We are in the process of migrating all NASA Earth science data sites into Earthdata from now until end of 2026. Not all NASA Earth science data and resources will appear here until then. Thank you for your patience as we make this transition.
Read about the Web Unification Project
Terra Data Access and Tools
Data collected by NASA’s Terra satellite are integral for efforts to understand changes among Earth's interconnected systems. Explore Terra datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.
Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) TERRA-FM1 data in HDF Version 4A | CERES-FM1 | 2017-01-01 to 2024-04-01 | Version4A | ACTIVE | HDF4 | Albedo, Atmospheric Radiation, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux |
| Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) TERRA-FM1 data in netCDF Version 4B | CERES-FM1 | 2017-01-01 to 2025-02-17 | Version4B | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Albedo, Atmospheric Radiation, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux |
| Files containing only extrapolated orbital metadata, to be read via SDP Toolkit, Binary Format | MODIS | 2016-01-24 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | BINARY | ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS |
| Fire Intensity and Burn Severity Metrics for Circumpolar Boreal Forests, 2001-2013 | Computer, MODIS | 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Fire Dynamics, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Albedo, Forests, Burned Area |
| FLASHFlux Daily Gridded Single Satellite TOA and Surfaces/Clouds data in HDF Version 4A | CERES-FM1, CERES-FM3 | 2018-12-01 to 2023-02-28 | Version4A | ACTIVE | HDF4, netCDF-4 | Albedo, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Properties, Radiative Flux, Cloud Base Pressure |
| FLASHFlux Daily Gridded TOA and Surfaces/Clouds data Version 4B | CERES-FM1, CERES-FM6 | 2021-12-21 to 2024-04-01 | Version4B | ACTIVE | HDF4, NetCDF-4 | Albedo, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Height |
| FLASHFlux Daily Gridded TOA and Surfaces/Clouds data Version 4C | CERES-FM1, CERES-FM6 | 2021-12-21 to 2025-04-01 | Version4C | ACTIVE | HDF4, netCDF-4 | Albedo, Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Height |
| Forest Aboveground Biomass for the Southwestern U.S. from MISR, 2000-2021 | MISR | 2000-05-15 to 2021-06-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Biomass, Bidirectional Reflectance Factor, Reflectance, Forests |
| GEO-LEO Merged Deep Blue Aerosol 0.25x0.25 degree Gridded L2 | ABI, AHI, MODIS, VIIRS | 2019-05-01 to 2020-05-01 | 1 | ACTIVE | NetCDF-4 | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties |
| GEO-LEO Merged Deep Blue Aerosol Daily 1 x 1 degree Gridded L3 | ABI, AHI, MODIS, VIIRS | 2019-05-01 to 2020-05-01 | 1 | ACTIVE | NetCDF-4 | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties |
SHOWING 10 OF 938
Terra Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIRMS | The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. | Access, Visualization | |
| FLOOD | The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. | Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| LDOPE | Access a range of software tools designed to manipulate, visualize, and analyze MODIS and VIIRS data. | Analysis, Visualization | |
| LP DAAC Data Prep Scripts | Access a collection of R and Python scripts to download data and perform basic data processing functions. | ||
| MISR Browse Tool | The MISR Browse Tool allows easy access to images from the MISR instrument. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| MISR Level 3 Data Browser | The MISR Level 3 Data Browser provides visualizations of select parameters available in the MISR Level 3 global data products. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| MISR Orbit Tool | The MISR Orbit Tool is an interactive interface for converting dates to MISR Orbit number and Orbit numbers to dates. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| Similarity Search | Similarity Search uses machine learning to make it easier for scientists to comb through millions of images and locate sets of similar examples. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| TESViS | The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. | Visualization, Subsetting | |
| Worldview | Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events |
SHOWING 10 OF 10
Frequently Asked Questions
Earthdata Forum
Our online forum provides a space for users to browse thousands of FAQs about research needs, data, and data applications. You can also submit new questions for our experts to answer.
Submit Questions to Earthdata Forumand View Expert Responses