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May 09, 2014

Aqua MODIS Terra MODIS

(Author's Note 5/19/2020: MRT Swath has since been retired. Users are encouraged to use NASA Earthdata Search as an alternative to MRT Swath.)


The LP DAAC has deployed new data services to provide users the capability to perform band subsetting, spati…

Apr 02, 2014

Data Pool ASTER GED

Author's Note 4/30/2020: Reverb has since been retired. Users are encouraged to use NASA Earthdata Search in place of Reverb.

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LP DAAC released the Advanced…

Jan 22, 2014

Author's Note 4/30/2020: Reverb has since been retired. Users are encouraged to use NASA Earthdata Search in place of Reverb.

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On Wednesday January 22nd, th…

Nov 20, 2013

MEaSUREs SRTM

LP DAAC released the NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) collection on November 20th, 2013. SRTM was the primary payload on the STS-99 mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which launched February 11, 2000 and flew for 11 days.

NASA SRTM V3.0 has…

Nov 13, 2013

MEaSUREs SRTM

LP DAAC released the NASA Web Enabled Landsat Data (WELD) collection on November 13th, 2013. WELD utilizes MODIS data and methods to generate seamless, gap filled 30-meter Landsat mosaics with per-pixel quality assessment information and derived land cove…

Nov 06, 2013

ASTER DAR Tool

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) announces the release of a new version of the ASTER DAR Tool. The ASTER Data Acquisition Request (DAR) Tool Version 2.0 incorporates bug fixes and an updated interface. The local database and …

Sep 05, 2013

Data Pool

The LP DAAC Data Pool Direct Search client will be decommissioned on October 30, 2013. The download via http functionality will remain available. Please see our Tools page for a list of clients available to search and order LP DAAC data.

Please contact LP …

Aug 19, 2013

Beginning August 20, 2013 registered Land Processes (LP) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) users will receive an e-mail invitation from CFI Group on behalf of NASA to participate in a Web-based survey about the quality and utility of LP DAAC produc…

Jul 24, 2013

Combined MODIS

Based on directions from the MODIS Science Team, LP DAAC has decommissioned the V5 Land Cover Type (MCD12Q1) and the Land Cover Type Climate Modeling Grid (MCD12C1) product collections. Users are directed to the V51 of these two collections that incorpora…

Jun 05, 2013

Combined MODIS

LP DAAC released the V051 Burned Area collection on June 5, 2013. Identified by its short name, MCD45A1, the V051 product is based on an improved algorithm compared to its V005 counterpart.

May 15, 2013

HEG

On May 15th, LP DAAC enabled MODIS Reprojection Tool (MRT) and HDF-EOS to GeoTIFF Conversion Tool (HEG) processing services through Reverb. This allows users to specify projection, spatial subsetting, resampling, and output formatting options for a subset…

May 09, 2013

Aqua MODIS Combined MODIS Terra ASTER Terra MODIS

The LP DAAC will shut off anonymous FTP download capability for ASTER and MODIS on June 4, 2013. After this date, LP DAAC users will be required to use HTTP to download ASTER and MODIS data.

The HTTP updates are designed to increase performance and improve…

Mar 20, 2013

Aqua MODIS Combined MODIS Terra ASTER Terra MODIS

In order to serve the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) user community more effectively, the LP DAAC will transition from FTP to HTTP for ASTER and MODIS downloads.

The HTTP updates are designed to increase performance and improve …

Dec 19, 2012

Data Pool Aqua MODIS Combined MODIS Terra ASTER Terra MODIS

The Land Processes (LP) DAAC is undergoing a conversion from FTP to HTTP downloads. Newly acquired ASTER and MODIS data will continue to be retrievable from the LP DAAC Data Pool without interruption. However, Reverb users may experience a minor delay dur…

Aug 31, 2012

During early September, 2012, registered Land Processes (LP) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) users will receive an e-mail invitation from CFI Group on behalf of NASA to participate in a Web-based survey about the quality and utility of LP DAAC pr…