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Dec 22, 2022

NASA Earthdata Search

Distribution of all Landsat Collection 1 data and science products in the USGS archives will end on December 30, 2022. Users are encouraged to migrate their workflow to Landsat Collection 2 at their earliest convenience. Due to advancements in data proces…

Dec 21, 2022

Terra ASTER

Terra ASTER data production remains on hold following the Terra Constellation Exit Maneuvers (CEMs) that occurred between October 11 and 20, 2022. Terra ASTER data production will be delayed for data acquired after October 23, 2022, until the processing i…

Dec 20, 2022

Terra MODIS

Terra MODIS forward processing has resumed at the MODIS Adaptive Processing System (MODAPS) as of December 16, 2022. This follows an update to the geolocation code to relax the 'orbit_tolerance' limit imposed on MODIS geolocation data generation…

Dec 15, 2022

MEaSUREs LSTE

The NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Geostationary Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Hourly North and South America 4 km (GEOLST4KHR) Version 1 data product was decommissioned on December 15, 2022. The U…

Dec 09, 2022

Terra MODIS

Terra MODIS data has been failing in the Level-1 geolocation process starting December 1, 2022 (Day 335) from 03:15 UTC onwards. All Terra MODIS Version 6 and 6.1 data processing is on hold while the geolocation team actively works to resolve the issue.

We…

Dec 05, 2022

Terra MODIS

Production of Terra MODIS Version 6 (V6) Daily Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity (LST&E) data products was discontinued on November 15, 2022 (day 319). Valid pixel counts for daily mid-latitude V6 LST&E data have significantly degraded following…

Dec 01, 2022

Data Pool NASA Earthdata Search G-LiHT

The LP DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of Goddard’s LiDAR, Hyperspectral, and Thermal Imager (G-LiHT) Metrics (GLMETRICS) data product.

The G-LiHT mission utilizes a portable, airborne imaging system that aims to simultaneously map the composi…

Nov 30, 2022

Aqua MODIS Combined MODIS Suomi NPP VIIRS Terra MODIS

On behalf of the Joint Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)-Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellite (CGMS) Working Group on Climate (WGClimate), we are pleased to announce that a new version of the Essential Climate Variables (ECV) Inv…

Nov 29, 2022

Terra MODIS

Terra MODIS Version 6.1 Land Surface Temperature and 3-Band Emissivity (LST&E) data products for the period of October 23 (DOY 2022-296) through November 21, 2022 (DOY 2022-325 included) will be reprocessed. This reprocessing will address the Level-1B…

Nov 22, 2022

EMIT

NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission aboard the International Space Station has generated a high level of interest after the release of NASA JPL’s "Methane 'Super-Emitters' Mapped by NASA's New Earth Sp…

Nov 18, 2022

Terra MODIS

The Land Data Operational Product Evaluation (LDOPE) team discovered a performance issue for the Terra MODIS Version 6 (V6) Daily Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity (LST&E) data products. Valid pixel counts for daily mid-latitude V6 Level-2 and Level…

Nov 14, 2022

AppEEARS NASA Earthdata Search ECOSTRESS

Author's Note: February 14, 2024 The ECOSTRESS resources have been updated since the publishing of this news announcement. Please visit: https://github.com/nasa/ECOSTRESS-Data-Resources to see the most recent ECOSTRESS Data Resources.


The Land Process…

Nov 09, 2022

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite is scheduled to lift off before dawn on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at UTC 9:25 am (EST 4:25 am) on an Atlas V rocket from the Vandenberg Space F…

Nov 07, 2022

Terra ASTER Terra MODIS

The Terra flight operations team successfully conducted Constellation Exit Maneuvers (CEMs) to lower the Terra satellite to an altitude of 694 km by performing retrograde maneuvers on October 12 and 19, 2022.

Following the CEMs, the space and nadir view do…

Nov 03, 2022

Data Pool NASA Earthdata Search MEaSUREs GLanCE

The LP DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Global Land Cover Mapping and Estimation (GLanCE) data product.

The purpose of GLanCE is to provide 30 meter (m) gl…