 ADEOS
TOMS Data and Images Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS)
was the first international space platform dedicated to Earth environmental
research developed and managed by the National Space Development
Agency of Japan (NASDA). The TOMS instrument along with NSCAT (a
NASA Spectrometer designed to study wind speed and direction) were
a major US component of the platform.
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Alexandria
Digital Library
The ADL is a consortium of researchers, developers, and educatiors,
spanning the academic, public, and private sectors, exploring a
variety of problems related to a distributed digital library for
geographically-referenced information. At present, the main items
cataloged are a portion of the holdings of the UCSB's Map and Imagery
Laboratory. There are over 15,000 holdings publicly available and
online for download over the Internet.
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Arizona
Regional Image Archive
is an interdisciplinary resource system for digital image and map
data for the Sonoran desert region, including the US Southwest and
northern Mexico. It also includes internet courseware modules utilizing
the resources of the Center and upgrade of instructional image processing
facilities.
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California
Spatial Information Library "CaSil" is a library of
spatial data products of importance to the State of California.
The site provides a simple interface that is accessible to the largest
possible audience.
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Clearinghouse
The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is tasked to develop
procedures and assist in the implementation of a distributed discovery
mechanism for digital geospatial data. Governmental, non-profit,
and commercial participants worldwide can make their collections
of spatial information searchable and accessible on the Internet
using free reference implementation software developed by the FGDC.
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DigitalGlobe
Digital Globe is building a constellation of high-resolution earth
imaging satellites and a comprehensive geo-information product store
that allows you to quickly access and order a wide variety of imagery
and derivative information products.
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Distributed
Active Archive Centers (DAACs)The DAACs process, archive, and/or
distribute EOS and other NASA Earth Science data, and provide full
support to users of these data. Each data center holds and provides
data pertaining to a particular Earth science discipline.
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Earth
Explorer (USGS) "Query and order satellite images, aerial
photographs, and cartographic products through the U.S. Geological
Survey."
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Earth
Observatory Data and Images (NASA) A comprehensive site providing
data and images, features, news, reference material, and information
on remote sensing missions and experiments.
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Earth
Observing System (EOS) Data Gateway "EOS Data Gateway provides
a central search and order tool for accessing a wide variety of
global Earth science data and information held at 8 different EOSDIS
data centers and a growing number of international data providers.
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Earth
Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center(ERSDAC) The prime objective
of ERSDAC is to promote and accelerate the research and development
of remote sensing technology to be applied to exploration of non-renewable
natural resources. One can view this site in English or Japanese
and order Aster data products or view the Aster Image Collection.
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Earth
Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center
The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center (EDC)
is a data management, systems development, and research field center
for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Mapping Division.
It contains the world's largest archive of earth science data. Through
a series of data portals, individuals can initiate searches and
order a wide variety of geospatial data including aerial photography,
maps, elevation data, satellite images and land cover information.
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Earthshots:
Satellite Images of Environmental Change (USGS) Earthshots is
an ebook of before-and-after Landsat images (1972-present), showing
recent environmental events and introducing remote sensing. Earthshots
comes from the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center, Sioux
Falls S.D., the world's largest archive of earth science data and
the official National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive.
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The
Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Data Center
The ESIP Federation maintains over 2,000 Earth Science datasets
which are available to scientists, educators, policy makers, students,
and the general public. The vast majority of the data is free.
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Gateway
to Astronaut Photography The Gateway to Astronaut Photography
of Earth hosts the best and most complete online collection of astronaut
photographs of the Earth from 1961 through the present. You can start
on the homepage or here
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GIS
Data Depot An "online resource for GIS and Geospatial Data.
The GIS Data Depot houses data in support of the GIS industry. The
majority of the data provided has been downloaded from a wide range
of GIS Web sites located on the Internet..."
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Global
Hydrology Resource Center The Global Hydrology Resource Center
(GHRC) provides both historical and current Earth science data,
information, and products from satellite, airborne, and surface-based
instruments.
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Goddard
Earth Sciences and Data Information Services Center (GES DISC)
also referred to as the Goddard DAAC (GDAAC), is a repository of
Earth science information, especially that relating to NASA's Earth
Science Enterprise.
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Land
Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) The Land
Processes DAAC was established to process, archive, and distribute
land-related data collected by EOS sensors, thereby promoting the
inter-disciplinary study and understanding of the integrated Earth
system. The role of the Land Processes DAAC includes the processing
and distribution of ETM+ data acquired by Landsat 7, higher-level
processing and distribution of ASTER data, and the distribution
of MODIS land products derived from data acquired by the Terra and
Aqua satellites
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NEREIDS
(the Near-Real-Time Image Distribution Server) "NEREIDS
is PO.DAAC's near-real-time image distribution server. This server
provides satellite browse images within 24 hours of capture and
keeps the data in a short-term rolling store." (JPL)
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National
Geophysical Data Center "Providing scientific stewardship,
products and services for geophysical data describing the solid
earth, marine, and solar-terrestrial environment, as well as earth
observations from space." (NOAA)
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National
Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive "Long-term preservation
and access for natural resources management, national hazards, mitigation,
and environmental studies..." (USGS)
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Orbimage
"ORBIMAGE is a leading global provider of Earth imagery products
and services, with a planned constellation of four digital remote
sensing satellites complemented by data from other optical, aerial
and radar sources."
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Physical
Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC)
Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC),
an element of the Earth Observing System Data Information System
(EOSDIS), is responsible for archiving and distributing data relevant
to the physical state of the ocean. Most of the products available
at the PO.DAAC were obtained from satellites and are intended for
use in oceanographic and interdisciplinary scientific research.
However, a limited number of educational products are also available.
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RangeView
provides applications for viewing, animating, and analyzing satellite
imagery in order to monitor vegetation dynamics through time and
across landscapes. RangeView is simple to use and valuable for natural
resource managers, land owners, educators, and researchers.
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SeaWiFS
"All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this website are
for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS
data must be coordinated with ORBIMAGE (link above)."
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U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation System (EROS)
Data Center The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data
Center (EDC) is a data management, systems development, and research
field center for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Mapping
Division. It contains the world's largest archive of earth science
data. Through a series of data portals, individuals can initiate
searches and order a wide variety of geospatial data including aerial
photography, maps, elevation data, satellite images and land cover
information.
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USGS
Node of the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse The USGS
node of the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse is a component
of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). It provides
a pathway to find information about geospatial or spatially referenced
data available from USGS. It encompasses a distributed set of sites
organized on the basis of the USGS's four principal data themes.
The first, Geography, offers the familiar USGS topographic maps
and other geographic products that have long been associated with
USGS. These products typically are of general use across many disciplines
for basemaps and other purposes. As Geographic Information Systems
have come to play an increasingly important role in science, however,
the biology, geology, and water disciplines also have produced important
geographic data sets related to their themes. These thematic products
are best found by discipline.
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USGS
Global Visualization Viewer The USGS Global Visualization Viewer
is a quick and easy online search and order tool for selected satellite
data.
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U.S.
Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS) The U.S. Global
Change Data and Information System (GCDIS) is a great source of
data sets from U.S. government agencies that produce global change
data sets. It is an interagency effort to put everything in one
place. It also includes news and educational resources related to
global change.
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Visible
Earth (NASA) "A searchable directory of images, visualizations,
and animations of the earth."
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