Earthdata

Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
      • ESDS Program
        • Program Components
        • Continuous Evolution
      • ESDIS Project
        • Mission Statement
        • Organization Chart
      • EOSDIS
        • System Components
        • Distributed Active Archive Centers
        • EOSDIS Services
        • Cloud Evolution
        • System Performance and Metrics
        • Data System Interfaces
      • IMPACT
        • Airborne Data Management Group
        • Analysis and Review of CMR
        • Satellite Needs Working Group
      • Competitive Programs
        • ACCESS
        • Citizen Science
        • MEaSUREs
      • Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program
  • Data
      • Find Data
        • Earthdata Search
        • Common Metadata Repository (CMR)
        • GCMD
      • Use Data
        • Data Tools
        • Data Recipes
        • How to Cite Our Data
      • Visualize Data
        • Worldview
        • Worldview Snapshots
        • GIBS
      • Near Real-Time Data
      • FIRMS
        • Active Fire Data
        • Fire Email Alerts
        • Fire Map
  • Collaborate
      • Partnerships
      • Open Data, Services, and Software
        • Open Source Software Policy
        • APIs
        • Earthdata Code Collaborative (ECC)
      • Standards
        • ESDIS Standards Office (ESO)
        • Standards and Requirements
        • Standards Process
        • ESO Reviews
      • Adding New Data to EOSDIS
  • Learn
      • Getting Started
      • Earth Science Disciplines
      • Toolkits
      • Webinars and Tutorials
      • Data Stories
        • Articles
        • Data User Profiles
      • Community Forums
      • User Resources
        • Pathfinders
        • Remote Sensors

Land

  1. Learn
  2. Earth Science Disciplines
  3. Land

EOSDIS Land Data

Land products involve two related Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) disciplines. Land Surface includes geophysical processes and parameters involving the Earth’s land surfaces (e.g., surface temperature, soil moisture, vegetation cover, and land use). The Solid Earth discipline includes data sets related to processes arising in the Earth’s interior (e.g., gravity, geomagnetism, tectonics) which, although originating from below the surface, still can be analyzed from ground, air, or space-based measurements. Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) hold land surface and solid earth data sets, with some products overlapping other disciplines, such as frozen ground also within the Cryosphere discipline and some surface radiative property data sets contained also in the Atmosphere discipline. The primary DAACs specializing in this discipline are the Crustal Dynamics Data and Information System (CDDIS), Land Processes DAAC (LP DAAC) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL DAAC). Several other DAACs also hold land data as they relate to their respective disciplines. Near real-time data for Land applications can be found at Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE).

See more at

CDDIS LP DAAC ORNL DAAC ASDC DAAC ASF DAAC GES DISC GHRC DAAC LAADS NSIDC DAAC OB.DAAC SEDAC


ESA Logo Small

Learn about other Earth science disciplines

FIND LAND DATA

VISUALIZE LAND DATA

Available Measurements

Click on one of the measurements below to explore the data in Earthdata Search:

Land Surface

  • Erosion/Sedimentation
  • Frozen Ground
  • Geomorphic Landforms/Processes
  • Land Temperature
  • Land Use/Land Cover
  • Landscape
  • Soils
  • Surface Radiative Properties
  • Topography

Solid Earth

  • Earth Gases/Liquids
  • Geochemistry
  • Geodetics
  • Geomagnetism
  • Geomorphic Landforms/Processes
  • Gravity/Gravitational Field
  • Rocks/Minerals/Crystals
  • Tectonics

Learn more about Land Data at EOSDIS

Learn more about Land Data at EOSDIS by reading Sensing Our Planet articles that feature research utilizing Earth Observing data from the EOSDIS DAACs and watch NASA Earthdata Webinar videos to learn more about NASA Earth science data sets, services and tools to discover, access and use these data.


Land Data Set Reference Sheet:

Land one pagerASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) Data Set Fact Sheet:

ASTER GDEM one pager

Global Data Explorer (GDEx) Data Tool Fact Sheet:

GDEx one pager

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Data Set Fact Sheet:

SAR one pager

Vertex - SAR Data Portal Fact Sheet:

Vertex one pager

Links
  • YouTube logo
    Webinar: ECOSTRESS: NASA's Next-Generation Mission to Measure Evapotranspiration from the ISS

  • YouTube logo
    Webinar: Exploring Earth’s Land Surface with Suomi NPP NASA VIIRS Land Data

  • YouTube logo
    Webinar: Discover and Access Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD) from the USGS Archive

  • YouTube logo
    Webinar: An Introduction to the AppEEARS Point Sampler

  • YouTube logo
    Webinar: An Introduction to the NASA AppEEARS Area Sampler

  • YouTube logo
    Webinar: An Introduction to Suomi-NPP NASA VIIRS Data Products

  • YouTube logo
    Webinar: Exploring Earth’s Land Surface with Suomi NPP NASA VIIRS Land Data

  • YouTube logo
    Webinar: NASA ORNL DAAC MODIS and VIIRS Data Tools and Services at your Fingertips

  • YouTube logo
    Webinar: Discover and Access Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD) from the USGS Archive

Last Updated: Sep 17, 2019 at 1:41 PM EDT

Resources

  • Dataset Discovery
  • Data In Action
  • Outreach Materials
  • E-Learning (digital resources)

Discover Data & Services

  • Earthdata Search
  • Dataset Directory GCMD
  • Search & Order Tools
  • EOSDIS Data Service Directory

@NASAEarthdata

Loading Tweets by NASAEarthdata...

We're sorry. Our Twitter feed cannot load right now.

In the meantime, visit us below!

@NASAEarthdata

ABOUT

  • ESDS Program
    • EGIST
    • IMPACT
    • Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program
    • Competitive Programs
      • ACCESS
      • Citizen Science
      • MEaSUREs
  • ESDIS Project
  • EOSDIS
    • DAACs
    • Cloud Evolution
  • Earth Science Projects Division

DATA

  • Earth Observation Data
  • Find Data
    • Earthdata Search
    • CMR
    • GCMD
  • Visualize Data
    • GIBS
    • Worldview
    • Worldview Snapshots
  • Use Data
    • Data Recipes
    • Data Tools
    • Data Citations/Acknowledgments
  • Near Real-Time Data
    • Active Fire Data
    • FIRMS

COLLABORATE

  • Developer/API access
  • Earthdata Code Collaborative
  • Open Data, Services, and Software
  • Standards and Requirements
  • Partnerships and Affiliations

LEARN

  • Getting Started
  • Earthdata Tour
  • Webinars and Tutorials
  • Articles
  • Data User Profiles
  • Data Toolkits
  • Data Pathfinders
  • Remote Sensors
  • Earth Science Disciplines
  • GIS

USER RESOURCES

  • Acronyms
  • Glossary
  • Earthdata Documents
  • Masthead Images
  • RSS Feeds

SUPPORT

  • Contact Us
  • Earthdata Login
    • Register
    • Reset Password
  • Community Forums
  • FAQ
  • COMET
  • ESDIS Project Library
  • Internal Account Request

NASA Links

  • NASA Official: Stephen Berrick
  • Web Privacy Policy
  • Data and Information Policy
  • Communications Policy
  • Freedom of Information Act
  • USA.gov
  • Sitemap