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…
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…
MEaSUREs VIP
In July 2012, the MEaSUREs Vegetation Phenology and Vegetation Index Products from Multiple Long Term Satellite Data Records (VIP) project released version 2 of its vegetation index products. The product suite is comprised of daily, 7-day, 15-day, and mon…
LDOPE
LP DAAC announces the release of Version 1.5 Land Data Operational Product Evaluation (LDOPE) tools that are now configured in three software packages to serve the Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX system platforms. Software bugs reported for a couple of tools …
Terra ASTER
The most destructive wildfire in Colorado history stared on June 23, in the pine forests just northwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The fire spread quickly burning over 5,000 acres by June 26 and more than 18,000 acres the next day. Nearly 350 homes we…
Combined MODIS
LP DAAC announces the release of V051 Terra and Aqua MODIS Land Cover Type (Short name: MCD12Q1) and Land Cover Type CMG (Short name: MCD12C1) products. Both the yearly global 500 m (MCD12Q1) and the yearly global 0.05 degrees CMG (MCD12C1) collections sp…
Terra ASTER
(Author's Note 5/18/2020: At the time of publishing these references were available online, some resources may no longer be available.)
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LP DAAC has updated…
Aqua MODIS Terra MODIS
A majority of MODIS V004 products was decommissioned in March 2009, and a few product collections (Land Surface Temperature, Land Cover, and Climate Modeling Grid products) were retained and publicly available.
Based on current directions from the MODIS Sc…
The Land Processes (LP) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC), in cooperation with the Department of Interior Remote Sensing Working Group conducted a Land Remote Sensing Data Access Workshop in Denver during March 13 and 14, 2012. The workshop was a j…
Combined MODIS
Recent evaluation of the V005 MCD12Q1 (Land Cover Type) product revealed systematic errors in specific regions and land cover classes. As a result, no V005 MCD12Q1 products were produced beyond calendar year 2009. In the near future, the MODIS Science Tea…
Aqua MODIS Combined MODIS Terra MODIS
LP DAAC has released the first part of a two-part tutorial that helps users find, understand, and use the quality assurance (QA) information within MODIS land products. Part-2 of this tutorial, scheduled for release later this year, will provide a detaile…
(Author's Note 5/18/2020: Reverb has since been retired. Users are encouraged to use NASA Earthdata Search in place of Reverb. Several of these datasets are also available in AppEEARS. To see the currently available tools to access the data please vi…
Data Pool USGS EarthExplorer
LP DAAC announces the release of the North American Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer (ASTER) Land Surface Emissivity Database (NAALSED). The database, developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), consists of mean seas…
Terra MODIS
Based on directions from the MODIS Science Team, LP DAAC has decommissioned all previous versions of Terra/MODIS and Aqua/MODIS Yearly Net Primary Production products. Currently, Terra/MODIS Version 055 (MOD17A3), produced by the University of Montana’s N…
Terra MODIS
LP DAAC announces the release of Terra MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields (VCF) products (Shortname: MOD44B) produced by the University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility. This version 005, yearly global 250 m collection spans 2000 – 2010.