Sensing Our Planet

Sensing Our Planet was a publication of the Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project produced from 1994-2018. Sadly, we had to discontinue the publication of these interesting articles. The articles found in each issue describe research uses of Earth observing data from the NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs). The information in each article, which accurate for the time period, is dated to the year it was published.

Search the Sensing Our Planet archive by clicking in the search box below and entering in a keyword term, such as a DAAC (ASDC, NSIDC, SEDAC, etc), an instrument/mission (GRACE, MODIS, TRMM, etc) or science term (surface mass, snow cover, tomography, etc). The search results will narrow down the table entries applicable to the search keyword entered.

Hidden Column	Year	Title	Parameter	Data Type	Data Centers
001, Laura Naranjo, winter, Montana, snowpack, habitat	2018	Tracking survival among Idaho's mule deer	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Snow cover extent Snow water equivalent	Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Snow Data and Assimilation System (SNODAS)	LP DAAC NSIDC DAAC
002, Natasha Vizcarra, canicula, drought, World Bank	2018	Leaving dry lands behind	Population count Atmospheric water vapor Clouds Precipitation	Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP) Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)	GES DISC SEDAC
003, Michon Scott, garbage, phytoplankton, nanoplastics, plastic, polarstern, Nimbus	2018	Unwelcome enrichment in the Arctic	Ice velocity Sea ice motion	Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS)	NSIDC DAAC
004, volcano, plume, Agnieszka Gautier, ash, ISS, LIDAR, CALIPSO, Etna, Sicily	2018	Under CATS eyes	Layer height Layer thickness Backscatter Optical depth Depolarization-based discrimination of particle type	Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS)	ASDC
005, Laura Naranjo, Pacific, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, blooms, salmon, sea lions, MUR, SST	2018	The blob	Sea surface temperature	Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E) Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-2 (AMSR2) WindSat	PO.DAAC
006, Agnieszka Gautier, Puerto Rico, drought, Saharan Air Layer, GDI, Gálvez-Davison Index, O₃	2018	Out of Africa	Irradiance Temperature Precipitation occurrence and amount Humidity Shortwave radiation Snow water equivalent Day length	Ozone Monitoring Index Daymet	GES DISC ORNL DAAC
007, Michon Scott, India, PURSE-HIS, endovascular, Black Marble, nighttime lights, Chennai, photosynthetic	2018	Paving a new lifestyle	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Infrared radiance Reflected radiance Visible radiance	Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)	LAADS DAAC LP DAAC
008, Laura Naranjo, TRMM, LIS, ISS	2018	Striking new ground	Lightning	Lightning Imaging Sensor	GHRC DAAC
009, Agnieszka Gautier, stormwater, runoff, E coli, Enterococci, HTB, illness	2018	Wasting away	Ocean color Ocean reflectance Reflectance	Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Phased Array type L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR)	ASF DAAC OB.DAAC
010, Natasha Vizcarra, Philippines, rice, crop damage, typhoons, bibingka, GRD, Sentinel-1	2018	When the big picture is not enough	Reflectance	C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar	ASF DAAC
011, Laura Naranjo, reference frames, ICRF, CDP, EOP	2018	Beacons in the sky help monitor Earth's orientation in space	Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)	Radio telescopes	CDDIS
012, Jane Beitler, snow, GPM, NPOL, Ka-band, Ku-band, W-band, D3R, DC-8, ER-2	2017	Mountains of precipitation	Precipitation and other meteorological parameters	Olympic Mountains Ground Validation Experiment (OLYMPEX)	GHRC DAAC
013, Agnieszka Gautier, mosquito, Brazil, Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus	2017	Zika zone	Population density Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)	Gridded Population of the World (GPW) v4 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)	SEDAC LP DAAC
014, Laura Naranjo, Denver, Colorado, asthma, TOLNet, DISCOVER-AQ, O₃	2017	A rising problem	Aerosols, aerosol backscatter, trace gases/trace species, air quality	Deriving Information on Surface conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality (DISCOVER-AQ) Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network (TOLNet)	ASDC
015, Karla LeFevre, algae, deep water masses, phytoplankton, Mediterranean, Gulf of Lions, SWOT	2017	Spin cycle	Near-surface chlorophyll-a concentrations	MODIS Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS)	OB DAAC
016, Agnieszka Gautier, radiocarbon, California, CO₂, 12C, 13C, 14C	2017	Carbon control	Carbon dioxide	Oribiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) Carbon Monitoring Systems (CMS)	GES DISC ORNL DAAC
017, Natasha Vizcarra, Mexico, aquifer, vedados, tinacos	2017	Closed season	Terrain Gravity	Advanced Land Observing Satellite Phased Array type L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (ALOS PALSAR) Gravity Recover and Climate Experiment (GRACE)	ASF DAAC PO.DAAC
018, Laura Naranjo, cattle	2017	Drought on the range	Soil moisture Land cover Land surface temperature, land surface emissivity	Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) MODIS	NSIDC DAAC LP DAAC
019, Natasha Vizcarra, squirrels, brown adipose, BMI, ATP	2017	The big fat puzzle	Monthly average temperatures	Geoecology: County-Level Environmental Data for the United States, 1941-1981	ORNL DAAC
020, Agnieszka Gautier, Great Lakes, Lake Huron, evaportaion	2017	To the lighthouse	Geolocation data Cloud optical properties Air and dew point temperatures Surface Temperature	MODIS	LAADS DAAC LP DAAC
021, Natasha Vizcarra, GPS, tsumani, Tohoku, Japan	2017	Warnings from the ionosphere	Geospatial positioning	Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)	CDDIS
022, Jane Beitler, monsoon, Java Sea, ENSO, SMOS, SMAP	2017	From Indonesia to India	Salinity	Aquarius, Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC-D)	PO.DAAC
023, Laura Naranjo, Arctic, permafrost, Siberia, Norway, taiga, tundra	2017	A spread of green	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)	MODIS	LP DAAC
024, Laura Naranjo, map, conservation, phragmites	2016	Where the wetlands are	Terrain	Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Phased Array type L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR)	ASF DAAC
025, Agnieszka Gautier, heat, LST, NDVI	2016	Feeling hot hot hot	Land surface temperature and emissivity Vegetation indices Land cover type	Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)	LP DAAC
026, Natasha Vizcarra, North Slope, CO₂	2016	In the Arctic darkness	Methane flux	Gas analyzers	ORNL DAAC
