GCMD Keyword Request for Provider update - LP DAAC
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:59 am America/New_York
Good Morning. LPDAAC would like to request an update to its LPDAAC provider entry. Let me know if you need any other details.
Short Name: LP DAAC
Long Name: Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center
Alternate Label: LPDAAC
Definition:
The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) operates as a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) dedicated to enabling natural resource managers, disaster responders, academia, and industry to investigate, characterize, and monitor land surface processes.
LP DAAC processes, archives, and distributes more than 14 petabytes of land remote sensing data from major missions such as Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS), Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI), Earth surface Mineral dust source InvesTigation (EMIT), and Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2, (HLS).
URL: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/centers/lp-daac
Reference: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/centers/lp-daac
Resource: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/centers/lp-daac
Short Name: LP DAAC
Long Name: Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center
Alternate Label: LPDAAC
Definition:
The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) operates as a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) dedicated to enabling natural resource managers, disaster responders, academia, and industry to investigate, characterize, and monitor land surface processes.
LP DAAC processes, archives, and distributes more than 14 petabytes of land remote sensing data from major missions such as Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS), Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI), Earth surface Mineral dust source InvesTigation (EMIT), and Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2, (HLS).
URL: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/centers/lp-daac
Reference: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/centers/lp-daac
Resource: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/centers/lp-daac
