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The AppEEARS QGIS Plugin enables users to browse completed requests from AppEEARS and load cloud-optimized GeoTIFF output files directly into QGIS. appeears_qgis_plugin_thumb.png The AppEEARS QGIS Plugin shown with some example layers added. The AppEEARS Plugin menu is opened on the right showing pr...

Jun 03, 2025 By: LP DAAC As part of a larger effort to migrate data and services hosted on-premises at the NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC), access to all MODIS related datasets (including MODIS Collection 6.1) via LP DAAC Data Pool will be retired on 30 June 2025. The...

May 27, 2025 By: LP DAAC The LP DAAC will be migrating to the new Earthdata website in June 2025. As part of that process, the majority of our content will be discoverable on the LP DAAC page under the Centers menu on the new website. This announcement will focus on how to navigate to the LP DAAC ce...

Jun 02, 2025 By: LP DAAC Since approximately 12:45 AM Central Daylight Time (CDT) Sunday, June 1, 2025, all LP DAAC ingest into the Common Metadata Repository (CMR) for both on-premises and cloud archives has stopped. This affects all new LP DAAC data going into NASA's Earthdata Search . The LP DAAC...

May 29, 2025 By: LP DAAC The LP DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Version 2 Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF)/ Albedo model parameter product suite. Version 2 includes data products from both the Suomi National ...

May 21, 2025 By: LP DAAC The ECOSTRESS At-sensor Calibrated Radiance Daily L1B Global 70 m Version 1 (ECO1BRAD), ECOSTRESS Cloud Mask Daily L2 Global 70 m Version 1 (ECO2CLD), and ECOSTRESS Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Daily L2 Global 70 m Version 1 (ECO2LSTE) data products will no longer...

May 15, 2025 By: LP DAAC The LP DAAC is pleased to announce the release of the Terra Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Version 4 product suite. This suite provides high-resolution multispectral data from the ASTER instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, coverin...

May 13, 2025 By: LP DAAC On November 28, 2024, at 14:20 UTC, one of Terra's power-transmitting shunt units failed. As a result, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument was put into Safe Mode . The Terra Flight Operations Team (FOT) resumed imaging with A...

Apr 18, 2025 By: LP DAAC A disturbance alert from 2023 was discovered in the Observational Products for End-Users from Remote Sensing Analysis (OPERA) Land Surface Disturbance Annual data from the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 product Version 1 ( OPERA_L3_DIST-ANN-HLS_V1 ) for the year 2024. To ensu...

Apr 15, 2025 By: LP DAAC The LP DAAC will be transitioning to the Earthdata website in June 2025. While all the same information will be available, it may be located in different sections of the new site. We encourage users to view the new website and get familiar with the new layout. This announcem...