027, Karla LeFevre	2016	The case of the missing waves	Brightness temperatures	Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS)	GES DISC
028, Natasha Vizcarra, Milan, Italy, nitrate, NO₃, QuikSCAT, DSM	2016	Soiled soils	Radar backscatter	SeaWinds scatterometer	PO.DAAC
029, Jane Beitler, Hurricane Sandy, New York, New Jersey	2016	Time and tide	Population	Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates	SEDAC
030, Natasha Vizcarra, ecology, nursery, Great Barrier Reef, coral, Cyclone Yasi	2016	The researcher, the reef, and a storm	Flood runoff	MODIS	OB.DAAC
031, Agnieszka Gautier, palafito, El Niño, La Niña, CAPE, MBNLLJ	2016	The Maracaibo beacon	Lightning density	Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) and OrbView-1 Lighting Imaging Sensor (LIS) and Optical Transient Detector (OTD)	GHRC DAAC
032, Laura Naranjo, Antarctic, krill, snow petrel, MIZ	2016	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
033, Karla LeFevre, tornado, smoke	2016	The power of particles	Aerosol optical depth, cloud optical depth, geolocation data Fires and biomass burning Plume heights	MODIS Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthagonal Polarization (CALIOP) Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR) Wide Field Camera (WFC)	LAADS DAAC LP DAAC ASDC
034, Agnieszka Gautier, iceberg, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, ITRF, POD, SARAL	2016	Tracking the itinerant	Orbit predictions Precise orbit determination	Satellite Laser Ranging stations Doppler Orbit and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS)	CDDIS
035, Laura Naranjo, Fertile Crescent, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Middle East, dust, drought, UAE, Saudi Arabia	2016	Crisis in the Crescent	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) 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 DAAC LP DAAC PO.DAAC ORNL DAAC GES DISC
036, Natasha Vizcarra, Central Valley, California, fog, AVHRR	2015	Exposed orchards	Surface reflectance	MODIS	LP DAAC
037, Laura Naranjo, Tuvalu, Alaska, Knik Glacier	2015	A glacial place	Terrain Elevation	ALOS PALSAR ASTER	ASF DAAC LP DAAC
038, Agnieszka Gautier, debris, satellites, Kessler syndrome, surveillance network	2015	Rubble trouble	Orbit predictions	Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) stations	CDDIS
039, Laura Naranjo, Malaysia, tigers, SSRT	2015	Trapping tapirs	Human population, land cover, land use Elevation FIre and thermal anomalies	Global Human Footprint Index Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) MODIS	LP DAAC SEDAC
040, Natasha Vizcarra, algae, noctiluca scintillans, blooms, cyanobacteria, coccolithophores, CO₂, phytoplankton, Sagar Sampada, rubisco, enzyme	2015	Winter blooms in the Arabian Sea	Chlorophyll a concentration Population density	MODIS	OB.DAAC SEDAC
041, Karla LeFevre, Munchen, GROW2012, wave model, TowSim	2015	Heavy weather, high seas	Significant wave height	TOPEX-A, and -B Poseidon-1 Radar Altimeters	PO.DAAC
042, Agnieszka Gautier, Congo, rainforest, forest cover, AOT, COT	2015	Heart of drought	Aerosol optical thickness; Cloud optical thickness Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Enhanced Vegetation Index, Temperature, Emissivity, Land cover types Precipitation Terrestrial water storage anomalies Radiative flux Canopy microwave transmittance	MODIS TRMM GRACE CERES AMSR-E	ASDC GES DISC LAADS DAAC LP DAAC NSIDC DAAC PO.DAAC
043, Laura Naranjo, energy budget, ocean layers, Argo float	2015	Missing heat	Radiance	CERES Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS)	ASDC
044, Natasha Vizcarra, Mexico, wind, RASI, Papagayo, Panama	2015	Tracing the Tehuano	Ocean surface winds Sea surface temperature Ocean surface winds, sea surface temperature	Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Coriolis satellite Regional Air-Sea Interaction (RASI) Gap Wind and Coastal Upwelling Events Climatology	GHRC DAAC PO.DAAC
045, Jane Beitler, Greenland, glacier, Jakobshavn, iceberg, Upernavik, ice melt, Petermann	2015	A submarine retreat	Ice sheet elevation, ice sheet thickness Reflectance	Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder (MCoRDS) RADARSAT-1 ALOS PALSAR	ASF DAAC NSIDC DAAC
046, Agnieszka Gautier, fire, forests, CO₂, Charlton, cambium, Waldo Lake, snowpack	2015	Burned but not forgotten	Vegetation Snow cover Blue-sky albedo	MODIS	LP DAAC NSIDC DAAC ORNL DAAC
047, Karla LeFevre, Argentina, mesoscale convective system, Mendoza	2015	Stormy vineyards	Rain reflectivity and rain type Lightning rates, lightning flashes and sensor viewing time, raw flash count	TRMM Optical Transient Detector	GES DISC GHRC DAAC
048, Laura Naranjo, aquaplanet model, SORCE, TOA, top of the atmosphere, Meridonional Overturning Circulation	2014	Rooting out rainfall	Radiant Energy Flux	CERES	ASDC
049, Agnieszka Gautier, hurricane, tropical storm, Wilma, HS3, SAL, Saharan Air Layer, Nadine, dust, Global Hawk, motion vector	2014	Profiles in intensity	Total vertical velocity convected vertical velocity	Global Hawk aircraft	GHRC DAAC
050, Natasha Vizcarra, fire, plants, banksia media, tree cookie	2014	Strange bedfellows	Global fire activity net primary productivity	MODIS	SEDAC
051, Agnieszka Gautier, ocean, SSS, SMOS, Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity, density, thermohaline circulation	2014	Salt of the sea	Sea surface salinity Chlorophyll a	Aquarius SAC-D MODIS	OB.DAAC PO.DAAC
052, Karla LeFevre, volcano, earthquake, SAR, InSAR, interferometry	2014	Shake, rattle, and sink	Radar backscatter surface kinetic temperature	PALSAR ASTER MODIS	ASF DAAC LP DAAC LAADS DAAC
053, Natasha Vizcarra, Southern Ocean	2014	Unexpected ice	sea ice concentration	SSMR and SSM/I	NSIDC DAAC
054, Agnieszka Gautier, Botswana, GPS, Okavango Delta, Makgadikgadi Pan, Boabab	2014	Zebras without borders	NDVI precipitation rate	MODIS TRMM Microwave Imager	GES DISC LP DAAC
055, Natasha Vizcarra, Indian Ocean, convection, MJO, Madden-Julian Oscillation	2014	A baffling signal in the tropics	Cloud top rainfall type (convective or stratiform) rainfall rate rainfall profile rainfall characteristics	MODIS AMSR-E TRMM	GES DISC LAADS DAAC NSIDC DAAC
056, Laura Naranjo, microscopic organisms, ocean gyre	2014	Microbes in the murk	Chlorophyll a Photosynthetically active radiation	SeaWiFS	OB.DAAC
057, Karla LeFevre, water budget, water supply, rainfall, ET, evapotranspiration	2014	Connecting the drops	Temperature Precipitation surface radiation snow water equivalent vapor pressure Land surface temperature emissivity	MODIS	LP DAAC ORNL DAAC
058, Jane Beitler, gravity, dark matter, atomic clock	2014	A speed bump in space-time	Time	GPS GLONASS	CDDIS
059, Laura Naranjo, flushes, polyphenols, catechins, tannins, theaflavins, caffeine, clones, NDVI	2014	The price of tea	Reflectance	ASTER	LP DAAC
060, Laura Naranjo, ice crystals, net radiative effect, condensation, cirrus	2013	On the trail of contrails	Clouds and computed flux profile	MODIS	LAADS DAAC
