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ORNL DAAC representatives accept the FGDC Doug D. Nebert NSDI Champion of the Year Award.

ORNL DAAC MODIS Team Wins National Award

The MODIS Team at ORNL DAAC was awarded the national Doug D. Nebert Champion of the World award for their work developing the MODIS tool suite.

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Nov. 4, 2020

AppEEARS 2.0: New Features and Data to Further Improve User Workflow Efficiency

The latest enhancements to the AppEEARS program provide access to more datasets along with greater flexibility for working with Earth observing data from NASA and other federal data archives.

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Nov. 4, 2020

Daymet data include daily precipitation totals for North America

Daymet Data Take the Planet’s Pulse

Daymet data from NASA’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) provide almost 40 years of weather measurements for North America and are ORNL DAAC’s most popular products.

Feature Article

Nov. 4, 2020

Terra: The Hardest Working Satellite in Earth Orbit

Since 1999, NASA’s Terra Earth observing satellite has completed more than 100,000 orbits. The instrument data from this workhorse satellite has resulted in one of the longest continuous data records of our planet ever recorded from space.

Feature Article

Nov. 4, 2020

Daymet images showing changes in average annual minimum temperature in Alaska and western Canada

Daymet Data in Recent Research

The Daymet dataset at NASA’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) provides nearly 40 years of environmental data about North America.

Feature Article

Nov. 4, 2020

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NASA Earth Observing Data and Tools Aid International Education

Dr. Don McNeil at Prince of Songkla University in Thailand uses NASA Earth observing data and tools to teach his students about the natural world.

Feature Article

Nov. 4, 2020

Image of a portion of the Churchill River, Manitoba, Canada

Updated Dataset for Boreal and Tundra Surface Water Extent

The dataset, which is part of NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE), enables comparisons of changes in surface water extent spanning 20 years.

Feature Article

Nov. 4, 2020

Score graphic from EOSDIS 2019 ACSI Survey

High Satisfaction with EOSDIS Products and Services Continues

The annual NASA EOSDIS customer satisfaction survey shows consistent, strong performance and high satisfaction with products and services, as well as with EOSDIS DAACs.

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Nov. 4, 2020

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ORNL DAAC MODIS Team Wins National Award

AppEEARS 2.0: New Features and Data to Further Improve User Workflow Efficiency

Daymet Data Take the Planet’s Pulse

Terra: The Hardest Working Satellite in Earth Orbit

Daymet Data in Recent Research

NASA Earth Observing Data and Tools Aid International Education

Updated Dataset for Boreal and Tundra Surface Water Extent

High Satisfaction with EOSDIS Products and Services Continues

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