Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL DAAC)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center
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The ORNL DAAC is located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The ORNL DAAC was established in 1993 and is under an interagency agreement between NASA and the Department of Energy.
The ORNL DAAC provides data and information relevant to biogeochemical dynamics, ecological data, and environmental processes, critical for understanding the dynamics relating 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, rocks, and air. ORNL DAAC archives contain data from a large number of field campaigns, climate, vegetation, and soil collections, satellite validation campaigns, and model products. MODIS land product subsets are also provided.
Contact Information
Suresh K.S. Vannan, DAAC Manager
Tammy Beaty, Deputy DAAC Manager
Alison Boyer, Chief Scientist
Jim Lay, User Services
PO Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
URL: http://daac.ornl.gov
To learn more about other DAACs, click HERE.
Biogeochemical Dynamics Data
ORNL DAAC serves as the primary active archive for biogeochemical dynamics data.
- Field campaigns: Terrestrial Ecology intensive campaigns to address key scientific questions
- Land validation: Provides field data to assess the accuracy and uncertainty of NASA's remote sensing products
- Model Archive: Source code, input data, and output results for terrestrial biogeochemical models
- Regional and Global data: Collections of data for Climate, Vegetation, Soil and other environmental variables
Data Tools and Services: Spatial Data Access Tool, WebGIS, THREDDS, Daymet single pixel tool, and MODIS Land Product Subsets.
ORNL DAAC data are available through an online search-and-order system and through Reverb.
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Webinar - Environmental Data Management Best Practices: Part 1 Tabular Data
Our goal for this two-part webinar is to provide guidance on fundamental data management practices that investigators should perform during the course of data collection to improve the usability of their data sets. These practices will make data easier to analyze and share, especially within your group.
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Webinar - Environmental Data Management Best Practices: Part 2 Geospatial Data
Our goal for this two-part webinar is to provide guidance on fundamental data management practices that investigators should perform during the course of data collection to improve the usability of their data sets. These practices will make data easier to analyze and share, especially within your group.
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Webinar: MODIS Global Subsetting and Visualization Tool
Discover, Subset and Visualize NASA MODIS Land Data using the MODIS Global Subsetting and Visualization Tool.
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