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This image is a south view from the Skukuza FLUXNET tower in South Africa's Kruger National Park.

From the Ground Up

Science teams collaborate to validate MODIS land cover data, thereby improving data quality and increasing data accessibility.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
These photographs show the Sonoran Desert in different stages: normal vegetation (upper left), burning desert (upper right), and a landscape with burned areas in the foreground and unburned desert behind.

Flame & Flood

ASTER data help evaluate fire scars by using VNIR to find differences in vegetation.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
The JERS-1 SAR image above shows the Bajawa Breccia Cone Complex in Eastern Indonesia from February 3, 1996.

Fish in the Trees

Synthetic Aperture Radar aboard the JERS-1 satellite collects data from the world's tropical forests.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
MODIS imagery in use as the basis for calculating fire emissions of carbon dioxide.

Fiery Temperament

Publication from NASA ESDIS describing research uses of data from EOSDIS - land systems can change from something desirable to something undesirable.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
This maize in Zimbabwe appears to be thriving in its early stages, but its grain yield will depend on proper timing of rains.

Distant Fields of Grain

Remote estimates of crop yields help international aid agencies decide how to act.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
The image above shows how researchers selected global eight-kilometer AVHRR Pathfinder data from the Goddard Space Flight Center DAAC to perform their studies on carbon storage and plant growth.

Carbon Conundrum

An increase in global temperatures affects the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
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