global studies of how our planet’s lands, oceans, atmosphere and life all interact to define our world’s water cycle, carbon cycle and climate system.
Unique observations of Earth’s vegetation are coming down from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite. Scientists from the University of Arizona and Boston ...
The data from the MODIS instruments on the TERRA and AQUA satellites is received at DFD in Oberpfaffenhofen around six times a day. The satellites fly over Europe on different orbits so that the ...