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The 300 most-used datasets.
Ranked by NASA CMR's usage_score (snapshot June 2026) — how often each collection is accessed across NASA's archives. Each has a plain-English name and an illustration of what it shows. Click any one for its full page. (300 of 300 illustrated. The pictures are illustrations of the idea, not real satellite data.)
#1 Raw sharp satellite images (visible and infrared), from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP (375 m detail)
VNP02IMG · land
#2 Raw radar images that see through cloud and dark, from the Sentinel-1A satellite
SENTINEL-1A_SLC · land
#3 How much rain and snow fell worldwide, every 30 min, from the GPM satellite network
GPM_3IMERGHH · atmosphere
#4 How hot the land surface gets each day, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite (~1 km detail)
MOD11A1 · land
#5 How hot the land surface gets each day, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Aqua satellite (~1 km detail)
MYD11A1 · land
#6 Where each image pixel sits on Earth, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP (375 m detail)
VNP03IMG · deformation
#7 Raw nighttime brightness measured at the satellite each day, from VIIRS on Suomi-NPP
VNP46A1 · land
#8 Raw nighttime-light images, from NASA's VIIRS day-night sensor on Suomi-NPP (750 m detail)
VNP02DNB · land
#9 Raw radar images that see through cloud and dark, from the Sentinel-1C satellite
SENTINEL-1C_SLC · deformation
#10 How brightly the ground glows at night (cleaned-up daily), from VIIRS on Suomi-NPP
VNP46A2 · land
#11 Where clouds are blocking the view, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP (~750 m detail)
CLDMSK_L2_VIIRS_SNPP · atmosphere
#12 The true colours of the ground each day, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Terra (250 m detail)
MOD09GQ · land
#13 How hot the land surface gets each day, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Terra (~6 km detail)
MOD11B1 · land
#14 The true colours of the ground each day, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Aqua (250 m detail)
MYD09GQ · land
#15 Raw sharp satellite images, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on NOAA-20 (375 m detail)
VJ102IMG · land
#16 Where each image pixel sits on Earth, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on NOAA-20 (375 m detail)
VJ103IMG · land
#17 Where clouds are blocking the view, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Aqua (~1 km detail)
CLDMSK_L2_MODIS_Aqua · atmosphere
#18 Where clouds are blocking the view, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on NOAA-20 (~750 m detail)
CLDMSK_L2_VIIRS_NOAA20 · atmosphere
#19 How hot the land surface is on a single pass, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Terra (~1 km detail)
MOD11_L2 · land
#20 Raw satellite images at medium detail, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP (750 m detail)
VNP02MOD · land
#21 Quality flags for the daily surface-colour maps, from NASA's MODIS sensors on Terra and Aqua (500 m detail)
MCD43A2 · land
#22 True surface colours with the haze removed, from NASA's MODIS sensors on Terra and Aqua (500 m detail)
MCD19A1 · land
#23 Raw unprocessed satellite feed, near real-time, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Aqua satellite
MYD00F · land
#24 Raw unprocessed satellite feed, near real-time, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Aqua satellite
MYD00F · land
#25 True surface colours each day, haze removed, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Aqua satellite (500 m detail)
MYD09GA · land
#26 True surface colours each day, haze removed, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite (500 m detail)
MOD09GA · land
#27 How hot the land gets, averaged every 8 days, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Aqua satellite (1 km detail)
MYD11A2 · land
#28 Daily weather (temperature, rain, snow) across North America, from NASA's Daymet computer model (1 km detail)
Daymet_Daily_V4R1_2129 · atmosphere
#29 Radar images that see through clouds, with terrain distortion fixed, from Japan's ALOS satellite (PALSAR)
ALOS_PSR_RTC_HIGH · land
#30 How hot the land surface gets by day, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite (daily, 1 km detail)
MOD21A1D · land
#31 Settings to correct surface colours for sun and view angle, from NASA's MODIS (Terra+Aqua, 1 km detail)
MCD19A3D · land
#32 How hazy the air is from dust, smoke and pollution, from NASA's VIIRS sensor (Suomi-NPP, ~6 km detail)
AERDB_L2_VIIRS_SNPP · atmosphere
