Delivery of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite data products will cease on November 1, 2026. Data users should transition now to alternative products from NOAA-21 and NOAA-20. Suomi NPP data announcement

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Location of NASA ICESat-2 (ATL13) data (Inland Water Product) from April 25, 2023 over Lake Powell, Utah, United States, viewed in OpenAltimetry.

Laser Altimetry Applications for a Changing World: Explore ICESat-2 Data

This is the first in a five-part webinar series to introduce NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation-2 (ICESat-2) platform and the platform's data, tools, and applications.

Webinar

Oct. 28, 2024

Advancing Ecological Insights with NASA Subsetting and Visualization Tools and Services for Site-based Research

Join us to learn more about datasets and tools that enable the harmonization of remote sensing and in situ ecological data products for site-based research.

Webinar

Aug. 22, 2024

This a square image of a portion of Eastern Texas. The image was taken by the TEMPO spacecraft and shows nitrogen dioxide gas levels across the region. A majority of the image is colored blue indicating lower levels of gas. The upper left corner of the image shows the city of Dallas colored in orange, red, and black indicating increasingly higher levels of gas. In the lower middle of the image is Houston, again colored in orange, red, and black indicating increasingly higher levels of gas.

NASA Identifies Activities to Address U.S. Satellite Observation Needs

Assessment of the 2022 Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG) survey identified six science activities to address U.S. Federal civilian agency satellite needs.

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July 18, 2024

False-color corrected reflectance image of a volcano eruption at Sundhnúkur Crater Row on 5 June 2024 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite

Sundhnúkur Crater Row Volcano Eruption, Iceland

Image captured on June 5, 2024, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.

Worldview Image of the Week

June 6, 2024

This image from the first light release of data from the TEMPO mission shows areas air pollution over the New York City and Washington, DC.

TEMPO Mission Releases Beta Level 1, 2, and 3 Version 03 Data Products

The beta release of Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) mission data products lets users begin developing applications using these data.

News

May 30, 2024

image of ocean color data layer in NASA Worldview

Worldview Adds 15 New Data Layers

New ocean color, nighttime lights, corrected reflectance, and other layers have been added to Worldview's extensive catalog of satellite imagery.

News

May 14, 2024

Black Marble Blue/Yellow Composite nighttime image of an aurora borealis over Iceland and thermal anomaly from the Sundhnúkur Volcano on 16 April 2024 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite

Sundhnúkur Volcanic Activity and Aurora Borealis Over Iceland

Image captured on Apr 16, 2024, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.

Worldview Image of the Week

April 18, 2024

A graphic showing the locations of GNSS stations in North America, Central America, a portion of South America, Greenland, western Eurpoe, and western Africa.

No Longer Just an Experiment: 30 Years of the IGS

The International Global Navigation Satellite Systems Service (IGS), a voluntary federation of more than 200 self-funding entities, celebrates three decades of providing high-quality data.

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Feb. 29, 2024

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