 2/15/2022: At the time of publishing these references were available online, some resources may no longer be available. The GEDI Finder was retired when GEDI Version 1 data were decommissioned. Visit the Search Data Catalog to see the …

May 07, 2021

AppEEARS

Version 2.59 of the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρEEARS) has been released. This release includes the following:

May 03, 2021

Aqua MODIS Terra MODIS

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the availability of the new Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6.1 Water Reservoir data products. These datasets provide an 8-d…

Apr 29, 2021

G-LiHT

The LP DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of Goddard’s LiDAR, Hyperspectral, and Thermal Imager (G-LiHT) Digital Terrain Model (GLDTMT) and Digital Terrain Model KML (GLDTMK) data products.

A citation containing the DOI for each G-LiHT Digital Te…

Apr 20, 2021

EMIT

Mineral dust blown into the air can impact Earth’s systems in many ways. NASA has started work on a new Earth Venture-Instrument 4 (EVI-4) mission called the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT). This mission aims to comprehensively meas…

Apr 16, 2021

GEDI

The LP DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Version 2 Level 1B Geolocated Waveform Data, Level 2A Elevation and Height Metrics Data, and Level 2B Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics Data …

Apr 16, 2021

Web Map Service (WMS) Terra MODIS

The Land Processes (LP) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) has stopped managing and producing Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Services (WMS) and ArcGIS Image Services for their data holdings. Users interested in using Web Map Services are e…

Apr 08, 2021

Combined MODIS

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the availability of the Terra+Aqua combined Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6.1 Burned Area data product. This collection will continue to …

Mar 31, 2021

HLS

NASA Earthdata recently conducted an interview with the Principal Investigator, Dr. Jeff Masek, of the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) project. In this interview Dr. Masek discusses the HLS project, the recent provisional release, and what’s next for …

Mar 23, 2021

G-LiHT

The LP DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of Goddard’s LiDAR, Hyperspectral, and Thermal Imager (G-LiHT) Canopy Height Model (GLCHMT) and Canopy Height Model KML (GLCHMK) data products.

The G-LiHT mission utilizes a portable, airborne imaging sys…

Mar 18, 2021

Combined MODIS

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the availability of the Terra+Aqua combined Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6.1 Surface Radiation and Photosynthetically Active Radiation d…

Mar 15, 2021

Aqua MODIS Terra MODIS

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the availability of the Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6.1 Net Evapotranspiration, Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), and Ne…

Mar 04, 2021

AppEEARS Aqua MODIS ECOSTRESS Suomi NPP VIIRS Terra MODIS

Version 2.55 of the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρEEARS) has been released. This release includes the following:

New functionality that allows for quality filtering of point samples on the View Sample Page for addition…

Mar 03, 2021

NASA Earthdata Search

LP DAAC has begun migrating data to a cloud-based environment. The ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) 1 arc second (ASTGTM) dataset is the first product to move from the traditional infrastructure to the NASA Earthdata Cloud (EDC) and will be off…