Sensing Our Planet

These articles describe research uses of Earth observing data from NASA Earth science data centers. They are published both in annual print publications and online. While supplies last, you may order a print publication at no charge. E-mail your request to nsidc@nsidc.org. Please specify the edition you would like. Researchers working with NASA Earth science data are invited to contact the publication editor to explore possibilities for developing a future article.

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Sensing Our Planet Archive: 1994 - 2015

2016 Sensing Our Planet Articles
Title	Parameter	Data Type	Data Centers
Where the wetlands are	Terrain	Advanced Land Observing Satellite Phased Array type L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (ALOS PALSAR)	ASF DAAC
Feeling hot hot hot	Land surface temperature and emissivity Vegetation indices Land cover type	Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)	LP DAAC LP DAAC LP DAAC
In the Arctic darkness	Methane flux	Gas analyzers	ORNL DAAC
The case of the missing waves	Brightness temperatures Brightness temperatures	Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS)	GES DISC GES DISC
Soiled soils	Radar backscatter	SeaWinds scatterometer	PO.DAAC
Time and tide	Population	Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates	SEDAC
The researcher, the reef, and a storm	Flood runoff	Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)	OB.DAAC
The Maracaibo beacon	Lightning density	TRMM and OrbView-1 Lighting Imaging Sensor (LIS) and Optical Transient Detector (OTD)	GHRC DAAC
In the zone	Sea ice concentration	Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SMMIS)	NSIDC DAAC
The power of particles	Aerosol optical depth, cloud optical depth, geolocation data Fires and biomass burning Plume heights	Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthagonal Polarization (CALIOP)Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR) Wide Field Camera (WFC)	LAADS LP DAAC ASDC
Tracking the itinerant	Orbit predictions Precise orbit determination	Satellite Laser Ranging stations Doppler Orbit and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS)	CDDIS CDDIS
Crisis in the Crescent	Aerosol optical depth Aerosol optical depth Vegetatin Gravity Temperature, precipitation, sea level pressure, and station pressure 850hPa v-wind, humidity and 500hPa vertical motion	Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) K-Band Ranging System Temperature, sea level, and pressure stations NASA Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA)	ASDC LAADS LP DAAC PO.DAAC ORNL DAAC GES DISC

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