061, Karla LeFevre, bromine explosion, salt, brine, Barrow Lead, BROMEX, ozone, O₃	2013	Mercury raining	Aerosol optical depth sea ice extent sea ice surface temperature bromine sea ice class distribution melt on sea ice Brightness temperatures sea ice concentration snow depth	MODIS OMI SeaWinds QuikSCAT SSMIS AMSR-E	GES DISC LAADS DAAC NSIDC DAAC PO.DAAC
062, Natasha Vizcarra, PM2.5, particles, particulate matter, wuran, air pollution, smog, AQI, air quality, AOD	2013	Crazy bad air	Human population density Aerosol optical depth	GRUMP MODIS MISR CIESIN	ASDC LAADS DAAC SEDAC
063, Agnieszka Gautier, Mississippi River, Atchafalaya, New Orelans, Baton Rouge, Big Brown, LISFLOOD-ACC, ORCS, Old River, SWOT	2013	A tale of two rivers	InSAR	ALOS PALSAR	ASF DAAC
064, Laura Naranjo, Sumatra, earthquake, GNSS, PTWC, PMEL	2013	Sizing a tsunami	Latitude and longitude	Global Positioning System (GPS)	CDDIS
065, Natasha VIzcarra, CO₂, carbon flux, photosynethesis, carbon cycle, stomates, canopy	2013	The secrets of leaves	Eddy covariance	AmeriFlux	ORNL DAAC
066, Jane Beitler, Arctic, P-3, Orion, CRREL, ice pack	2013	Signs of snow	Ice sheet and sea ice elevation ice sheet topography sea ice elevation snow depth	Airborne Topographic Mapper	NSIDC DAAC
067, Karla LeFevre, cirrus, clouds, high altitude, CALIOP,	2013	Making heads of mares' tails	Lidar backscatter	CALIPSO	ASDC
068, Agnieszka Gautier, EAC, East Australian Current, sea urchin, cestrostephanous rodgersii, Tasman Sea, CSIRO	2013	Pedestrians of Eddy Avenue	Chlorophyll a concentration	MODIS	OB.DAAC
069, Laura Naranjo, La Niña, El Niño, TOPEX, ENSO cycle	2013	When oceans drop	Gravity fields Precipitation	GRACE TRMM	GES DISC PO.DAAC
070, Natasha VIzcarra, snowflakes, GCPEx, GPM, DC-8, CoSMIR, radiometer,	2013	Cold, symmetric, and cryptic	Snow properties	Aircraft radiometers profilers radars disdrometers precipitation gauges	GHRC DAAC
071, Jane Beitler, Yellowstone, volcano, thermal monitoring	2013	Not so big, not so hot	Radiance geolocation	ASTER MODIS	LP DAAC LAADS DAAC
072, Natasha Vizcarra, Belize, Mayan, FIRMS, GIS, Chiquibul National Park, farming, Chiang Mai	2012	Orbiting watchtowers	Thermal anomalies/fire products	Terra Aqua MODIS	LAADS DAAC
073, Katherine Leitzell, agriculture, Russia, Samara Oblast, Chuvash	2012	Foot and plow	Reflectance Vegetation Land surface temperature	Terra MODIS	LP DAAC
074, Karla LeFevre, CO₂, New Mexico	2012	Biomes in the balance	Leaf Area Index (LAI) Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR)	Terra MODIS	LP DAAC ORNL DAAC
075, Laura Naranjo, mountain snow, snowpack, SNOTEL, snow telemetry, SNODAS, MODSCAG, CBRFC	2012	Winter's water	Surface reflectance snow cover snow water equivalent	Terra Aqua MODIS SNODAS	LP DAAC NSIDC DAAC
076, Jane Beitler, Arctic, Greenland, tundra, thermokarst lakes, permafrost, methane	2012	Leaking lakes	Reflectance	SAR	ASF DAAC
077, Karla LeFevre, South Africa, knobthorn, red bushwillow, SANSA	2012	New angles	Reflectance	Terra MISR	ASDC
078, Katherine Leitzell, Antarctica, CFCs, chlorofluorocarbons, TOMS, O₃	2012	A new pole hole	Ozone Trace gas profiles Ozone profile Clouds Aerosols	Aura CALIPSO OMI MLS CALIOP	GES DISC ASDC
079, Natasha Vizcarra, Pakistan, monsoon, MERRA	2012	A kink in the jet stream	Cloud fraction precipitation rate Radiance	Terra Aqua TRMM MODIS AIRS	GES DISC LAADS DAAC
080, Jane Beitler, ITRF, geometry, Polaris, DORIS, VLBI, LAREG	2012	Where on Earth?	Global positioning	GPS LAGEOS-1 and -2 TOPEX/Poseidon Jason-1 and -2 Envisat Cryosat-2 HY-2A SPOT-2, -3, -4, -5	CDDIS
081, Katherine Leitzell, New York City, GDP	2012	Prosperity shining	population	GPW GRUMPv1	SEDAC
082, Natasha Vizcarra, Pacific, IATTC, bluefin, PHAM, Fishscape	2012	Shadowing the tuna boats	Sea surface temperature ocean color	Terra Aqua SeaStar MODIS SeaWiFS	OB.DAAC PO.DAAC
083, Laura Naranjo, Antarctica, sea ice, blooms, Southern Ocean, krill, penguin, Adelie	2012	Fleeting phytoplankton	Chlorophyll a concentration	Nimbus 7 SeaStar CZCS SeaWiFS	OB.DAAC
084, Natasha Vizcarra, hurricane, tropical storm, Karl, DC-8, GRIP, CloudSat	2011	Once more into the storm	Hurricanes	Terra Aqua CloudSat TRMM	GHRC DAAC
085, Jane Beitler, ecology, wildlands, China, flood, Yangtze Delta	2011	Repatterning the world	Anthropogenic biomes land cover	Terra MODIS	LP DAAC SEDAC
086, Laura Naranjo, Great Smoky Mountains, forests, VOCs, volatile organic compounds, aerosols	2011	Volatile trees	Aerosol optical depth	MODIS	LAADS DAAC
087, Natasha Vizcarra, soil moisture, GNSS, PBO, Platte Boundary Observatory	2011	Looking for mud	Latitude and longitude	GPS	CDDIS
088, Katherine Leitzell, carbon uptake, vegetation changes	2011	Hidden carbon	Brightness temperature Vegetation canopy microwave transmittance land cover Vegetation	Aqua Terra AMSR-E MODIS	LP DAAC NSIDC DAAC
089, Laura Naranjo, earthquake, California, San Andreas Fault, El Mayor-Cucapah, tectonic plates, liquefaction, Indiviso	2011	Baja's fault	Land surface Topography	ALOS PALSAR	ASF DAAC
090, Jane Beitler, ice sheet	2011	The un-ice age	Gravity fields	GRACE	PO.DAAC
091, Katherine Leitzell, epidemic, water color, Cholera, disease, Bangladesh	2011	The time of cholera	Chlorophyll concentration	SeaWiFS	OB.DAAC
092, Natasha Vizcarra, Pakistan, Hunza River, lake, NDMA	2011	Waiting for Gojal	Elevation Radiance glacier outlines	Terra Earth Observing 1 ASTER ALI	LP DAAC NSIDC DAAC
093, Katherine Leitzell, smog, air pollution, MINX	2011	A black cloud over Cairo	Aerosols MODIS thermal anomaly product	Terra MISR MODIS	GES DISC ASDC
094, Laura Naranjo, Rio Grande River, birds, ornithology, eBird, songbirds	2011	The feather followers	NDVI Vegetation index quality	MODIS	ORNL DAAC
095, Karla LeFevre, farmers, crops, drought	2011	Growing Jamaica	Precipitation	TRMM	GES DISC
096, Katherine Leitzell, Aegean sea, mnemiopsis leidyi, Black Sea, comb jelly	2010	Invasion of the ctenophores	Photosynthetically active radiation Chlorophyll a concentration	SeaWiFS MODIS	OB.DAAC
097, Natasha Vizcarra, Alaska, Mars, red planet, dune field, Kobuk, sand	2010	Unearthly dunes	Reflectance digital elevation	ASTER	LP DAAC
098, Jane Beitler, energy budget, COVE, lighthouse	2010	A speck on the ocean	Clouds and computed flux profile	CERES	ASDC
099, Laura Naranjo, moisture, tornado, soil	2010	The dirt on tornadoes	Precipitation	TRMM	GES DISC
100, Jane Beitler, Nazca, tectonic plate, Pacific Ocean, Chile, EOP	2010	When a day is not a day	Latitude and longitude Earth orientation Earth rotation	Global Positioning System (GPS) Laser Geodynamics Satellite 1 (LAGEOS-1) Radio telescopes radio sources	CDDIS
101, Katherine Leitzell, Haiti, earthquake, disaster planning, landslide	2010	On shaky ground	Human population density	GPW	SEDAC
102, Laura Naranjo, electrical circuit, thunderstorm, NLDN, air chemistry	2010	Cosmic charges	Lightning	National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) operated by Vaisala Incorporated	GHRC DAAC
