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Oct 28, 2022

Combined MODIS

MODIS Terra+Aqua combined Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Surface Radiation (MCD18A1) and Photosynthetically Active Radiation (MCD18A2) Version 6 data products were decommissioned on October 28, 2022. The User Guide and Algorithm The…

Oct 24, 2022

Users have been experiencing 401 errors when trying to pass Earthdata Login authentication credentials to access data via scripts. The LP DAAC is pleased to report that this issue has been resolved. Users that were experiencing this error are encouraged t…

Oct 20, 2022

Terra MODIS

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the availability of the Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6.1 Vegetation Continuous Fields data product in yearly intervals at 250 mete…

Oct 19, 2022

The first mineral maps from NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission have been produced. These mineral maps are created using data collected by the EMIT imaging spectrometer instrument aboard the International Space Stati…

Oct 13, 2022

Invitations to participate in the 2022 NASA EOSDIS Annual Customer Satisfaction Survey have been emailed to users by the Claes Fornell International (CFI) Group on behalf of the NASA Office of Management and Budget. Your feedback about the quality and uti…

Oct 13, 2022

The first of the Terra Constellation Exit Maneuver (CEM) was completed successfully on October 12, between 14:20:54 – 15:05:10. All Terra MODIS and ASTER data production and distribution will remain on-hold from both STD and NRT streams, following the las…

Oct 03, 2022

HLS

USGS EarthExplorer recently posted a notice stating that USGS EROS would no longer acquire Sentinel-2 data as of October 19, 2022. The USGS Sentinel-2 archive will be available for download until November 18, 2022, after which, the data will be removed fr…

Sep 30, 2022

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 …

Sep 27, 2022

Terra ASTER Terra MODIS

The Terra flight operations team will be conducting Constellation Exit Maneuvers (CEM) to lower the Terra satellite to an altitude of 694 km by performing two retrograde maneuvers on October 12 and 19, 2022. To prepare for the maneuvers, data acquisitions…

Sep 20, 2022

Version 3.12 of the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρEEARS) has been released. This release adds version 6.1 of two Terra and Aqua combined Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) products providing global …

Sep 16, 2022

NASA recently released a Request for Information (RFI) entitled “NASA’s Terra, Aqua, and Aura Drifting Orbits Workshop”. The announcement describes an opportunity for you to express your perspective on the value of continuing the Earth Observing System (E…

Sep 08, 2022

AppEEARS

Version 3.11 of the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρEEARS) has been released. This release adds Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) products to the AρρEEARS service. HLS products provide surface reflectance data from a …

Aug 25, 2022

The LP DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of Goddard’s LiDAR, Hyperspectral, and Thermal Imager (G-LiHT) Metadata. G-LiHT’s Metadata provide campaign information for more than 750 G-LiHT flights. G-LiHT Metadata are available as pdf files, and c…

Aug 25, 2022

On August 20, 2022, the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) resumed forward processing and distribution of land data products. Product quality has been confirmed and Suomi NPP VIIRS data …

Aug 23, 2022

Data Pool

The LP DAAC completed significant maintenance activities during the month of the July that caused issues for some users trying to access the LP DAAC’s Data Pool. Recently the LP DAAC has implemented several performance improvements to resolve these issues…