EOSDIS
NASA technology
The Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) provides broad access to a comprehensive set of earth science data and information collected from terrestrial and space-based assets. EOSDIS provides User Support, Data Archive, Management and Distribution, Information Management, and Product Generation for casual users and research scientists from the United States and international communities. EOSDIS is a core function delivered by NASA's Earth Science Data Systems Program and is executed by the NASA Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project.
Overview
EOSDIS ingests, processes, archives, and distributes data from a large number of Earth-observing satellites and provides end-to-end capabilities for managing NASA's Earth science data from various sources – satellites, aircraft, field measurements, and various other programs. For the Earth Observing System (EOS) satellite missions, EOSDIS provides capabilities for command and control, scheduling, data capture and initial (Level 0) processing.
EOSDIS Mission Operations are managed by the NASA Earth Science Mission Operations (ESMO) project. NASA network capabilities transport the data to the science operations facilities. EOSDIS comprises processing facilities and Distributed Active Archive Centers across the United States. These processing facilities and DAACs serve hundreds of thousands of users worldwide, providing hundreds of millions of data files each year covering many Earth science disciplines.
The remaining capabilities of EOSDIS constitute the EOSDIS Science Operations, which are managed by the Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project.
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