NASA DAACs
Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) are a collection of centers selected by NASA to process, archive, and distribute Earth Observing System (EOS) and related data in addition to providing support to researchers.
DAACs and their specializations
Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF) DAAC
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data, sea ice, polar processes, geophysics
Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC)
- Radiation budget, clouds, aerosols, tropospheric chemistry
Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS)
- Satellite geodesy
Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center (GHRC) DAAC
- Severe weather interactions, lightning, atmospheric convection
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)
- Global precipitation, solar irradiance, atmospheric composition, atmospheric dynamics, global modeling
Land Processes DAAC (LP DAAC)
- Surface reflectivity, land cover, vegetation indices
Level 1 Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS) DAAC
- Radiance, atmosphere
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC DAAC)
- Snow, ice, cryosphere, climate
Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL DAAC)
- Biogeochemical dynamics, terrestrial ecology, carbon and nitrogen cycle, environmental processes
Ocean Biology DAAC (OB.DAAC)
- Ocean biology, ocean color, ocean biogeochemistry, sea surface temperature
Physical Oceanography DAAC (PO DAAC)
- Sea surface temperature, ocean winds, circulation and currents, topography and gravity
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Data Center (SEDAC)
- Human interactions, land use, environmental sustainability, geospatial data, multilateral environmental agreements