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.
NASA’s Terra satellite, launched in 1999, is approaching retirement after over 26 years, continuing to provide long-term Earth observations of land, atmosphere, and oceans.
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 ...