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GIS Data

Land Surface Temperature Anomaly (June 1 - June 30, 2011) image by Jesse Allen, NASA’s Earth Observatory using data courtesy of the MODIS Land Group.

Global Datasets from NASA’s Earth Observatory

August 7, 2011By Caitlin DempseyGIS Data

Global datasets covering observations about the ocean, land, atmosphere, energy, and life are available for exploring and downloading as KMZ or GeoTiff files. The data is processed from MODIS (or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) which is on the Terra (EOS AM)and Aqua (EOS PM) satellites. The two satellites combined view the entire surface of […]

U.S. Heatwave Map

July 23, 2011By Caitlin DempseyMaps and Cartography

NOAA’s Environmental Visualization Lab has created an animation showing progression of the heat dome covering major parts of the United States. You can watch the animation below. The map animations shows the daily predicted highs based on NOAA’s high resolution North American Model (NAM) and covers the period from July 13-21, […]