National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center

MODIS Land Related Links

Essential Climate Variables related to MODIS

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Land Cover
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Data Centers, Discovery and Access

Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive & Distribution System (LAADS DAAC)

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data & Information Services Center (GES DISC)

Land Processes DAAC (LP DAAC)

Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC)

Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) DAAC for Biogeochemical Dynamics

National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

NASA Earth Observation Data

Projects/Networks

Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)

North American Carbon Program (NACP)

Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET)

Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN)

International Earth Observation

Group on Earth Observations (GEO)

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)

Land Product Validation (LPV) Subgroup

Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD)

Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI)

International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP)

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