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NASA Earthdata Webinar on Site-based Visualization Tools and Services Available

Submitted by ORNL DAAC Staff on 2023-05-01
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GEDI Beam 101 shot number 24610500300213454 illustrating aboveground biomass.

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If you missed our recent Webinar on subsetting remote sensing data, a new ORNL DAAC Learning Resource provides access at your convenience.

ICESat-2 Land and Vegetation Height (ATL08) Data Available for Subsetting & Visualization

Submitted by ORNL DAAC Staff on 2023-02-06
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ATL08 data visualized along-track (100m step size), showing the estimated ground elevation, estimated canopy top height, and the individual photon return heights with their classifications.  Image credit: Amy Neuenschwander, Center for Space Research, University of Texas.

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ATL08 data is available to order via ORNL DAAC's MODIS/VIIRS Global Subsets tool.

GEDI Level 4B Gridded AGBD highlighted by NASA's Earthdata

Submitted by ORNL DAAC Staff on 2022-04-09
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This screen capture from the GEDI L4B mean aboveground biomass density layer shows the crisscross pattern of GEDI's laser tracks on the Earth's terrestrial surface.

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GEDI Level 4B gridded estimates of mean AGBD are now available at greater accuracy and resolution than previously available.

Earthdata Article highlights importance of VIIRS Instruments

Submitted by ORNL DAAC Staff on 2022-04-08
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Transitioning from MODIS to VIIRS to ensure data product continuity. Image Credit: NASA ESDIS Outreach Team.

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Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Instruments aboard the Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 satellites become more essential as Terra and Aqua drift from their traditional orbits.
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New Tools and Services for SIF-ESDR Datasets

Submitted by ORNL DAAC Staff on 2022-03-22
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Global map of daily mean Solar Induced Fluorescence (SIF) for July 2010 at 0.05 degree resolution. The USA's Corn Belt (insert) showed the largest SIF emission during the growing Season (Image Credit: Jiaming Wen 2022).

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Datasets from the Solar Induced Fluorescence Earth Science Data Record (SIF-ESDR) have been integrated into ORNL DAAC subsetting tools, TDS with learning resources available, and Earthdata Cloud.
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