2 days ago · With its sweeping 2,330-km-wide viewing swath, MODIS sees every point on our world every 1-2 days in 36 discrete spectral bands. Consequently, MODIS tracks a wider array …
2 days ago · Carbon is a fundamental part of the Earth system. It is one of the primary building blocks of all organic matter on Earth and a key element in setting Earth’s temperature. Carbon …
Dec 18, 2010 · For 20 years, Terra, the flagship Earth observing satellite, has chronicled changes on Earth. Designed and built in the 1980s and 90s, NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers set …
3 days ago · The movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean—the water cycle —is fueled by energy from the Sun. Changes in the energy cycle …
2 days ago · The following products are available to all users at no cost: ASTER L1T data (day only), Landsat products, EO-1 data, Sentinel-2 data, Orbview-3 data, and DOQs. ASTER/AIST …
3 days ago · The Earth’s surface plays a critical role in the Earth system by interacting with the ocean and the atmosphere. To understand the Earth system, scientists must observe how the …
2 days ago · Climate Variability and Change. Climate is the sum of weather over time, the average temperatures and rainfall of a place. Earth’s climate—how hot our planet is on …
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer obtains high-resolution (15 to 90 square meters per pixel) images of the Earth in 14 different wavelengths of the …
Between the most northern islands of Greenland and the interior of Antarctica, elevation data from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Global …
It’s called the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, and its high-resolution data provides very accurate information, helping researchers work out details of what’s …