#33 Where each image pixel sits on Earth, from NASA's VIIRS sensor (Suomi-NPP, 750 m detail)
VNP03MOD · deformation
#34 Raw radar images that see through clouds, from the NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite (beta)
NISAR_L1_RSLC_BETA_V1 · land
#35 True surface colours, cloud-cleaned every 1-2 days, from NASA/USGS Landsat 8 and 9 (30 m detail)
HLSL30 · land
#36 Radar surface texture, terrain-corrected and mapped, from the NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite (beta)
NISAR_L2_GCOV_BETA_V1 · land
#37 Where surface water is, mapped through clouds by radar, from the Sentinel-1 satellites (30 m detail)
OPERA_L3_DSWX-S1_V1 · hydrosphere
#38 True surface colours, cloud-cleaned every 1-2 days, from Europe's Sentinel-2 satellites (30 m detail)
HLSS30 · land
#39 Radar ground images that see through clouds day and night, from the Sentinel-1A satellite
SENTINEL-1A_DP_GRD_HIGH · land
#40 Exact laser-measured height points on Earth's surface, from NASA's ICESat-2 satellite (v7)
ATL03 · land
#41 How much thin, wispy cirrus cloud is overhead, from NASA's VIIRS sensor (Suomi-NPP)
CLDCR_L2_VIIRS_SNPP · land
#42 How hot the land surface gets in daytime, daily, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Aqua (~1 km detail)
MYD21A1D · land
#43 How hazy the air is from dust and smoke over dark land and sea, from VIIRS (Suomi-NPP)
AERDT_L2_VIIRS_SNPP · atmosphere
#44 How hot the land surface gets, averaged over 8 days, from MODIS on Terra (~1 km detail)
MOD11A2 · land
#45 Three-frequency radar images of the land, from NASA's AIRSAR flown on a DC-8 plane
AIRSAR_POL_3FP · land
#46 How hazy the air is from dust and smoke, even over bright land, from VIIRS (NOAA-20)
AERDB_L2_VIIRS_NOAA20 · atmosphere
#47 Where each pixel sits on Earth (for VIIRS images), from VIIRS on Suomi-NPP (~750 m, lite)
VNP03MODLL · land
#48 True surface colours, cleaned of haze, best pick every 8 days, from MODIS on Terra (~500 m detail)
MOD09A1 · land
#49 True surface colours, cleaned of haze, best pick every 8 days, from MODIS on Terra (~250 m detail)
MOD09Q1 · land
#50 How hot the land surface gets each day, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Aqua (~6 km detail)
MYD11B1 · land
#51 Blended infrared and sounder view of the air, from NASA's VIIRS and CrIS on NOAA-20
FSNRAD_L2_VIIRS_CRIS_NOAA20 · land
#52 Radar image snapped to a map grid, from the NISAR satellite radar (beta)
NISAR_L2_GSLC_BETA_V1 · land
#53 Where each night-light pixel sits on Earth, from NASA's VIIRS on Suomi-NPP (~750 m detail)
VNP03DNB · deformation
#54 Night-time land surface temperature each day, from NASA's MODIS on Aqua (~1 km detail)
MYD21A1N · land
#55 Water height of lakes and rivers, measured by laser, from NASA's ICESat-2 satellite
ATL13 · hydrosphere
#56 Ground and tree-canopy height, measured by laser, from NASA's ICESat-2 satellite
ATL08 · land
#57 How much sunlight the ground reflects, from NASA's MODIS on Terra and Aqua (500 m detail)
MCD43A3 · land
#58 Night-time lights, moonlight-corrected and gap-filled, from NASA's VIIRS on NOAA-20
VJ146A2 · land
#59 True surface colours, best-of-week, from NASA's MODIS on Aqua (8-day, 250 m detail)
MYD09Q1 · land
#60 How hazy the air is from dust and smoke over dark land and sea, from VIIRS on NOAA-20
AERDT_L2_VIIRS_NOAA20 · atmosphere
#61 Hourly near-ground weather - temperature, wind, pressure, from NASA's MERRA-2 model
M2T1NXSLV · atmosphere
#62 How hazy the air is over land each day, from NASA's MODIS sensors on Terra and Aqua (~1 km detail)
MCD19A2 · atmosphere
#63 Airborne dust, smoke and haze each hour, from NASA's MERRA-2 model
M2T1NXAER · atmosphere
#64 Correction settings to make surface colours comparable across days, from MODIS on Terra and Aqua
MCD43A1 · land
#65 True surface colours from one satellite pass, from NASA's VIIRS on Suomi-NPP (375-750 m detail)
VNP09 · land
#66 How green and leafy the land is every 16 days, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (250 m detail)
MOD13Q1 · biosphere
#67 Height of the ice-sheet surface measured by laser, from NASA's ICESat-2 satellite
ATL06 · cryosphere
#68 Raw radar images that see through clouds and darkness, from the Sentinel-1B satellite
SENTINEL-1B_SLC · land
#69 Hourly sunlight and heat energy at the surface, from NASA's MERRA-2 model
M2T1NXRAD · atmosphere
#70 True surface colours corrected for viewing angle, from NASA's MODIS (Terra and Aqua, 500 m detail)
MCD43A4 · land
#71 Hourly surface heat, moisture and wind flows, from NASA's MERRA-2 weather record
M2T1NXFLX · atmosphere