103, Natasha Vizcarra, Melville, KESS, Kuroshio, sea surface	2010	Probing the Black Current	Ocean bottom pressure	GRACE	PO.DAAC
104, Jane Beitler, Pensacola, Florida, public health, AOD, SMR, standard mortality rate	2010	Heart disease in the air	Aerosol optical depth	MODIS	LAADS DAAC
105, Laura Naranjo, air pollution, mountains, Himalaya, Siachen glacier, Imja, GLIMS, Karakoram Range, Baltoro, Pakistan, monsoon	2010	Himalaya's heat pump	Glacier extent	ASTER	LP DAAC NSIDC DAAC
106, Katherine Leitzell, tropical forests, WHRC, deforestation, ICESat	2010	Seeing the forest for the carbon	Vegetation cover Vegetation Elevation	PALSAR MODIS GLAS	ASF DAAC LP DAAC NSIDC DAAC
107, Natasha Vizcarra, honeybees, pollination, CCD, colony collapse disorder, AVHRR, land cover classification	2010	Clues in the nectar	NDVI EVI phenology	MODIS	ORNL DAAC
108, Jane Beitler, crop yields, Zimbabwe, maize, rainfall, FEWS NET	2009	Distant fields of grain	NDVI EVI	MODIS	LP DAAC
109, Jane Beitler, volcano, Chaiten, Chile, atmospheric chemistry, TOMS, NIMBUS-7, sulfur dioxide, SO₂, A train	2009	Experiment in the sky	Aerosol optical depth Radiance Aerosol backscatter	OMI AIRS MODIS CALIOP	GES DISC ASDC LAADS DAAC
110, Stephanie Renfrow, astrophysics, relativity, observatory, LARES	2009	A snag in space-time	Laser ranging data Global gravity fields	LAGEOS-1 and -2 GRACE	CDDIS PO.DAAC
111, Natasha Vizcarra, Southern Ocean, Lake Vostok, ICESat, subglacial lake	2009	Fathoming Antarctica	Ice sheet elevation profiles Radiances Digital image map Ice velocity	GLAS MODIS SAR	ASF DAAC LAADS DAAC NSIDC DAAC
112, Katherine Leitzell, Lake Taganyika, Africa, IPCC, climate change	2009	A catalog of change	Physical and biological impacts of climate change	IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) Observed Climate Change Impacts Database	SEDAC
113, Laura Naranjo, sea turtle, Nova Scotia, jellyfish, migration	2009	The mysterious lives of leatherbacks	Sea surface temperature Chlorophyll a concentration	GOES AVHRR SeaWiFS MODIS	OB.DAAC PO.DAAC
114, Katherine Leitzell, Russia, clear cuts, boreal forest, logging, Karelia	2009	Finite forests	Surface reflectance	MODIS	LAADS DAAC
115, Jane Beitler, farming, land cover, classification, Virginia	2009	Notebook and satellite	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) NDVI EVI Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) Normalized Difference Infrared Index (NDII)	MODIS	LP DAAC ORNL DAAC
116, Laura Naranjo, Alaska, wetlands, shallow lakes, Minchumina Basin, RADARSAT	2009	Drying in Denali	land cover	SAR	ASF DAAC
117, Natasha Vizcarra, forest fires, Greece, air pollution, air quality, AOD, smog	2009	Smoke over Athens	Aerosol optical depth Plume height Aerosol index and associated aerosol types	MODIS MISR OMI	GES DISC ASDC LAADS DAAC
118, Katherine Leitzell, pollution, DC-8, Greenland, RTMM	2009	Probing the Arctic atmosphere	Arctic atmosphere	Aircraft tracking ARCTAS	GHRC DAAC ASDC
119, Stephanie Renfrow, phytoplankton, ocean temperature, SST, chlorophyll, marine ecosystem	2009	An ocean full of deserts	Chlorophyll Sea surface temperature	SeaWiFS AVHRR	OB.DAAC PO.DAAC
120, Stephanie Renfrow, Easter Freeze, plants, blooms, flux tower, stress	2008	Freezing in a warming world	Temperature water vapor sensible heat radiation flux for Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) FPAR	AmeriFlux and FLUXNET MODIS	LP DAAC ORNL DAAC
121, Jane Beitler, Lake Taihu, algae, bloom, SeaWiFS, chlorophyll-a, drinking water	2008	Cleaner water from space	Radiances	MODIS	LAADS DAAC
122, Jane Beitler, Arctic, Beaufort Sea, summer, ice edge, habitat, perennial ice pack	2008	Younger sea ice and scarcer polar bears	Brightness temperatures sea ice concentration snow cover over sea ice Brightness temperatures ice extent	AMSR-E SSMR and SSM/I	NSIDC DAAC
123, Laura Naranjo, Nicaragua, rainforest, deforestation, EPI, MCC	2008	Scorecard on the environment	Environmental indicators	Environmental Performance Index	SEDAC
124, Stephanie Renfrow, ocean layer, Knorr, spar buoy, SST, DISCOVER, QuikSCAT, CLIMODE	2008	Where oceans meet atmosphere	Wind vectors Sea surface height Sea surface temperature	SeaWinds Nadir-pointing radar altimeter AMSR-E	NSIDC DAAC PO.DAAC
125, Katherine Leitzell, atmospheric aerosols, ultraviolet rays, UV, haze, dust, smoke, fires	2008	Aerosols over Australia	Aerosols Thermal anomalies/fire products Aerosol optical depth	MISR MODIS	ASDC LP DAAC LAADS DAAC
126, Natasha Vizcarra, MIssissippi River Delta, Louisiana, InSAR, bayous, swamps, forest, Atchafalaya Basin	2008	Sensing the swamp beneath the trees	Water level	SAR	ASF DAAC
127, Laura Naranjo, air quality, Texas, air pollution, Houston, ozone, TexAQS II, O₃	2008	Regional pollution goes local	Carbon monoxide	AIRS	GES DISC
128, Stephanie Renfrow, Brazil, wind turbines, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, offshore wind, energy, QuikSCAT	2008	The power of a Brazilian wind	Surface wind speed	SeaWinds	PO.DAAC
129, Jane Beitler, plate tectonics, crater, volcano, Denali Fault, earthquake	2008	Earth's crust in action	Latitude and longitude	GPS	CDDIS
130, Laura Naranjo, earthquake, Himalaya, mountain, Balakot, Pakistan, deformation	2008	When the Earth moved Kashmir	Land surface	ASTER	LP DAAC
131, Laura Naranjo, plants, FLUXNET, vegetation, LAI, leaf area index, NDVI, Amazon, rainforest, EVI	2007	Grasping the subtle needs of vegetation	Vegetation indices	Flux towers MODIS	LP DAAC ORNL DAAC
132, Stephanie Renfrow, Beijing, China, Olympics, atmospheric nitric oxide, NO, air pollution, air quality, GEOS-CHEM	2007	Pollution trials for the Beijing Olympics	Nitric oxide	OMI	GES DISC
133, Lindsay Husted, World Trade Center, New York City, pollution, public health, smoke, plume, parallax	2007	Following the World Trade Center plume	Aerosols	MISR	ASDC
134, Jane Beitler, invasive species, tamarisk, trees, tamarix, habitat suitability, land cover	2007	Pinpointing an invasive plant's next move	Land cover type	MODIS	LP DAAC
135, Laura Naranjo, Antarctic, ice shelf, collapse, sea level, ICESat, glaciers	2007	After the Larsen B	Land ice Elevation	ASTER MODIS GLAS	LP DAAC NSIDC DAAC
136, Jane Beitler, hurricanes, dust storms, NAMMA, Africa, monsoon, SAL, Saharan Air Layer, LASE, DC-8, LIDAR	2007	Saharan dust versus Atlantic hurricanes	Aerosols water vapor	LASE	GHRC DAAC
137, Gloria Hicks, Nebraska, corn	2007	Getting at groundwater with gravity	Gravity groundwater	GRACE	PO.DAAC
138, Laura Naranjo, flood hazards, Philippines, Guinsaugon, TMPA-RT, precipitation	2007	Connecting rainfall and landslides	rainfall landslides	TRMM	GES DISC
139, Stephanie Renfrow, food security, green supply, NDVI, consumption, IFPRI	2007	Can Earth's plants keep up with us?	Biomass population	GPW AVHRR	ORNL DAAC SEDAC
140, Stephanie Renfrow, Burgundy, France, Arroux River, archaeology, anthropology, RADARSAT-1	2007	Burgundy through space and time	Land use	SAR ASTER	ASF DAAC NSIDC DAAC
