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Surface Temperature
Surface air temperature has profound and widespread impacts on both natural systems and on human lives and activities. It affects health, agriculture, energy demand and much... -
Permafrost
The properties of frozen ground react sensitively to climate and environmental changes in high-latitude and high-altitude regions. This includes the temperature distribution in... -
Ice Sheets and Ice Shelves
The understanding of the timescale of ice sheet response to climate change has changed dramatically over the last decade. Rapid changes in ice-sheet mass have surely contributed... -
Above-Ground Biomass (Land - Biosphere)
Vegetation biomass is a crucial ecological variable for understanding the evolution and potential future changes of the climate system. Photosynthesis withdraws CO2 from the... -
Plankton
Plankton are at the base of the marine food web and generally not fished by humans. Changes in the plankton will have impacts on the rest of the marine ecosystem including on... -
Earth Radiation Budget
The Earth Radiation Budget (at the top of the atmosphere) describes the overall balance between the incoming energy from the sun and the outgoing thermal (longwave) and... -
Lightning
Lightning is one of the most dramatic weather phenomena, causing many fatalities as well as substantial loss and damage for example by forest fires, damage to electrical... -
Snow
Snow refers to forms of ice crystals that precipitate from the atmosphere (usually from clouds) and undergo changes on the Earth's surface. Snow cover on the ground plays a... -
Ozone
Ozone (O3) is a naturally occurring trace gas in the stratosphere that inhibits harmful UV radiation from reaching Earth’s surface. Ozone in the troposphere is a pollutant,... -
Surface Precipitation
ECV Precipitation, either liquid or solid, is the most important climate variable directly affecting humans. -
Precursors for Aerosols and Ozone
Precursor species lead to the production of aerosols and ozone. Precursors include nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and formaldehyde (HCHO).... -
River Discharge
River-discharge measurements have essential direct applications for water management and related services, including flood protection. They are needed in the longer term to help... -
Glaciers
Glacier changes provide independent and reliable evidence of climate change. Past, current and future glacier changes impact global sea level, the regional water cycle, and may... -
Sea Ice
Sea ice variability is a key indicator of climate variability and change in the polar regions. The primary parameters that define the state of sea ice include: concentration,... -
Surface Radiation Budget
The Surface Radiation Budget is a fundamental component of the surface energy budget that is crucial to nearly all aspects of climate, and needs to be monitored systematically. -
NASA GIBS Atmosphere Surface Precipitation Products
The Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) system is a core EOSDIS component which provides a scalable, responsive, highly available, and community standards based set of imagery... -
GIS for Disaster Prevention, Management and Recovery
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can help in solving some of the biggest challenges when it come to disasters by: Preventing disasters from occurring Mitigating impacts from... -
Global Agriculture and Disaster Assessment System (GADAS)
The International Production Assessment Division (IPAD) is part of the Office of Global Analysis (OGA) within the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), an agency within the US... -
Global Visualization Viewer (GloVis
GloVis The USGS Global Visualization Viewer (GloVis) is an online search and order tool for selected satellite data. Through a graphic map display, the user can select any area... -
Landsat Collection 1 Surface Reflectance
Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) Landsat 8 OLI Collection 1 Surface Reflectance are generated using the Land Surface Reflectance Code (LaSRC) (version 1.4.1), which makes...