#72 The land's true surface colours, best pixel every 8 days, from NASA's MODIS on Aqua (500 m detail)
MYD09A1 · land
#73 Where fires are burning, every 8 days, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Terra (~1 km detail)
MOD14A2 · biosphere
#74 How the ground surface shifts, measured by radar, from the NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite (beta)
NISAR_L2_GUNW_BETA_V1 · land
#75 How wet the soil is at the surface and root depth, from NASA's SMAP satellite (9 km detail)
SPL4SMGP · land
#76 A 3D snapshot of the air by altitude (wind, temperature, moisture), from NASA's MERRA-2 record
M2I3NPASM · atmosphere
#77 Where fires are burning, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on the Suomi-NPP satellite (750 m detail)
VNP14 · land
#78 How wet the top of the soil is each day, from NASA's SMAP satellite (9 km detail)
SPL3SMP_E · land
#79 How much rain and snow fell worldwide each day, from the GPM satellite network
GPM_3IMERGDF · atmosphere
#80 The height of ice-sheet surfaces, measured by laser, from NASA's ICESat-2 satellite
ATL06 · cryosphere
#81 True surface colours each day, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP (~500 m detail)
VNP09GA · land
#82 Where active fires burned each 8 days, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Aqua (~1 km detail)
MYD14A2 · land
#83 Nitrogen-dioxide air pollution overhead, from the TROPOMI sensor on Sentinel-5P (~5.5 km detail)
S5P_L2__NO2____HiR · atmosphere
#84 Active fires spotted in one pass, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Aqua (~1 km detail)
MYD14 · land
#85 How hot the land surface gets, every 8 days, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Aqua (~1 km detail)
MYD21A2 · land
#86 Ultra-detailed surface colours for mapping minerals, from NASA's EMIT on the Space Station (60 m detail)
EMITL2ARFL · land
#87 Ground and tree-top height measured by laser, from NASA's ICESat-2 satellite
ATL08 · land
#88 How green and leafy the land is every 16 days, from NASA's VIIRS on Suomi-NPP (~500 m detail)
VNP13A1 · biosphere
#89 Ground and tree-top height measured by laser, from NASA's GEDI on the Space Station
GEDI02_A · biosphere
#90 How hot the land surface gets, fine detail, from NASA's ECOSTRESS on the Space Station (70 m detail)
ECO_L2T_LSTE · land
#91 How hard it's raining worldwide, quick estimate every 30 min, from the GPM satellite network (~11 km detail)
GPM_3IMERGHHE · atmosphere
#92 How green and leafy the land is, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Aqua satellite (~250 m, every 16 days)
MYD13Q1 · biosphere
#93 True surface colours with haze removed, single pass, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite
MOD09 · land
#94 How hot the land surface gets, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite (~6 km, every 8 days)
MOD11B2 · land
#95 How much rain fell worldwide each day, corrected estimate, from the GPM satellite network (~11 km detail)
GPM_3IMERGDL · atmosphere
#96 Where fires are burning right now, fine detail, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP (~375 m detail)
VNP14IMG · biosphere
#97 How hard it's raining worldwide every 30 min, corrected, from the GPM satellite network (~11 km detail)
GPM_3IMERGHHL · atmosphere
#98 True surface colours, best-of-week, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP (~1 km, every 8 days)
VNP09A1 · land
#99 Hourly near-ground weather (temperature, wind, humidity), from NASA's MERRA-2 weather model
M2I1NXASM · atmosphere
#100 How wet the soil is, sharpened by radar, from NASA's SMAP and Europe's Sentinel-1 satellites (~3 km detail)
SPL2SMAP_S · land
#101 Exact height points on the ground, from NASA's ICESat-2 laser satellite (v6)
ATL03 · land
#102 How much rain and snow fell worldwide each month, from the GPM satellite network
GPM_3IMERGM · atmosphere
#103 How much water plants release into the air, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (8-day, 500 m detail)
MOD16A2GF · atmosphere
#104 How much carbon dioxide is in the air overhead, from NASA's OCO-2 satellite (daily)
OCO2_L2_Lite_FP · atmosphere
#105 Dust and smoke at all heights in the air, from NASA's MERRA-2 weather model (every 3 hrs)
M2I3NVAER · atmosphere
#106 How dense the leaf cover is, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP (8-day, 500 m detail)
VNP15A2H · biosphere
#107 Soil water and energy at the land surface, from NASA's GLDAS land model (every 3 hrs)
GLDAS_NOAH025_3H · atmosphere
#108 How hot the land is at night each day, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Terra (1 km detail)