141, Laura Naranjo, severe storms, Alabama, GHCC, SPoRT, AWIPS, VIL, vertically intergrated liquid	2006	Cloud to cloud: Forecasting storm severity with lightning	Lightning	National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) operated by Vaisala Incorporated 3-D Lightning Mapping Array (LMA)	GHRC DAAC
142, Stephanie Renfrow, land use, Fitzroy River, Australia, CSIRO, flood plumes, Burdekin	2006	Cattle, crops, and coral: Flood plumes and the Great Barrier Reef	Suspended matter chlorophyll-a concentration	MODIS	GES DISC
143, Lindsay Husted, meteorology, landscape, LANDFIRE, Montana, NTSG, GMAO	2006	Predicting productivity: Managing land from space	Biomass	MODIS	LP DAAC
144, Jane Beitler, life cycle, biosphere, chlorophyll, SI, Average Spring Indices, First Bloom Dates, phenology	2006	Seeing climate through the lives of plants	Vegetation	MODIS	LP DAAC ORNL DAAC
145, Stephanie Renfrow, sea ice extent, RADARSAT	2006	Arctic sea ice on the wane: Now what?	Brightness temperature sea ice concentrations snow depth over sea ice Elevation Reflectance Backscatter	SMMR and SSM/I AMSR-E GLAS SAR	ASF DAAC NSIDC DAAC
146, Jane Beitler, forecast, emergency management, SAR, CSTARS, telemetry	2006	Data more powerful than hurricanes	Wind speed population	RADARSAT-1 U.S. Census Grids	ASF DAAC SEDAC
147, Laura Naranjo, tropospheric emission spectrometer, air pollution, air quality, Northern Hemisphere, GEOS-Chem, SeaWiFS, O₃	2006	On the trail of global pollution drift	Ozone Carbon monoxide	TES	ASDC
148, Jane Beitler, wildfires, pollution, air quality, ash, smoke, MOZART, model for ozone, chemical tracers, Chain Lakes, O₃	2006	Nature's contribution	Carbon monoxide	MOPITT	ASDC
149, Laura Naranjo, earthquake, flood, landslide, cyclone, hurricane, risk analysis, CAS, IEG, World Bank, risk transfer	2006	Gridding the risks of natural disasters	population natural disasters	Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis	SEDAC
150, Stephanie Renfrow, biomass, CO₂, carbon dioxide, Uganda, SPOT, INFORMS, GRASP, apes, gorillas	2006	Mapping the changing forests of Africa	Biomass	MODIS	LP DAAC
151, Laurie J. Schmidt, bird health, chlorophyll	2005	Bloom or Bust: The Bond Between Fish and Phytoplankton	ocean color	Sea WiFS MODIS	GES DISC
152, Amanda Leigh Haag, sea surface height, buoys, InSAR	2005	Making Waves in Tsunami Research	wave height change	JASON TOPEX Poseidon	PO.DAAC
153, Kelley Kennedy, Kenya, Africa, mosquito, Anopheles, parasite, plasmodium falciparum, bed net	2005	Malaria by the Numbers	global urban rural mapping	GPW	SEDAC
154, Amanda Leigh Haag, cloud, May Gray, June Gloom, actinoform	2005	Cloudy with a Chance of Drizzle	actinoform cloud formation and complexity	MISR	ASDC
155, Evelyne Yohe, Laurie J. Schmidt, Himalaya Mountains, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai-Xizang	2005	Riding the Permafrost Express	surface soil freeze and thaw	SSM/I AMSR-E	NSIDC DAAC
156, Laura Naranjo, Amazon, LBA, biosphere, atmosphere, experiment, LBA-ECO, Brazil	2005	A Rainforest Divided	effects of land use changes	Forest fragment grids	ORNL DAAC
157, Amanda Leigh Haag, Alerce, Slender Loris, MA, millenium, assessment, loris tardigradus, deforestation	2005	Checking Earth's Vital Signs	global ecosystem health	GPW	SEDAC
158, Laura Naranjo, SPoRT, Alabama, AWIPS	2005	SPoRTscast	hyper-accurate weather forecasting	GOES GOES-R MODIS NPOESS AMSR-E AIRS	GHRC DAAC
159, Laurie J. Schmidt, Mars, Earth, bowl, depression, maar, volcano, thermal emission imaging	2005	In Search of Martian Craters	geography of Martian craters	THEMIS ASTER	LP DAAC
160, Laura Naranjo, sea level	2005	Matter in Motion: Earth's Changing Gravity	gravity variations	GRACE	PO.DAAC
161, Kelly Kennedy, volcano, eruption, SAR, earthquake	2005	Silent Signals	ground movement and deformation	InSAR GPS	ASF DAAC
162, Amanda Leigh Haag, geospatial analysis, Africa, famine, malnutrition	2005	War on Hunger	Identify hunger	GPW	SEDAC
163, Laura Naranjo, heat island, vegetation, landscape	2004	Seeing the City for the Trees	urban land cover	ATLAS Landsat MODIS Spectral Mixture Analysis	LP DAAC SEDAC
164, Kelly Kennedy, typhoon, Kai-Tak, algae, TRMM, Kirogi, ocean movement	2004	Stirring up Life	cyclones and phytoplankton production	SeaWiFS QuikSCAT	GES DISC PO.DAAC
165, Laura Naranjo, hydrologic cycle, monsoon, prediction, DFO, STRM	2004	The Flood Hunters	flood maps and long-term trends	ERS-I MODIS QuikSCAT SRTM	GES DISC PO.DAAC
166, Jason Wolfe, model, LIS, lightning imaging sensor	2004	Clouds from a Different Angle	cloud cover and climate	CERES TRMM	ASDC
167, Laura Naranjo, land cover, data quality, FLUXNET, Skukuza, MODLAND	2004	From the Ground Up	land-atmosphere exchanges	MODIS FLUXNET	LP DAAC ORNL DAAC
168, Michon Scott, Guatemala, Mesoamerica, Peten, Yucatan, Landsat, biosphere, Paseo Pantera, biodiversity, SIAM-SERVIR	2004	Mayan Mysteries	sustainable use of the landscape	Landsat GPW	GHRC DAAC
169, Laurie J. Schmidt, volcano, ash, lava, South Sandwich Islands, Mount Belinda, MODVOLC, Kavachi, Solomon, eruption, SRTM, AVO	2004	Sensing Remote Volcanoes	global	MODVOLC MODIS SAR InSAR ASTER SRTM AVHRR	ASF DAAC GES DISC LP DAAC
170, Evelyn Yohe, Alps, Cascade, Washington, GLIMS, ETM+, Landsat, thematic mapper, Taku, Aletsch, Gangotri, inventory	2004	Sizing up the Earth's Glaciers	inventory of Earth's glaciers	ASTER	LP DAAC NSIDC DAAC
171, Jason Wolfe, Oates, Pennell, coast, Antarctica, polynya, phytoplankton, algae, bacteria, Ross Sea, West Lazarev, Adelie penguins	2004	Life in Icy Waters	polynyas and Antarctica	SSN/I SeaWiFS MODIS CZCS	GES DISC NSIDC DAAC
172, Michon Scott, Ward Hunt, Ellesmere Island, epishelf lake, Disraeli Fiord, microbial mat, Dickinsonia, B-15	2004	Breakup of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf	breakup of Arctic ice shelf	RADARSAT SAR	ASF DAAC
173, Laura Naranjo, Seattle, Lake Union, Susitna Glacier Fault, Totschunda, Nenana Mountain, tectonic plates, Yakutat block, Pacific, interferogram, scarp	2003	Denali's Fault	earthquake deformation	InSAR SAR ERS-1& 2 RADARSAT-1 Global Positioning System (GPS)	ASF DAAC
174, Laurie J. Schmidt, Mauna Kea, volcano, Mauna Loa, Mount Haleakala, Kona, trade winds	2003	Little Islands, Big Wake	ocean currents circulation patterns Hawaii	QuikSCAT TRMM TOPEX Poseidon	GES DISC PO.DAAC
175, Michon Scott, El Niño, ISLSCP, Landsat	2003	Land Matters	climate modeling	Satellite Imagery Field Observation	GES DISC NSIDC DAAC
176, Laura Naranjo, GEOSAT, El Niño, La Niña, TAO, tropical atmosphere ocean, buoy, TOGA, AVISO	2003	Double Vision	ocean surface	Jason-1 SEASAT TOPEX Poseidon	PO.DAAC
177, Amy Casey, blooms, chlorophyll, fluorescence, navicula vanhoeffeni, melosira juergensii, photosynthesis, CZCS	2003	The Incredible Glowing Algae	phytoplankton fluorescence	CZCS MODIS SeaWiFS	GES DISC
178, Laurie J. Schmit, earthquake, geologic record, Bhuj	2003	Squeezing Water from Rock	liquefaction	MISR	ASDC
