A new data set in our soil collection provides high-resolution estimates of soil, regolith, and sediment deposit thickness for the globe.
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Upcoming Webinar explores NASA Earthdata Search
Join us Thursday, 11 February 2016, from 2-3 pm EST to learn how NASA's Earthdata Search makes data search, discovery, visualization, and access faster and easier than ever.
Quantifying uncertainty in Daymet
A new data set provides estimates of uncertainty in the daily temperature and precipitation values for North America provided by Daymet.
LiDAR surveys of Brazilian forests
LiDAR surveys reveal the forest structure in five areas of Paragominas, Brazil.
Forest Inventories from Para, Brazil
An on-the-ground inventory of trees provides detailed biophysical data on tropical forests in Paragominas, Brazil.
MODIS NDVI for the conterminous US
Vegetation "greenness" measured by MODIS NDVI for years 2000 - 2013 can be used a proxy for terrestrial productivity.
Forest plant traits, NPP, biomass, and soil properties for the Pacific Northwest
Comprehensive measurements of leaf, tree, and soil characteristics from forests in Oregon and Northern California are now available.
Cold-season emissions of methane in the Arctic
A new CARVE data set shows the importance of cold-season emissions in the Arctic methane budget.
Yaxing Wei to receive 2015 WDS Data Stewardship Award
Dr. Yaxing Wei, Geospatial Information Scientist at the ORNL DAAC, has been recognized for his work.
Status of the world's forests
New maps provide a high-resolution view of the global area covered by forest, forest growing stock, and biomass for the past 60 years.