MOD21A1N · land
#109 How much methane is in the air, from ESA's Sentinel-5P satellite
S5P_L2__CH4____HiR · atmosphere
#110 Soil water and energy at the land surface, from NASA's GLDAS land model (monthly)
GLDAS_NOAH025_M · atmosphere
#111 How hot the land is by day each day, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP (1 km detail)
VNP21A1D · land
#112 How wet the top layer of soil is each day, from NASA's SMAP satellite (~36 km detail)
SPL3SMP · land
#113 How much sulfur dioxide is in the air, from ESA's Sentinel-5P satellite
S5P_L2__SO2____HiR · atmosphere
#114 Where there is snow on the ground each day, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Terra (500 m detail)
MOD10A1 · cryosphere
#115 Temperature, wind and moisture at all heights, from NASA's MERRA-2 weather model (3-hrly)
M2I3NVASM · atmosphere
#116 Radar images that see through clouds and dark, from ESA's Sentinel-1B satellite
SENTINEL-1B_DP_GRD_HIGH · land
#117 Height of lakes and rivers, from NASA's ICESat-2 laser satellite (v6)
ATL13 · hydrosphere
#118 Height of the sea-ice surface, from NASA's ICESat-2 laser satellite (v6)
ATL07 · cryosphere
#119 Total ozone overhead, hourly over North America, from NASA's TEMPO instrument
TEMPO_O3TOT_L2 · atmosphere
#120 How wet surface and root-zone soil is, from NASA's SMAP satellite and model (9 km, 3-hrly)
SPL4SMAU · land
#121 Cloud-top infrared images worldwide, from the GPM merged-satellite network (30 min, 4 km detail)
GPM_MERGIR · atmosphere
#122 How dense the leaf cover is, from NASA's MODIS sensors on Terra and Aqua (4-day, 500 m detail)
MCD15A3H · biosphere
#123 Where fires are burning each day, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Terra (1 km detail)
MOD14A1 · biosphere
#124 How hot the land surface is in a single pass, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Aqua (1 km detail)
MYD11_L2 · land
#125 Dust, smoke and haze in the air, monthly average, from NASA's MERRA-2 weather model
M2TMNXAER · atmosphere
#126 Monthly temperature, wind and moisture near the ground, from NASA's MERRA-2 weather model
M2TMNXSLV · atmosphere
#127 Hourly weather that feeds land models, North America, from NASA's NLDAS dataset
NLDAS_FORA0125_H · atmosphere
#128 How hot the land is at night each day, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP (1 km detail)
VNP21A1N · land
#129 How much formaldehyde is in the air, from ESA's Sentinel-5P satellite
S5P_L2__HCHO___HiR · atmosphere
#130 What covers the land: forest, city, water, from NASA's MODIS on Terra and Aqua (yearly, 500 m detail)
MCD12Q1 · land
#131 How hot the land surface gets, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Aqua satellite (8-day, 6 km detail)
MYD11B2 · land
#132 Temperature, winds and humidity by altitude every 6 hours, from NASA's MERRA-2 model
M2I6NPANA · atmosphere
#133 Extra hourly weather inputs that feed land models, from NASA's NLDAS system (~12 km detail)
NLDAS_FORB0125_H · atmosphere
#134 Sharp terrain-corrected satellite images, from NASA's ASTER camera on the Terra satellite
AST_L1T · land
#135 Rain seen top to bottom by radar, from the GPM satellite's dual-frequency radar (5 km detail)
GPM_2ADPR · atmosphere
#136 Raw calibrated colour images plus pixel locations, from NASA's EMIT on the Space Station (60 m detail)
EMITL1BRAD · heliosphere
#137 Nitrogen dioxide pollution in the air overhead, hourly over North America, from NASA's TEMPO
TEMPO_NO2_L2 · atmosphere
#138 Ozone stacked by altitude, hourly over North America, from NASA's TEMPO instrument (beta)
TEMPO_O3PROF_L2 · atmosphere
#139 Nitrogen dioxide pollution in the air overhead, daily world map, from NASA's OMI on Aura
OMNO2d · atmosphere
#140 Bookkeeping details for raw radar files, from ESA's Sentinel-1A satellite
SENTINEL-1A_META_RAW · land
#141 Daily soil water and groundwater, from NASA's GLDAS land model tuned with GRACE satellite data
GLDAS_CLSM025_DA1_D · atmosphere
#142 Tiny ocean plants (chlorophyll) in surface water, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Aqua satellite
MODISA_L3m_CHL · ocean
#143 Height of the sea-ice surface, measured by laser, from NASA's ICESat-2 satellite
ATL07 · cryosphere
#144 How much rain and snow fell worldwide each day, from the GPM satellite network (early estimate)
GPM_3IMERGDE · atmosphere
#145 How green the vegetation is (NDVI), from NASA's MODIS on the Terra satellite (monthly, 1 km detail)
MOD13A3 · biosphere
#146 Carbon monoxide in the air overhead, from ESA's Sentinel-5P satellite (TROPOMI, ~5.5 km detail)
S5P_L2__CO_____HiR · atmosphere