179, Michon Scott, cold front, tornado, ASTER, thunderstorm, flash flood, downdraft, ALTUS, ACES, Cumulus	2003	Lightning Spies	storm life cycles	LIS TRMM ALTUS II	GHRC DAAC
180, Evelyne Yohe, surface melt, ice sheet, Greenland, CIRES, emissivity, brightness, temperatures	2003	Vanishing Ice	Arctic oscillation	NIMBUS-7 SMMR DMSP SSM/I	NSIDC DAAC
181, Amy Casey, Phoenix, Arizona, IVIS, infrared, spectroscopy, Rio fire	2003	Flame & Flood	fire scars	ASTER Local population grid	LP DAAC
182, Michon Scott, population, Nairobi, Madagascar, biome, Last of the Wild, Landasat	2003	The Human Footprint	impact of human activity	Mapping global human impact as well as wilderness areas	SEDAC
183, Jason Wolfe, Amazon, rainforest, LBA, LBA-ECO, biosphere, atmosphere, experiment, FLUXNET	2003	The Road to Recovery	carbon cycle	FLUXNET MODIS	ORNL DAAC
184, Robin Welsh, cloud height	2002	Tracking Clouds	cloud motion and wind measurements	MISR GOES-W	ASDC
185, Laurie J. Schmidt, wind, CAMEX, convection, moisture, forecast, predictions, ER-2, Vaisala, dropsonde	2002	Dropping in on a Hurricane	hurricane formation and structure	NCAR Vaisala GPS	GHRC DAAC
186, Robin Welsh, scatterometer, SEASAT, QuikSCAT, pathfinder, SCP	2002	Teaching Old Data New Tricks	global climate studies	NSCAT CSP RADARSAT SAR	PO.DAAC
187, Yarrow Axford, Belgica, AMM-1, MAMM	2002	Space-based Ice Sight	radar mapping of Antarctica	RADARSAT-1 SAR InSAR	ASF DAAC
188, Evelyne Yohe, HAB, phytoplankton, karenia brevis, gymnodium breve, CDOM, dissolved organic material, trichodesmium	2002	Hunting Dangerous Algae from Space	algal bloom (red tide)	SeaWiFS MODIS AVHRR	GES DISC
189, Laura Naranjo, Larsen B, ice shelf, glacier, ice sheet, Antarctica, Weddell Sea, sea level, seal nunataks	2002	Fragment of its Former Shelf	ice shelves and surface melt ponds	AVHRR MODIS	NSIDC DAAC
190, Michon Scott, Mambilla Plateau, SAFARI 2000, Kalahari, Botswana, dry savanna, Angola, Zambia	2002	Fiery Temperament	fire emission detection and vegetation mapping	MODIS AirMISR CORONA	ASDC LP DAAC ORNL DAAC
191, Michon Scott, acute respiratory failure, CDC, pathogen, zoonoses, HPS, deer mouse, aerosolization, rodents	2002	Hantavirus Risk Maps	disease risk	Landsat Population Grid	LP DAAC
192, Jason Wolfe, snow measurements, cloud observations, snow cover, electromagnetic spectrum, students	2002	Scientist for a Day	surface data collection by elementary students	AVHRR MODIS	NSIDC DAAC
193, Laurie J. Schmidt, Mount St. Helens, Unzen, volcano, eruption, ash, gas, lava, Bezymianny, Semeru	2002	Domes of Destruction	volcanic domes	ASTER	LP DAAC
194, Rachel Hauser, population, migration, Tai, Siam, Siamese	2002	Tais that Bind	changing language and water resource patterns	Population Grid GIS	LP DAAC SEDAC
195, Laurie J. Schmidt, landslide, China, Slumgullion, TM, thematic mapper, Landsat	2001	When Land Slides	geohazard assessment	Landsat RADARSAT-1 InSAR TM SAR SRTM ERS	ASF DAAC LP DAAC
196, Rachel Hauser, iceberg, Ross Ice Shelf, friction	2001	New Light on Ice Motion	Antarctic topography and ice history	MODIS Landsat AVHRR	NSIDC DAAC
197, Laurie J. Schmidt, El Niño, Pacifica, California, ERBE, budget	2001	Clouds in the Balance	cloud vertical structure and radiation balance	CERES ERBS SAGE-II	ASDC
198, Rachel Hauser, FLUXNET, carbon dioxide, CO₂, AmeriFlux, SVAT	2001	A View From Above	carbon exchange between forests and atmosphere	SVAT FLUXNET MODIS EROS	ORNL DAAC
199, Rachel Hauser, cloud cover, global vegetation, MODLAND, AERONET, aerosol robotic network, Brazil, CCRS, Amazon, LAI, ISIN, GCTP	2001	Well Grounded	MODIS land validation project.	MODIS Landsat7 TM ETM+ SPOT AVHRR ISIN	ORNL DAAC
200, Rachel Hauser, sea level, erosion, salinization, DINAS-COAST, climate change	2001	Measure for Measure	coastal populations and sea level rise	GPW MISRE Digital Elevation Model	SEDAC
201, Rachel Hauser, hazards, volcano, eruption	2001	Life on the Brink	population distributions near volcanoes	Active Volcano Database GPW	SEDAC
202, Rachel Hauser, population, viability, human proximity, UNEP-GRID, GPW	2001	Location, Location, Location	distribution of wealth	GPW. GIS. GNP	SEDAC
203, Rachel Hauser, forecasting, Bonnie, GOES, GHCC, CAMEX, convection, moisture, experiment, ER-2, DC-8, cumulonimbus	2001	In the Eyewall of the Storm	hurricane tracking and intensification	EDOP MACAWS	GHRC DAAC
204, Laurie J. Schmidt, dust storms, fires, Sahelian Zone	2001	From the Dust Bowl to the Sahel	drought and desertification		GES DISC
205, Laurie J. Schmidt, dust storms, coral reefs, fungus, diadema, sea urchin, algal mats, mercury, arsenic, lead, beryllium	2001	When the Dust Settles	African dust transport and marine species declines	SeaWiFS TOMS Landsat-7	GES DISC
206, Laurie J. Schmidt, cyclone, Eline, Mozambique, typhoon, Xangsane, Floyd, AOML, SeaWinds, ADEOS-II	2001	Forecasting Fury	hurricane detection	GOES SeaWiFS ERS-2 QuikSCAT	PO DAAC
207, Michon Scott, deformity, boreal toads, leopard frogs, golden toads, bufo boreas, rana pretiosa, spotted frog, chytrid fungus	2001	Where Frogs Live	hyperspectral mapping of amphibian populations	TOMS ENVI GIS	GES DISC
208, Laurie J. Schmidt, Cold War, Cuba, salt cedar, tamarisk, MEA	2001	New Tools for Diplomacy	remote sensing use in international law.	TIROS-1 Landsat EOS Terra Aqua SPOT	SEDAC
209, Laurie J. Schmidt, hierarchical data format, earth observing system	2000	The universal language of HDF-EOS	standard file format for satellite data	HDF-EOS	NSIDC DAAC
210, Annette Varani, climate change, GEWEX, water cycle, experiment, GCIP, Pingo, EASE-Grid	2000	Frozen Soils and the Climate System	frozen ground and ecosystem productivity	EASE-Grid	NSIDC DAAC
211, Laurie J. Schmidt, Antarctica, iceberg, B-10A, ice sheet, Larsen B	2000	Disintegration of the Ninnis Glacier Tongue	Antarctic sea ice	SAR AVHRR JERS-1 Landsat	ASF DAAC
212, Jason Wolfe, Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, sulfur dioxide, ash, particles, gas, experiment, upper atmosphere, El Niño, La Niña, MCSST, anthropogenic emissions, CFCs, chlorofluorocarbons	2000	Volcanoes and Climate Change	volcanic aerosols and climate change	SAGE II UARS	ASDC GES DISC PO.DAAC
213, Laurie J. Schmidt, climate model, algae, bacteria, phaeocystis antarctica, silicate, Ross Sea, SeaWiFS, taxa	2000	Polynyas, CO₂, and Diatoms in the Southern Ocean	polynyas and phytoplankton	CZCS	GES DISC NSIDC DAAC
214, Michon Scott, ecosystem, LAI, leaf area index, gross primary productivity, GPP, NTSG, FPAR, photosynthesis	2000	Perspective on Plants	MODIS and land management	MODIS PSN NPP LAI/FPAR	LP DAAC
215, Melissa Robertson, Andes, Peru, Bolivia, Aymara, Quechua, San Juan, Pleiades, Taurus, El Niño, TIROS	2000	Stars, Clouds, Crops	agriculture and El Niño	TOVS SAGE II ISCCP	GES DISC ASDC
216, Laurie J. Schmidt, SCICEX, expedition, NAO, North Atlantic Oscillation, positive mode, negative mode	2000	Climate Clues in the Ice	sea ice thinning	SMMR SMM/I	NSIDC DAAC
