The EOSDIS gathers and processes data from NASA's Earth Science Division, which is part of the Science Mission Directorate. Information about the Earth is stored in interconnected data centers, each of which specializes in a different discipline. Currently there are several DAACs around the country that are responsible for processing, archiving, and distributing EOS and other related data to a wide user base.
The DAACs are also members of the
Federation of Earth Science Information
Partners (ESIPs), which brings together government agencies, universities, nonprofit
organizations, and businesses in an effort to make Earth Science information
available to a broad community.
Map and Listing of DAACS
- Alaska SAR Facility (ASF)
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Polar Processes, SAR Products - Land Processes DAAC (LP DAAC)
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Land Processes - Global Hydrology Research Center GHRC
Huntsville, Alabama
Hydrology - Goddard Space Flight Center (GES DAAC)
Greenbelt, Maryland
Upper Atmosphere, Global Biosphere, Atmospheric Dynamics, Geophysics - Physical Oceanography DAAC (PO DAAC)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Phycial Oceanography - Langley Research Center (LaRC DAAC)
Hampton, Virginia
Radiation Budget, Tropospheric Chemistry, Clouds, Aerosols - National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC DAAC)
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Snow and Ice, Cryosphere and Climate - Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL DAAC)
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Biogeochemical Dynamics - Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
The Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Columbia University, Palisades, New York
Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
Other Data Centers and Associated Projects