#147 How much land burned each month, from NASA's MODIS sensors on the Terra and Aqua satellites (500 m detail)
MCD64A1 · biosphere
#148 Ground elevation map of the whole world, from NASA's ASTER sensor on the Terra satellite (~30 m detail)
ASTGTM · land
#149 How ocean water absorbs and scatters light, from NASA's OCI sensor on the PACE satellite
PACE_OCI_L2_AOP · ocean
#150 Ocean colour and water clarity, single pass, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Aqua satellite
MODISA_L2_OC · ocean
#151 Ground elevation map of the world, from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (~30 m detail)
SRTMGL1 · land
#152 How hot the land surface gets, from NASA's ECOSTRESS sensor on the Space Station (70 m detail)
ECO_L2_LSTE · land
#153 How high sea ice floats above the water, by laser, from NASA's ICESat-2 satellite
ATL10 · cryosphere
#154 How tall and thick forest canopy is, by laser, from NASA's GEDI on the Space Station
GEDI02_B · biosphere
#155 Ozone amounts high in the atmosphere, from NASA's MLS sensor on the Aura satellite
ML2O3 · atmosphere
#156 How much of the sea is covered by ice, from microwave sensors on the Nimbus-7 and DMSP satellites
NSIDC-0051 · cryosphere
#157 Hourly soil water, heat and energy over the US, from NASA's NLDAS Noah land model
NLDAS_NOAH0125_H · atmosphere
#158 Which pixels are cloudy vs clear, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on the Suomi-NPP satellite (750 m detail)
CLDMSK_L2_VIIRS_SNPP · atmosphere
#159 Where fires are burning each day, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on the Suomi-NPP satellite (1 km detail)
VNP14A1 · biosphere
#160 Microwave energy Earth gives off, sharpened daily, from sensors on the Aqua and DMSP satellites
NSIDC-0630 · land
#161 Where snow covers the ground over 8 days, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (500 m detail)
MOD10A2 · cryosphere
#162 How wet the topsoil is, from NASA's SMAP satellite (~9 km detail)
SPL2SMP_E · land
#163 Raw ocean-and-land camera images, from NASA's OCI sensor on the PACE satellite
PACE_OCI_L1B_SCI · ocean
#164 How green the land is, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (every 16 days, ~1 km detail)
MOD13A2 · biosphere
#165 Raw microwave glow readings of the surface, from NASA's SMAP satellite
SPL1BTB · land
#166 Depth of shallow coastal water, from NASA's ATLAS laser on ICESat-2
ATL24 · ocean
#167 Hourly land conditions like soil water and temperature, from NASA's MERRA-2 model
M2T1NXLND · atmosphere
#168 Where snow covers the ground daily, cloud-gaps filled, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (500 m detail)
MOD10A1F · cryosphere
#169 How cloudy the sky is and how high clouds sit, from NASA's TEMPO watching North America
TEMPO_CLDO4_L2 · atmosphere
#170 How dense the leaf cover is, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (every 8 days, 500 m detail)
MOD15A2H · biosphere
#171 How dense the leaf cover is, gap-filled, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (8 days, 1 km detail)
MOD15A2GFS · biosphere
#172 How dense the leaf cover is, from NASA's MODIS on Terra and Aqua (8 days, 500 m detail)
MCD15A2H · biosphere
#173 Ground elevation map of the world, from NASA's Shuttle radar mission (~30 m detail)
NASADEM_HGT · land
#174 Where snow covers the ground each day, from NASA's MODIS on Aqua (500 m detail)
MYD10A1 · cryosphere
#175 How green the land is, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (every 16 days, 500 m detail)
MOD13A1 · biosphere
#176 True surface colours of the land, haze-corrected, from NASA's ASTER on Terra
AST_07XT · land
#177 Nitrogen dioxide air pollution, mapped daily, from NASA's OMI on the Aura satellite
OMNO2d · atmosphere
#178 Ocean colour and tiny plant life, from ESA's OLCI sensor on Sentinel-3A
OLCIS3A_L2_EFR_OC · ocean
#179 Ocean colour and tiny plant life, from ESA's OLCI sensor on Sentinel-3B
OLCIS3B_L2_EFR_OC · ocean
#180 Where fires are burning, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on the NOAA-20 satellite (750 m detail)
VJ114 · land
#181 Nitrogen dioxide pollution, near-real-time, from NASA's TEMPO watching North America
TEMPO_NO2_L3_NRT · atmosphere
#182 True surface colours of the land, from NASA's OCI sensor on the PACE satellite
PACE_OCI_L2_SFREFL · land
#183 Ocean colour and tiny plant life, live, from NASA's MODIS on the Aqua satellite
MODISA_L2_OC_NRT · ocean
#184 Ocean colour and tiny plant life, live, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP
VIIRSN_L2_OC_NRT · ocean
#185 How green the land is, gap-filled, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (8 days, 250 m detail)
