The mild winter of 2012 has many people asking, “Where’s the snow?” These two snow cover maps show the difference between snow extent on March 3, 2011, and March 5, 2012. The maps were compiled from data collected by the MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite. Read more.
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Terra spacecraft and MODIS instrument report available
The MODIS Characterization and Support Team (MCST) has released its latest Terra Spacecraft and MODIS Instrument Status Report. Read more.
MODIS global land products available in Giovanni
The Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study (MAIRS) project at the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) has integrated five global land products at 5.6km (0.05 Degree) resolution from into the NASA Giovanni system in support of the NASA Land Cover/Land Use Change program. Read more.
Earth’s clouds may be getting lower
An analysis of MISR measurements of cloud height over the past decade show a slight drop in cloud height. Between March 2000 and February 2010, global cloud height dropped by one percent on average. Read more.
NASA’s newest CERES instrument begins collecting data
Terra’s CERES sensor is one in a series of instruments that measure Earth’s energy balance. On January 27, the newest version of the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument on the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) began scanning Earth for the first time, helping to assure continued availability of measurements of the energy leaving the Earth-atmosphere system. Read more.