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The downloadable MODIS Reprojection Tool (MRT) and MRTSwath tool will be retired on February 28, 2019. Users are encouraged to download these tools prior to February 28th. Note: No updates or maintenance will be done on the tools after February 28th. Oth…

Version 2.15 of the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρEEARS) has been released. This release includes the following:

• The availability of the new NASA-produced S-NPP Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Bidirec…

GEDI, or Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI), was successfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on-board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on December 5, 2018 and is now in its commis…

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) will be decommissioning the Terra and Aqua Combined MODIS Version 5.1 Land Cover Type data products on January 7, 2019. These annual products at 500 meter (m) (MCD12Q1) and 5,600 m (MCD12C1) s…

The MODIS Aqua Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) Version 6 data products (MYD21s) from July 2002 to present have been reprocessed to correct science data quality issues that were present when the data were initially released. The MYD21 d…

Version 2.13 of the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρEEARS) has been released. This release includes the following:

• The availability of the new NASA-produced Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Vegetation In…

The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρEEARS) will be unavailable beginning on Friday, November 23, 2018 at 6 am CST as the development team performs maintenance. The duration of the downtime is anticipated to last through…

The LP DAAC’s DAAC2Disk Web-based Interface has been retired. Users are still able to access the LP DAAC’s DAAC2Disk utility, which is available as a script that can be downloaded and executed from the command line. Alternatively, users are encouraged to …

The ASTER Level 1 Precision Terrain Corrected Registered At-Sensor Radiance (AST_L1T) V003 data product is now available for visualization and download from the USGS Global Visualization Viewer (GloVis). In 2017, GloVis was redesigned to address changing …

The DAAC2Disk Web-Based Interface will be retired on November 1, 2018. Users will still be able to access the LP DAAC’s DAAC2Disk utility, which is available as a script that can be downloaded and executed from the command line. Alternatively, users are e…

All ASTER Level 1A and Level 1T scenes have been reassessed for cloud cover using the MODIS Version 6.1 cloud mask. As a result, about 1% of all ASTER Level-1A and Level-1T scenes show a cloud-coverage change of 25% or larger. Scenes acquired in high and …

NASA Earthdata's User Profile series recently featured Dr. Mike Ramsey, Professor of Volcanology and Planetary Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr.Ramsey uses NASA Earth science data to study the spectral emissivity of volcanic products like …

The MEaSUREs Vegetation Continuous Fields (VCF) Yearly Global 0.05 Deg (VCF5KYR) Version 1 data product has been reprocessed to correct for errors that were found after the data were initially released. VCF5KYR provides global fractional vegetation cover …

The ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station, or ECOSTRESS, is NASA’s newest Earth-observing mission that will monitor temperature changes in plants from space and provide insight into plant health. Following a successful instal…

The MODIS Aqua Net Evapotranspiration 8-Day L4 Global 500 m SIN Grid (MYD16A2) Version 6 data set has been reprocessed to correct systematic errors that occurred when the data were initially released for years 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.The data pro…