217, Matt Nelson, JGOFE, ocean flux experiment, monsoon	2000	Illuminating Photosynthesis in the Arabian Sea	oceanic seasonal cycles and phytoplankton	CZCS TOMS	GES DISC
218, Laurie J. Schmidt, Mojave Desert, Grand Canyon, Canyonlands, Arizona, Utah, relief model	2000	Human Impact on the Mojave	disturbance to desert ecosystems	Landsat-5 AVIRIS AVHRR Landsat-7	LP DAAC
219, Rachel Hauser, polar research, Polar Star, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, NISE, snow cover	2000	Snow and Ice Extent	sea ice	NISE	NSIDC DAAC
220, Rachel Hauser, TOPEX, Poseidon, AVHRR, Pathfinder	1999	Distributed Oceanographic Data System	Intelligent data interfaces	DODS IDL HDF-EOS	PO.DAAC
221, Annette Varani, ecosystems, EDG, data gateway, LBA-E, biosphere, atmosphere, experiment, ecology, Amazonia, SAFARI 2000	1999	The Mercury System and the Search for Earth Science Data	new data search tool	EDG	ORNL DAAC
222, Annette Varani, AVHRR, TOVS, TIROS, GOES, SSM/I, SST, Landsat	1998	The NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program	data management standards		LP DAAC
223, Matt Nelson, Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, CLAES, ISAMS, MLS, HALOE, HRDI, WINDII, SUSIM, SOLSTICE, ACRIM II, chlorine, ozone, Cl2O2, CFCs, chlorofluorocarbons, O₃	1998	The UARS Cornucopia: A Legacy of Research	atmosphere	UARS	GES DISC
224, Carol Smith, ERBS, radiation budget, CCM3, TOVS	1998	On a Clear Day	albedo	ERBE TIROS CERES	ASDC
225, Carol Smith, radiation, circulation models, Nimbus-7, matrix	1998	Shadows of Doubt: Modeling Cloud Effects	cloud effects	WFOV CMATRIX	ASDC
226, Annette Varani, polar skies, Arctic Ocean, ice thickness, classification, polynyas	1998	Ice & Sky	open water in polar ice	RADARSAT SAR	ASF DAAC
227, Rachel Hauser, data formats, access, oceanographic system	1998	Overcoming Data Incompatibility	data management	DODS	PO.DAAC
228, Rachel Hauser, supercomputer, technology, CEOSR, COLA, VDADC, ESIP	1998	Virtual Data Center	Virtual domain application data center	VDADC
229, John Borstelman, SRES, climate change, pollution, sulfur dioxide, sulfate, SO^2- ₄, SO₂	1998	Effects of Emissions on Climate Change	human-caused climate change	CIESIN	SEDAC
230, Rachel Hauser, LBA-E, biosphere, atmosphere, Amazonia, experiment, ecology, Beija-flor	1998	A New Paradigm for Managing Data and Information	web-based data system	LBA-E	ORNL DAAC
231, Annette Varani, SSM/I, pathfinder, EASE-Grid, TOVS	1998	Equal Area Scalable Earth Grid: A Move Toward Data Mapping Standards	EASE-Grid	AVHRR	NSIDC DAAC
232, Matt Nelson, LASP, atmospheric, space physics, SOLSTICE, UARS, SORCE	1998	Eye on the Sun: Solstice	solar energy	UARS SOLSTICE	GES DISC
233, Annette Varani, GHCC, CAMEX-3, moisture experiment, ER-2, DC-8, GOES, Fran, Bonnie, Danielle, Earl, Georges, Floyd	1998	Hurricane Field Studies	hurrican forecasting	CAMEX-3	GHRC DAAC
234, Rosana Hemakom, climate, Abyssal Zone, ocean fluid	1998	Lovely, Dark and Deep	ocean mixing	TOPEX Poseidon	PO.DAAC
235, Jason Starr, human geography, atlas, census, maps, socioeconomics	1997	China Dimensions	Chinese demography	CIESIN	SEDAC
236, Dan Whipple, climate change, carbon storage, CO₂, ecosystems, temperature, photosynthesis, pathfinder	1997	Carbon Conundrum	atmospheric carbon dioxide	AVHRR	GES DISC
237, Rachel Hauser, false color, vegetation, Arctic, tundra, flux, data fidelity	1997	Growing Data	arctic vegetation	AVHRR	LP DAAC
238, Dan Whipple, upper atmosphere research, 2D model, 3D, nitric oxide, NO, thermosphere, aurora, stratosphere	1997	UARS: A Model Data Set	mesosphere	UARS	GES DISC
239, Dan Whipple, chemistry, energy balance, troposphere, NO, nitric oxide, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, ozone, upper atmosphere, CLAES, HRDI, doppler, cryogenic, O₃	1997	Outer Limits	upper atmosphere	UARS	GES DISC
240, Laura Cheshire, jungle, discharge, El Niño, upstream, floodplain, inundation, water cycle, species ecology, RivDIS, DNAEE, LBA, biosphere, experiment	1997	River Seasons	Amazon River system	passive microwave radiometers	ORNL DAAC
241, Dan Whipple, water vapor, upper atmosphere, geophysical fluid dynamics, ENSO, El Niño, Southern Oscillation, radiation budget, greenhouse effect	1997	Questioning Convection	climate model accuracy	ERBE	ASDC
242, Dan Whipple, solar radiation, shortwave, ozone, water vapor, trace gases, nitrogen dioxide, NO₂, ER-2, ARM, total absorption, O₃	1997	Blanket of Clouds	albedo	SAGE II ARESE	ASDC
243, Rachel Hauser, Antarctic, food, polar region, salpa thompsoni, salps, euphausia superba, CCAMLR, marine, ice extent, phytoplankton	1997	Upper Crust	sea ice melt and krill	SSM/I SSMR	NSIDC DAAC
244, Jason Starr, El Niño, Kelvin Wave, warm water, thermocline depth, buoy, sea surface height, sea level, Brazil	1997	Eye on the Ocean	ocean monitoring system	TOPEX Poseidon	PO DAAC
245, Rachel Hauser, false color, North Pole, snow, Great Slave, Great Bear Lake, CRYSYS, AMSR	1997	On Thin Ice	lake ice	DMSP SSM/I EASE-Grid	NSIDC DAAC
246, Rachel Hauser, climate model, climate change, boreal forest, precipitation, ecosystem, winter	1997	Snow Sleuths	snow pack	BOREAS	ORNL DAAC
247, Laura Cheshire, Canada, frozen soil, deep pool, Boreal ecosystem, atmosphere, flux tower, carbon exchange	1997	The Dirt on Carbon	carbon flux and permafrost melt	BOREAS	ORNL DAAC
248, Rachel Hauser, Antarctic, RADARSAT, SAR, AMM, snow, ice, Byrd	1997	RAMPing Up	Antarctica imagery and mapping	RAMP	NSIDC DAAC
249, Jason Starr, dry snow, GOSAT, scatterometer, ADEOS-I, QuikSCAT	1997	Melt-down	Greenland ice sheet	SEASAT NSCAT ERS SSM/I SSMR	NSIDC DAAC
250, Rachel Hauser, awareness, data archive, MTPE, teacher, classroom	1997	Glacier Power	education	SAR	ASF DAAC
251, Dan Whipple, O₃, Antarctic, haze, air pollution, troposphere, nitrogen oxide, nitrogen dioxide, NO, NO₂, climatology	1997	Critical Chemistry	Ozone	GTE	ASDC
252, Annette Varani, cholera, Peru, vibrio cholerae, mortality, CHGE, VBD, vector, HAB, algae, zooplankton, ocean color, OCTS, SeaWiFS, MODIS	1996	The Color of Disease	harmful algal blooms infectious disease	CZCS	GES DISC
253, Rachel Hauser, radiometric calibration, PoDAG, SIR-C	1996	Data Made Easy	software development	SAR RIVA	ASF DAAC
254, Mike Meshek, snowfall, climate change, snow pack, seasonal phenomenon	1996	Snowlines over Kathmandu	snow cover monsoons	DMSP/OLS DEM	NSIDC DAAC
255, Annette Varani, typhoon, Violet, Tokyo, Tom, scatterometer, ADEOS, SSM/I	1996	Reckoning with Winds	typhoons and monsoons	NSCAT	PO.DAAC
256, atmospheric carbon dioxide, CO2, beavers, boreal forest, gas fluxes, carbon sink, vegetation, GEOS, Landsat, AIRSAR	1996	Silvus Borealis	carbon flux	BOREAS	ORNL DAAC
257, Rachel Hauser, fish, birds, ERS-1, forest canopy, NASDA, grass	1996	Fish in the Trees	Amazon flood patterns	SAR	ASF DAAC
258, Mike Meshek, water budget, watershed, WATFLOOD, Mackenzie River, British Columbia, Canada	1996	A Model Quest	hydrologic models	WATFLOOD	LP DAAC
