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A non-recoverable data loss occurred for Aqua MODIS on March 22 through 25, 2024, due to a power failure at the Svalbard ground station in Norway. Scheduled contacts from the ground station were missed and only partial data have been…

Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Version 1 (Collection 1) land data products from the NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) will cease forward processing on June 30, 2024. VIIRS Version 1 data…

On March 20, 2024, NOAA, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-20 executed a propulsive maneuver to begin the rephasing campaign to provide a 180-degree separation between the NOAA, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

On March 20, 2024, NOAA-20 executed a propulsive maneuver to begin the rephasing campaign to provide a 180-degree separation between the NOAA-20 (JPSS-1) and NOAA-21 (JPSS-2) platforms. NOAA-20 will drift at a lower altitude for…

The LP DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the Observational Products for End-Users from Remote Sensing Analysis (OPERA) Land Surface Disturbance Alert from Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) Version 1 data product. This…

The Land Process Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the release of four updated Terra+Aqua combined Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6.2 Downward Shortwave Radiation (DSR) and…

Forward processing of Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Version 1 (Collection 1) land data products from the NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) will be discontinued on June 30, 2024. Users are…

The LP DAAC has migrated GEDI Version 2 Level 1B Geolocated Waveform (GEDI01_B), Level 2A Elevation and Height Metrics (GEDI02_A), and Level 2B Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics (GEDI02_B) data products to the NASA Earthdata…

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the release of the MODIS/Terra Land Water Mask Derived from MODIS and SRTM Level 3 Global Version 6.1 (MOD44W) data product with a 250 meter spatial…

The ORNL DAAC recently released the following new AVIRIS dataset by Green, R.O., et al (2023): AVIRIS-NG L2 Surface Reflectance, Facility Instrument Collection, V1 This dataset contains Level 2 (L2) orthocorrected reflectance from the…

Interested in exploring open science and cloud practices? The NASA Openscapes DAAC Mentors, including the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC), welcome applications to this spring’s 2024 NASA Openscapes Champions…

Please join the Applied Earth Observations Innovation Partnership (AEOIP) and LP DAAC for a 1-hour virtual webinar on March 5, 2024 from 3:00-4:00 pm CT discussing the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission and…

Please join NASA’s JPL EMIT Science Team and the LP DAAC for a 2-hour virtual workshop on the derivation of and how to utilize the methane data products (EMITL2BCH4ENH v001 and EMITL2BCH4PLM v001) from the Earth Surface Mineral Dust…

The LP DAAC will have an extended preventative maintenance (PM) period starting on January 31, 2024, at 7:00 a.m. Central Standard Time (CST) until 7:00 a.m. on February 2, 2024. During this time, the LP DAAC website will be unavailable.…

The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard NASA’s Aura satellite has been discontinued as of October 6, 2023. Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on-demand higher level product orders for ASTER…

The LP DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Version 2 Water Reservoir product suite. The VIIRS Version 2 release includes data products from both the Suomi National…

During a routine operations system upgrade it was discovered that the HDF-EOS to GeoTIFF (HEG) tool utility used by the Science Scalable Scripts-based Science Processor for Missions (S4PM) processing system to create GeoTIFF files was…

NASA’s Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the release of LPJ-PROSAIL Level 2 Global Simulated Dynamic Surface Reflectance (LPJ_L2_SSREF) Version 2 data product at a 0.5 degree (~50…

The LP DAAC's Inventory Web Service will be decommissioned on December 15, 2023. Users are encouraged to transition to NASA’s Earthdata Search or NASA's Common Metadata Repository (CMR) API as viable replacement for data search needs.…

NASA’s Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the release of LPJ-PROSAIL Level 2 Global Simulated Dynamic Surface Reflectance (LPJ_L2_SSREF) Version 1 data product at a 0.5 degree (~50…

NASA’s Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) is pleased to announce the release of LPJ-PROSAIL Level 2 Global Simulated Dynamic Surface Reflectance (LPJ_L2_SSREF) Version 1 data product at a 0.5 degree (~50…

The LP DAAC will have an extended preventative maintenance (PM) period starting on December 6, 2023, at 7:00 a.m. Central Standard Time (CST). A list of impacts to users and estimated timelines are below.Unavailable or offline on…

The LP DAAC's Inventory Web Service will be decommissioned on December 15, 2023. Users are encouraged to transition to NASA’s Earthdata Search or NASA's Common Metadata Repository (CMR) API as viable replacement for data search needs.…

The LP DAAC's Inventory Web Service has been decommissioned. Users are encouraged to use NASA’s Earthdata Search or NASA's Common Metadata Repository (CMR) API as viable replacement for data search needs. Earthdata Search is an online…

NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission has produced the first-of-a-kind global maps of surface minerals in arid regions. Read NASA JPL’s article “NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals…