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A visualization of COWVR wind speed and direction data during a bomb cyclone in November 2024.
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COWVR and TEMPEST V10 Datasets Available in First Public Release

The Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer (COWVR) and Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems (TEMPEST) datasets are the first from the Space Test Program - Houston 8 (STP-H8) mission that aims to test low-cost, light-weight instruments designed for weather applications.
Icebergs circulate in the South Atlantic Ocean currents near the island of South Georgia. Around them, phytoplankton is blooming, creating large green-tinted swirls in this NASA Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) acquired on January 5, 2025.
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Discover the Help Hub for Ocean Color Learning Resources

The Help Hub hosted by NASA's Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC) has been updated with new learning resources for processing ocean color satellite data, working with Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) data, and more.
SAR image of Mauna Loa
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ESA-NASA International Workshop on AI Foundation Model for EO

Submit your abstract for a workshop hosted by NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) focused on the opportunities and challenges of integrating foundation models into the Earth observation (EO) and Earth science ecosystems. The abstract submission deadline is January 31, 2025.

Featured Data Tools

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

image of snowfall data in the Worldview application

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 2024 Fiscal Year Highlights

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This bar chart and line graph shows total data volume and data files distributed by year for fiscal year 2024.
This is a chart showing the data archive growth projection up to fiscal year 2024.

+4.5 billion

files distributed to end users

8+ million

distinct data and service users

128+ petabytes

of Earth science data available