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Dec 08, 2017

AppEEARS Suomi NPP VIIRS

Version 2.2 of the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρEEARS) provides access to two new NASA Surface Reflectance data products from the joint NOAA/NASA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) Visible Infrared…

Dec 07, 2017

Aqua MODIS Terra MODIS

The Vegetation Indices (VI)Quality data layer in the Version 6 MODIS VI data products(MxD13) currently show a discrepancy between VI Quality (MODLAND QA bits) and VI Usefulness bits for some pixels. For instances where the VI Quality (Bits 0-1) is flagged…

Nov 17, 2017

NASA Earthdata Search

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has recently reorganized the Landsat archive into a formal tiered inventory structure, referred to as a “Collection.” The Collection structure ensures that Landsat Level-1 products provide a consistent archive of…

Nov 09, 2017

Data Pool NASA Earthdata Search DAAC2Disk Utility Suomi NPP VIIRS

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the availability of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Thermal Anomalies/Fire (VNP14) Version 1 data product, produced by the National Aeronautics and…

Nov 09, 2017

Data Pool NASA Earthdata Search DAAC2Disk Utility MEaSUREs GFSAD

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the availability of the The NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Global Food Security-support Analysis Data 30 meter (GFSAD3…

Nov 03, 2017

Aqua MODIS Terra MODIS

The current Aqua and Terra MODIS LSTE Version 6 products are unusable for any science and validation purposes.
The MODIS LSTE product suite includes:

  • MOD21 and MYD21 (Daily Swath)
  • MOD21A1D and MYD21A1D (Daily Day)
  • MOD21A1N and MYD21A1N (Daily Night)
  • MOD21A2 an…
Oct 27, 2017

Aqua MODIS Terra MODIS

NASA Earthdata’s User Profile series recently featured Dave Johnson, a Senior Geographer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Johnson is also a member of the LP DAAC User Working Group. His research focuses o…

Oct 23, 2017

AppEEARS Aqua MODIS Terra MODIS

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6 collection features a new suite of Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) data products (MxD21). The Level 3 MxD21 data products (MxD21A1D, MxD21A1N, MxD21A2) are now availab…

Oct 20, 2017

Terra ASTER

A modification has been incorporated within the processing of the ASTER L1T data product (AST_L1T) for correcting zero-filled scans that appear in the processing of low-latitude,ascending orbit (night) thermal infrared (TIR) data acquisitions.This correct…

Oct 19, 2017

Data Pool NASA Earthdata Search DAAC2Disk Utility Combined MODIS

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the availability of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6 Downward Shortwave Radiation (DSR) and Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) …

Oct 04, 2017

AppEEARS Aqua MODIS Combined MODIS Terra MODIS

Included in the latest release of AppEEARS (2.0.1) is a new feature that allows users to download summary statistics for their requested data using the Area Sampler.The summary statistics are delivered as files in comma separated value (csv) format, separ…

Sep 22, 2017

AppEEARS Aqua MODIS Combined MODIS Terra MODIS

The Area Sample feature in the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρEEARS) is now operational with the release of Version 2.0. The Area Sampler enables users to subset one or more geographic areas (polygons) temporally, and …

Sep 21, 2017

Data Pool NASA Earthdata Search DAAC2Disk Utility Aqua MODIS Terra MODIS

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the availability of a new suite of Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6 Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) dat…

Aug 23, 2017

Web Map Service (WMS) Combined MODIS Terra MODIS

(Author's Note 5/19/2020: The MODIS WMS is in the process of being replaced by a new collection of OGC complaint Web Map Services. Please read the news archive for the latest WMS information.


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Aug 03, 2017

Data Pool NASA Earthdata Search DAAC2Disk Utility Aqua MODIS Terra MODIS

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the availability of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6 Net Evapotranspiration product suite. The Level 4 500 meter data products have be…