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This map depicts the level of evapotranspiration across the continental United States.

Kicking off Development of New Earth Observation Solutions

The Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG) works to identify and address the Earth observation needs of civilian federal agencies. SNWG is launching its latest biennial survey to identify needs, while also reporting progress on previous solutions.

Feature Article

April 27, 2026

illustration of satellite orbiting earth

Data Products from Satellogic and Vantor Added to CSDA's Satellite Data Explorer

The products include 3D elevation models, 30-cm black/white and color imagery, and 99-cm orthorectified, multispectral archived and tasked data.

News

Jan. 28, 2026

NASA's OPERA Project Releases Troposphere Zenith Radar Delays Dataset

This mission-agnostic dataset allows scientists to enhance airborne and spaceborne radar measurements by reducing the atmospheric noise that can obscure ground motion signals.

News

Sept. 19, 2025

Now That NISAR Launched, Here's What You Can Expect From the Data

The NISAR mission kicks off a new era in Earth observation, with two powerful radars tracking planetary change in unprecedented detail.

News

Aug. 4, 2025

ICESat-2 30-meter gridded canopy height map across the contiguous US based upon ICESat-2 canopy heights and ancillary Landsat, LANDFIRE and topographic variables for 2020.

Laser Altimetry Applications for a Changing World: Working with ICESat-2 Land and Vegetation Height Data

In the second ICESat-2 webinar, learn how to work with land and vegetation height data. A live demonstration will showcase the SlideRule Earth web service which provides on-demand science data processing.

Webinar

Jan. 31, 2025

A segment of an image of ASTER registered radiance data over Guatemala on January 8, 2018

NASA Begins Final ASTER Data Processing Campaign

The final processing of Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data will make its archive more accessible to users.

Feature Article

Jan. 21, 2025

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

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.

News

July 18, 2024

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