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Data by Parameter
View the Data Reference Sheets below for a list of data holdings from each DAAC related to a specific physical property (February 2008).
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Finding Data Introduction
EOSDIS data products are available online through a variety of Web-based applications. The data centers are responsible for data archival, development and distribution of data distinguished by a specified Earth science discipline, but you can also search for data products using central search tools such as the EOS Data Gateway (EDG). More information on finding data is listed in the table below.
WIST
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The WIST search-and-order tool is the primary access point to 2,100 EOSDIS and other Earth science data sets archived at the EOSDIS data centers and several international data centers. The WIST search-and-order tool has the following features:
- Browse capability—Allows a user to explore the list of data sets or granules returned by a search by viewing their temporal coverage, spatial coverage, attributes (metadata), related documents (guide search), and browse images.
- Order function—Allows the user to select data for ordering, choose packaging information, enter ordering information (such as shipping address), and place an order.
- EOS and related search and access tools—Provides links to other search and access resources for EOS and related data.
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
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The GCMD holds Earth science data set and service descriptions, such as location of the data or service, associated investigators and other
contacts, spatial and temporal coverage, and resolution that provide vital
information to help determine whether the data or service meets the user’s needs. Use the GCMD to search for information about data and services; to order EOSDIS
data, use search-and-order systems such as the EDG or DAAC-specific systems.
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Federation Interactive Network for Discovery (FIND)
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The FIND Web-based system enables users to locate data and information held by
members of the Federation (DAACs are Type 1 ESIPs.) FIND incorporates EOSDIS data available from the DAAC Alliance data centers as well as data from
other Federation members, including government agencies, universities, nonprofit organizations, and businesses. FIND is based on the Mercury system. For more information about the ESIP Federation and member organizations, visit
http://www.esipfed.org/. |
Data Centers
The center-specific search systems emphasize data products, services, and data-handling tools
unique to the data center's specified Earth science discipline.
Visit the data center Web sites for more information. |
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Specialty |
Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF) DAAC
The ASF DAAC is located in the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The ASF DAAC is supported by NASA to acquire, process, archive, and distribute Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from polar-orbiting satellites.
+ http://www.asf.alaska.edu/
uso@asf.alaska.edu
+1 907-474-6166
Fax: +1 907-474-2665 |
• Synthetic Aperture
Radar (SAR)
• Sea Ice
• Polar Processes
• Geophysics |
Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS)
The CDDIS serves as NASA's archive of space geodesy data. The system archives and distributes Global Positioning System (GPS), Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), laser ranging, Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), and Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) data.
+ http://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/
carey.noll@nasa.gov
+1 301-614-6542
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• Crustal Dynamics
• Space Geodesy |
Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC)
The GHRC provides both historical and current Earth science data, information, and products from satellite, airborne, and surface-based instruments. The GHRC acquires basic data streams and produces derived products from many instruments spread across a variety of instrument platforms.
+ http://ghrc.msfc.nasa.gov/
ghrc@eos.nasa.gov
+1 256-961-7932
Fax: +1 256-961-7859 |
• Hydrologic Cycle
• Severe Weather
Interactions
• Lightning
• Convection |
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)
The GES DISC DAAC provides remote sensing and modeled data and information services to enable the use and usability of global climate
science data by science and applications researchers.
+ http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
help@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
+1 301-614-5224
Fax: +1 301-614-5268 |
• Atmospheric
Composition
• Atmospheric
Dynamics
• Global Precipitation
• Hydrologic Processes
• Modeling
• Solar Irradiance |
Land Processes (LP) DAAC
The LP DAAC ingests, processes, distributes, and archives data for land-related EOS sensors. The LP DAAC promotes interdisciplinary study and understanding of Earth’s integrated systems by providing data for the investigation, characterization, and monitoring of biologic, geologic, hydrologic, ecologic, and related conditions and processes.
+ http://lpdaac.usgs.gov/
LPDAAC@eos.nasa.gov
+1 605-594-6116
+1 866-573-3222
Fax: +1 605-594-6963 |
• Land Processes
• Surface Reflectance
• Land Cover
• Vegetation Indices |
Level 1 Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (MODAPS)
The MODAPS provides access to Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Radiance (Level 1) and Atmosphere (Level 2 and Level 3) data products, and supports data from both the Aqua and Terra platforms.
+ http://ladsweb.nascom.nasa.gov/
modapsuso@saicmodis.com
+1 866-506-6347 |
• Radiance
• Atmosphere |
NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center (LaRC ASDC)
The NASA LaRC ASDC supports more than 35 projects and has more than 800 archived data sets. These data sets were obtained from satellite measurements, field experiments, and modeled data products.
+ http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/
larc@eos.nasa.gov
+1 757-864-8656
Fax: +1 757-864-8807 |
• Radiation Budget
• Clouds
• Aerosols
• Tropospheric
Chemistry |
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) DAAC
The NSIDC DAAC provides data and information for snow and ice processes, particularly interactions among snow, ice, atmosphere, and ocean, in support of research in global change detection and model validation. NSIDC also provides general data and information services to the cryospheric and polar processes research community.
+ http://nsidc.org/daac/
nsidc@nsidc.org
+1 303-492-6199
Fax: +1 303-492-2468 |
• Cryosphere
• Snow and Ice
• Climate
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) DAAC
The ORNL DAAC provides data and information
about the dynamics between
the biological, geological, and chemical
components of Earth’s environment.
These dynamics are influenced by interactions
between organisms and their
physical surroundings, including soils,
sediments, water, and air.
+ http://www.daac.ornl.gov/
ornldaac@ornl.gov
+1 865-241-3952
Fax: +1 865-574-4665 |
• Biogeochemical
Dynamics
• Ecological Data
• Environmental
Processes |
Ocean Biology Processing Group
The OceanColor data facility archives and distributes ocean color data from several sensors, including Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aqua, Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS), Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (OCTS), and Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS), as well as sea surface temperature data from MODIS on Terra and Aqua platforms.
+ http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/staff/ |
• Ocean Biology
• Ocean Color
• Biogeochemistry
• Sea Surface
Temperature |
Physical Oceanography (PO) DAAC
The NASA JPL PO.DAAC provides global oceanographic
data from spaceborne instruments and
produces higher level data products. Core holdings
include ocean surface topography, ocean winds, and
sea surface temperatures. Other holdings include data
on significant wave height, ionospheric electron
content, atmospheric moisture, and heat flux, as
well as in situ data related to the satellite data.
+ http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov |
• Oceanic Processes
• Air-Sea Interactions
• Ocean Winds
• Sea Surface
Temperature |
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Data Center (SEDAC)
SEDAC’s missions
are to synthesize Earth science and socioeconomic data and
information in ways useful to a wide range of decision makers
and other applied users, and to provide an “Information
Gateway” between the socioeconomic and Earth science data
and information domains. SEDAC is operated by the Center for International Earth
Science Information Network (CIESIN), a unit of the Earth
Institute at Columbia University based at Lamont-Doherty
Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York.
+ http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/
ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu
+1 845-365-8920
Fax: +1 845-365-8922 |
• Population
• Sustainability
• Geospatial Data
• Multilateral
Environmental
Agreements
• Land Use |
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