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NASA’s King Air (left) and Falcon (right), the two aircraft used in the Aerosol Cloud Meteorology Interactions over the Western Atlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) airborne field campaign.
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NASA ACTIVATE Open Data Workshop 2024

Join NASA's Aerosol Cloud Meteorology Interactions Over the Western Atlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) team for a workshop about this airborne field campaign and its data.
True color corrected reflectance image of Africa, Europe, and Asia from the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-21 satellite
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From MODIS to VIIRS: Continuing the Legacy

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) will help ensure continuity of Earth observations after the upcoming retirement of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).

Featured Data Tools

From discovery to visualization, our data tools simplify and streamline your research.

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Worldview

Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data.
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Vertex

Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data.
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Giovanni

Giovanni is a web application for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing Earth science remote sensing data without downloading the data.

Open Science

We empower an inclusive, collaborative scientific process through the open sharing of data and knowledge. Our open data, services, and software policies ensure that data are fully available to any user for any purpose.

Earth Science Data Systems 2023 Fiscal Year Highlights

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This is a chart showing over 3.5 billion files distributed in FY23 with a data volume of over 100 petabytes.
This is a chart showing the data archive growth projection to soar to over 500 petabytes by the year 2029.

2.7 billion

files distributed to end users

5+ million

distinct data and service users

100+ petabytes

of Earth science data available