MOD09Q1G_EVI · land
#186 Carbon dioxide in the air overhead, daily, from NASA's OCO-3 on the Space Station
OCO3_L2_Lite_FP · atmosphere
#187 Total ozone in the air overhead, from ESA's TROPOMI sensor on Sentinel-5P
S5P_L2__O3_TOT_HiR · atmosphere
#188 Monthly surface heat, water and rain flows, from NASA's MERRA-2 climate model
M2TMNXFLX · atmosphere
#189 How hot the land surface gets, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP (750 m detail)
VNP21 · land
#190 How fast plants grow, gap-filled, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (8 days, 500 m detail)
MOD17A2HGF · biosphere
#191 How much water plants and soil release into the air, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (8-day, 500 m detail)
MOD16A2 · atmosphere
#192 Monthly land water and heat for famine warning, from NASA's FLDAS Noah computer model
FLDAS_NOAH01_C_GL_M · atmosphere
#193 Alerts where plants were suddenly lost or damaged, from Landsat and ESA's Sentinel-2 (30 m detail)
OPERA_L3_DIST-ALERT-HLS_V1 · land
#194 How green the land is, from NASA's MODIS on the Aqua satellite (16-day, 1 km detail)
MYD13A2 · biosphere
#195 Daily temperature and rain statistics, from NASA's MERRA-2 weather model
M2SDNXSLV · atmosphere
#196 Ocean colour and tiny plant life, from NASA's MODIS on the Terra satellite
MODIST_L2_OC · ocean
#197 Info files describing airborne radar flights, from NASA's UAVSAR radar on a Gulfstream jet
UAVSAR_POL_META · deformation
#198 How much water plants and soil release into the air, gap-filled, from NASA's MODIS on Aqua (500 m detail)
MYD16A2GF · atmosphere
#199 How green the land is, daily, from ESA's Sentinel-2 satellites (30 m detail)
HLSS30_VI · land
#200 Ocean carbon and tiny plant life, from NASA's OCI sensor on the PACE satellite
PACE_OCI_L2_BGC · ocean
#201 How green the land is, gap-filled and smoothed, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (250 m detail)
MOD09Q1G_NDVI · land
#202 Raw calibrated satellite images, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on NOAA-20 (750 m detail)
VJ102MOD · land
#203 Tiny ocean plants worldwide (chlorophyll), from NASA's OCI sensor on the PACE satellite
PACE_OCI_L3M_CHL · ocean
#204 Raw laser pulse shapes from forests, from NASA's GEDI laser on the Space Station
GEDI01_B · land
#205 True surface colours of the land, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP (8-day, 500 m detail)
VNP09H1 · land
#206 How the ocean reflects sunlight worldwide, from NASA's OCI sensor on the PACE satellite
PACE_OCI_L3M_RRS · ocean
#207 How high sea ice floats above the water, from NASA's ICESat-2 laser satellite (v7)
ATL10 · cryosphere
#208 Formaldehyde in the air overhead, from NASA's TEMPO air-quality sensor (~10 km detail)
TEMPO_HCHO_L2 · atmosphere
#209 Where each pixel sits on Earth for ECOSTRESS, from the sensor on the Space Station (70 m detail)
ECO_L1B_GEO · land
#210 Which pixels are cloudy vs clear, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on NOAA-20 (750 m detail)
CLDMSK_L2_VIIRS_NOAA20 · atmosphere
#211 How wet the soil is, sharpened to 1 km, from NASA's SMAP satellite
NSIDC-0779 · land
#212 Ocean colour and tiny plant life, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on NOAA-20
VIIRSJ1_L2_OC · ocean
#213 True surface colours of the land, from NASA's ASTER sensor on the Terra satellite (15 m detail)
AST_07 · land
#214 How green the land is, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP (16-day, 1 km detail)
VNP13A2 · biosphere
#215 Carbon dioxide in the air overhead, daily, from NASA's OCO-2 satellite
OCO2_L2_Lite_FP · atmosphere
#216 How the ocean reflects sunlight worldwide, from NASA's MODIS on the Aqua satellite
MODISA_L3m_RRS · ocean
#217 How green the land is, daily, from NASA's Landsat 8 and 9 satellites (30 m detail)
HLSL30_VI · land
#218 Hourly fine-particle air pollution (PM2.5), from NASA's MERRA-2 model plus machine learning
MERRA2_CNN_HAQAST_PM25 · atmosphere
#219 How warm the sea surface is worldwide, blended daily from many satellites (~1 km detail)
MUR-JPL-L4-GLOB-v4.1 · ocean
#220 Raw microwave brightness readings, live, from NASA's SMAP satellite
SPL1BTB_NRT · land
#221 True surface colours, viewing-angle corrected, from NASA's VIIRS on Suomi-NPP (500 m detail)
VNP43IA4 · land
#222 Where snow covers the ground each day, from NASA's VIIRS on Suomi-NPP (375 m detail)
VNP10A1 · cryosphere
#223 Ocean colour and tiny sea plants, from NASA's VIIRS on the Suomi-NPP satellite
VIIRSN_L2_OC · ocean