259, Louise Tonneson, climate change, AVHRR, pathfinder, radiometer, NDVI	1996	Laying the Groundwork	land cover	PAL	GES DISC
260, Mike Meshek, climate change, stratosphere, microwave sounding unit	1996	Highs and Lows of Temperature	global climate change	MSU	GHRC DAAC
261, Annette Varani, cloud reflective properties, aerosols, biomass, radiation budget, TRMM	1996	A Burning Question	atmospheric aerosols	AVHRR ERBE	ASDC
262, Annette Varani, stratosphere, aerosol, CEPEX, LIDAR, ER-2	1996	Clouds in a Clear Sky	water vapor dynamics	SAGE II	ASDC
263, Mike Meshek, optical transient detector, cloud top changes, intracloud, storm convection dynamics	1996	Data in a Flash	lightning detection	OTD MSU	GHRC DAAC
264, Rachel Hauser, climate change, Mount Pinatubo, energy, dry snow, microwave	1996	Fire and Ice	Greenland ice sheet	SSM/I SSMR	NSIDC DAAC
265, Rachel Hauser, dust storms, land use, biome, IGBP, GPPDI, primary production data	1996	Grasslands Initiative	net primary productivity	GPPDI	ORNL DAAC
266, Rachel Hauser, climate change, snow melt, glaciers, freshwater flux, carbon dioxide, CO₂, freshwater balance, thermocline circulation model, ice age	1996	Polar Paradox	polar sea ice	SSM/I SSMR	NSIDC DAAC
267, Mike Meshek, geophysical, glaciological, geologic, topography, maps	1996	Visions of a Cloudy Continent	Antarctica imagery and mapping	AVHRR Landsat	LP DAAC
268, Annette Varani, water, climate, heat budget, SST, sea surface temperature, sea level fluctuation, atmospheric pressure, salinity, barotropic forcing, TOGA, TAO, buoy	1996	Through a Glass Darkly: Envisioning Ocean Heat Budget	atmospheric-ocean heat flux	TOPEX/Poseidon	PO.DAAC
269, MIke Meshek, PUMS, microdata, census data, labor market	1996	Crime and Work	demography	PUMS	SEDAC
270, Laura Cheshire, malaria, mosquitoes, gridded population, population density, distribution, World Bank	1995	The Human Equation	human factors climate change	Global Population Database	SEDAC
271, Annette Varani, forest canopy, GEWEX, ISLSCP, G-NEP, numerical experimentation panel, global circulation, GSWP, geophysical	1995	The Magic of Water	soil moisture	ISLSCP	GES DISC
272, Annette Varani, I/O, surface pressure, tropospheric temperature, winds, OLR, outgoing longwave radiation, physical dynamics, radiative flux, ISCCP, ERBE	1995	"But the winds . . . but the spaces . . ."	intraseasonal oscillation	ISCCP	ASDC
273, Annette Varani, polar night, cloud cover, temperature extreme, ERS-1, tectonics, interferograms, backscatter, phase difference, coherence maps, aufeis surfaces, signal amplitude, sea ice thickness	1995	Ice Happens	Arctic ice pack	RADARSAT SAR	ASF DAAC
274, Annette Varani, springtime solar radiation, sea ice extent, NERSC, ice extent, interannual variability, microwave record, NORSEX, algorithm	1995	At the Edge	Arctic sea ice	SSM/I SSMR	NSIDC DAAC
275, Laura Cheshire, Antarctica, Ross Sea, carbon cycle, blooms, sediment cores, biogenic particles, water samples	1995	Phytoplankton and Polynyas	net primary productivity	Nimbus-7 SMMR DMSP SSM/I	NSIDC DAAC
276, Annette Varani, NPP, land surface, carbon cycle, IGBP, GAIM, modeling risk, ISLSCP	1995	Transcending Boundaries	net primary productivity	ISLSCP	GES DISC
277, Mike Meshek, climate, IDS, land surface parameters, Upper Mississippi River, SSM/I, pathfinder, AM, sun-synchronous	1995	Where Data Meet Models	climate models	AVHRR SSM/I ERBE ISCCP MODIS MISR ASTER	ASDC
278, Mike Meshek, meteorology, passive microwave, 85 GHz frequency, MCS, mesoscale convective system, maps, TRMM	1995	Storm Census	mesoscale convective systems	SSM/I	GHRC DAAC
279, Mike Meshek,agriculture, vegetation, model, land cover, precipitation rates	1995	Sowing the Seeds of Change?	land use change	AVHRR	LP DAAC
280, Mike Meshek, El Niño, water vapor, ocean circulation model	1995	El Niño or Not?	Pacific warming event	TOPEX/Poseidon ERS-1 visible infrared radiometer (VIR) SSM/I	PO.DAAC
281, Mike Meshek, intraseasonal, seasonal, interannual, ocean, atmospheric circulation, thermal measurements	1995	Oceanography Findings Make Waves	oceanic Rossby waves	TOPEX/Poseidon ERS-1 Geosat	PO.DAAC
282, Mike Meshek, sea level, altimeter, ocean, sea surface height	1995	Rising above Tide Gauges	sea level rise	TOPEX/Poseidon	PO.DAAC
283, Laura Cheshire, soil moisture, climate model, ECMWF, ISLSCP, FIFE, field experiment, mesonet station, ARME, Miississippi River	1995	Back from the Field	land surface hydrology Precipitation	FIFE	ORNL DAAC
284, SAR, displacement, topographic data, DEM, elevation model, uncertainty, relative error, GPS	1994	Accuracy of Topographic Maps Derived from ERS-1 Interferometric Radar	radar satellite interferometry	ERS-1	ASF DAAC
285, biosphere, GCM, global circulation model, classification, NDVI, index	1994	A Remote Sensing Based Vegetation Classification Logic for Global Land Cover Analysis	vegetation classification	AVHRR	LP DAAC
286, quantitative data, solar constant, Earth radiation budget, ERBE, upper atmosphere, solar cycle	1994	A Comparison of Solar Total Irradiance Observations from Spacecraft: 1985-1992	total solar irradiance	Nimbus-7 ERB SMM ACRIM ERBS UARS ACRIM-2	ASDC
287, orbit determination, ionosphere correction, wet troposphere, SIMAN, Grenoble, mesoscale, TP, geostrophic model, horizontal resolution, North Atlantic Drift, circulation, Azores current, Mid-Atlantic Ridge	1994	Assimilation of TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter Data into a Circulation Model of the North Atlantic	circulation in North Atlantic	TOPEX/Poseidon	PO.DAAC
288, Earth radiation budget experiment, shortwave radiation, GCM, global circulation model, TOA, top of the atmosphere, SW, aerosol effect	1994	Absorption of Solar Radiation by Clouds: Observations versus Models	absorption of solar radiation by clouds	ERBE	ASDC
289, methodology, infrared, radiance, microwave, hydrometeor, algorithm	1994	Algorithms for the Retrieval of Rainfall from Passive Microwave Measurements	rainfall	DMSP SSM/I	NSIDC DAAC
290, gyre, ice edge, Icy Cape, plumes, chimneys, mesoscale eddies, outcropping, microwave, SAR, Nordbutka, North Bay, TB, Polarization Ratio, 37 GHz, ice retreat, embayment, polynya, uAIW	1994	Oceanic Convection in the Greenland Sea Odden Region as Interpreted in Satellite Data	oceanic convection	DMSP SSM/I ERS-1	NSIDC DAAC
291, biogeochemical dynamics, FIFE, ISLSCP, Konza Prairie Natural Area, Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network, diurnally oscillating circulation, GCM model, gamma ray spectra, soil moisture	1994	Linking Boundary-Layer Circulations and Surface Processes during FIFE 89. Part I: Observational Analysis	boundary-layer circulations	FIFE	ORNL DAAC
292, human dimensions, HDP, demographic data, GIS, GPW, gridded population, pycnophylactic algorithm, emission distribution	1994	Population Data and Global Environmental Change	demography	Global Population Database	SEDAC

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