Earth Data Extraction, Exploration and Visualization Using the AppEARS Platform

An overview of the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS). The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) operates as a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and is a component of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). The LP DAAC processes, archives, and distributes land data products to hundreds of thousands of users in the earth science community. LP DAAC land data products are made universally accessible and support the ongoing monitoring of Earth’s land dynamics and environmental systems to facilitate interdisciplinary research, education, and decision-making.

The LP DAAC has developed the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρEEARS) tool, which is a data subsetter that provides data access and data value exploration for a variety of data from federal archives. AppEEARS offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. By enabling users to subset data spatially, temporally, and by layer, the volume of data downloaded for analysis is greatly reduced.

Presenters:
Thomas K. Maiersperger
Project Scientist, Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Earth Resources Observation & Science (EROS) Center

Chris Torbert
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) Manager (acting)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center