#224 Height of the open-ocean surface, from NASA's ICESat-2 laser satellite (v7)
ATL12 · ocean
#225 Formaldehyde in the air overhead, mapped daily, from NASA's OMI on the Aura satellite
OMHCHOd · atmosphere
#226 Ground elevation map, from NASA's ASTER sensor on the Terra satellite
AST14DEM · land
#227 Ground elevation map of the world, from NASA's Shuttle Radar mission (90 m detail)
SRTMGL3 · land
#228 Where fires are burning each day, from NASA's VIIRS on the NOAA-20 satellite (1 km detail)
VJ114A1 · biosphere
#229 Helper file lining up AIRS and MODIS pixels, from NASA's Aqua satellite
Aqua_AIRS_MODIS1km_IND · atmosphere
#230 Nitrogen dioxide pollution overhead, live, from NASA's TEMPO instrument (~10 km detail)
TEMPO_NO2_L2_NRT · atmosphere
#231 How wet the soil is, near-real-time, from NASA's SMAP satellite (~36 km detail)
SPL2SMP_NRT · land
#232 Which pixels are cloudy vs clear, from NASA's VIIRS on the NOAA-21 satellite (750 m detail)
CLDMSK_L2_VIIRS_NOAA21 · atmosphere
#233 How hazy the air is from dust and smoke, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (10 km detail)
XAERDT_L2_MODIS_Terra · atmosphere
#234 Water vapour high in the atmosphere, from NASA's MLS on the Aura satellite
ML2H2O · atmosphere
#235 How green the land is, gap-filled, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (every 8 days, 500 m detail)
MOD09A1G_EVI · land
#236 Raw microwave readings used to sense rain, from the GPM satellite's GMI sensor (13 km detail)
GPM_1BGMI · atmosphere
#237 How much of the sea is covered by ice, from microwave sensors on Nimbus-7 and DMSP satellites
NSIDC-0079 · cryosphere
#238 How much carbon forests store, from NASA's GEDI laser on the Space Station
GEDI_L4A_AGB_Density_V2_1_2056 · biosphere
#239 Calibrated microwave readings, from the AMSR-2 sensor on Japan's GCOM-W1 satellite (10 km detail)
GPM_1CGCOMW1AMSR2 · atmosphere
#240 How hazy the air is, every 3 hours, from NASA's MERRA-2 weather-model records
M2I3NXGAS · atmosphere
#241 Ocean colour and tiny sea plants, live, from NASA's VIIRS on the NOAA-20 satellite
VIIRSJ1_L2_OC_NRT · ocean
#242 Height of the open-ocean surface, from NASA's ICESat-2 laser satellite (v6)
ATL12 · ocean
#243 Land water and energy estimates, from NASA's GLDAS Noah land model (every 3 hours, 0.25°)
GLDAS_NOAH025_3H · atmosphere
#244 How green the land is, from NASA's MODIS on the Terra satellite (monthly, ~5 km detail)
MOD13C2 · biosphere
#245 Where fires are burning each day, from NASA's MODIS on the Aqua satellite (1 km detail)
MYD14A1 · land
#246 How far the ground shifted sideways, mapped, from the NASA-ISRO NISAR radar satellite (beta)
NISAR_L2_GOFF_BETA_V1 · land
#247 Groundwater and soil wetness from gravity tugs, from NASA's GRACE satellites (weekly)
GRACEDADM_CLSM025GL_7D · atmosphere
#248 Ocean colour and tiny sea plants, live, from NASA's MODIS on the Terra satellite
MODIST_L2_OC_NRT · ocean
#249 Nitrogen dioxide pollution overhead, mapped, from NASA's TEMPO instrument
TEMPO_NO2_L3 · atmosphere
#250 Whether the ground is frozen or thawed each day, from microwave sensors on DMSP satellites
NSIDC-0477 · hydrosphere
#251 Temperature and moisture at each height in the air, from NASA's AIRS sounder on the Aqua satellite
AIRS2RET · atmosphere
#252 How wet the topsoil is, sharpened, from Japan's AMSR2 sensor on the GCOM-W1 satellite
LPRM_AMSR2_DS_SOILM2 · biosphere
#253 How well the ground radiates heat, from NASA's ASTER camera on the Terra satellite (90 m detail)
AST_05 · land
#254 How much rain and snow fell, from the GPM satellite's radar and microwave sensors (~5 km detail)
GPM_2BCMB · atmosphere
#255 How fast plants make food from sunlight, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (every 8 days, 500 m detail)
MOD17A2H · biosphere
#256 Raw near-infrared light readings, from ESA's TROPOMI on the Sentinel-5P satellite (~5.5 km detail)
S5P_L1B_RA_BD5_HiR · atmosphere
#257 Ocean colour and tiny plant life, live, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on the NOAA-21 satellite
VIIRSJ2_L2_OC_NRT · ocean
#258 Where snow lies, gaps under clouds filled in, from NASA's VIIRS on Suomi-NPP (daily, 375 m detail)
VNP10A1F · cryosphere
#259 Air temperature, clouds and surface at each height, from CrIS and ATMS on the NOAA-20 satellite
SNDRJ1IML2CCPRET · atmosphere
#260 Whether the ground is frozen or thawed each day, from NASA's SMAP satellite (9 km detail)
SPL3FTP_E · cryosphere
#261 Faint glow from photosynthesizing plants, from NASA's OCO-2 satellite (daily)
OCO2_L2_Lite_SIF · atmosphere
#262 How much sunlight reaches the ground, from NASA's MODIS sensors on Terra and Aqua (1 km detail)
MCD18A1 · land
#263 Daily air temperature and moisture by height, from NASA's AIRS on the Aqua satellite (1°)
AIRS3STD · atmosphere
#264 Where fires are burning right now, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite (1 km detail)
MOD14 · biosphere
#265 How the ocean reflects sunlight, live, from NASA's OCI sensor on the PACE satellite
PACE_OCI_L2_AOP_NRT · ocean
#266 Sulfur dioxide in the air overhead, mapped daily, from NASA's OMI on the Aura satellite (~25 km detail)
OMSO2e · atmosphere
#267 Methane plumes leaking into the air, from NASA's EMIT spectrometer on the Space Station (60 m detail)
EMITL2BCH4ENH · atmosphere
#268 Ozone at each height in the air, from NASA's TEMPO instrument on the Intelsat 40e satellite (beta)
TEMPO_O3PROF_L3 · atmosphere
#269 How much plants grew over a year, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite (500 m detail)
MOD17A3HGF · biosphere
#270 Monthly sunlight and heat radiation, from NASA's MERRA-2 weather model (~0.5°)
M2TMNXRAD · atmosphere
#271 Raw radar measure of how the ground shifted, from the NASA-ISRO NISAR radar satellite (beta)
NISAR_L1_ROFF_BETA_V1 · land
#272 Detailed 3D elevation map of High Mountain Asia, from WorldView and GeoEye satellite cameras (8 m detail)
HMA_DEM8m_MOS · land
#273 Ocean chemistry and plant life, live, from NASA's OCI sensor on the PACE satellite
PACE_OCI_L2_BGC_NRT · ocean
#274 How hot the land surface gets, from NASA's MODIS sensor on Terra (monthly, 6 km detail)
MOD11B3 · land
#275 How hazy the air is with dust and smoke, from Japan's AHI camera on Himawari-8 (10 km detail)
XAERDT_L2_AHI_H08 · atmosphere
#276 Daily land water and energy balance, from NASA's GLDAS Catchment land model (~25 km detail)
GLDAS_CLSM025_D · atmosphere
#277 Blended camera and sounder images, from VIIRS and CrIS on the Suomi-NPP satellite (750 m detail)
FSNRAD_L2_VIIRS_CRIS_SNPP · land
#278 Air temperature high up in the atmosphere, from NASA's MLS sounder on the Aura satellite
ML2T · atmosphere
#279 Cloud height and how much sky they cover, live, from NASA's TEMPO on the Intelsat 40e satellite
TEMPO_CLDO4_L2_NRT · atmosphere
#280 True surface colour with viewing-angle removed, from NASA's VIIRS on Suomi-NPP (daily, 1 km detail)
VNP43MA4 · land
#281 Yearly map of where plants were lost or damaged, from Landsat and ESA's Sentinel-2
OPERA_L3_DIST-ANN-HLS_V1 · land
#282 Prepped ocean-colour camera images, from NASA's OCI sensor on the PACE satellite
PACE_OCI_L1C_SCI · ocean
#283 How much haze, dust and smoke is in the air each hour, from NASA's MERRA-2 model
M2T1NXADG · atmosphere
#284 How much water plants release, from NASA's ECOSTRESS on the Space Station (70 m detail)
ECO_L3T_JET · land
#285 Radar map of how the ground moved, from the NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite (beta, ~80 m detail)
NISAR_L1_RUNW_BETA_V1 · land
#286 Monthly soil moisture, runoff and land conditions, from NASA's MERRA-2 model
M2TMNXLND · atmosphere
#287 Nitrogen dioxide pollution in the air, from NASA's OMI sensor on the Aura satellite
OMNO2 · atmosphere
#288 How fast plants grow each day, from NASA's MODIS sensors on Terra and Aqua (0.05°)
FluxSatMGPP_L3_Daily_p05deg · land
#289 Total ozone in the air overhead, mapped, from NASA's TEMPO sensor (provisional)
TEMPO_O3TOT_L3 · atmosphere
#290 How much haze, dust and smoke is in the air, from ESA's TROPOMI on Sentinel-5P
S5P_L2__AER_AI_HiR · atmosphere
#291 Land water and energy every 3 hours, from NASA's GLDAS Noah land model (1°)
GLDAS_NOAH10_3H · atmosphere
#292 How brightly the ground glows at night each month, from NASA's VIIRS on Suomi-NPP
VNP46A3 · biosphere
#293 How hazy the air is and what the particles are like, from NASA's OCI on PACE
PACE_OCI_L2_AER_UAA · atmosphere
#294 How hot the land surface gets, from NASA's MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite (1 km detail)
MOD21 · land
#295 How much it rained each day, from the TRMM satellite network (0.25°)
TRMM_3B42_Daily · atmosphere
#296 Settings for building daily surface-colour maps, from NASA's VIIRS on Suomi-NPP (1 km detail)
VNP43MA1 · land
#297 Where fires are burning, from NASA's VIIRS sensor on the NOAA-20 satellite (375 m detail)
VJ114IMG · biosphere
#298 3-D weather through the whole sky every 3 hours, from NASA's MERRA-2 model
M2T3NVASM · atmosphere
#299 How green the land is, gap-filled every 8 days, from NASA's MODIS on Terra (500 m detail)
MOD09A1G_NDVI · land
#300 Daily sea ice cover, drift and snow depth, from the AMSR2 sensor on GCOM-W1 (12.5 km detail)
AU_SI12 · land