Earth Observatory
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/datasets.html

Earth Observatory, NASA

This Earth Observatory site contains data and images from NASA's Earth Observatory project. The purpose of NASA's Earth Observatory is to provide an accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change. The site is useful to public media and educators. Data and images can be obtained for a variety of subjects, the Earth's atmosphere, land, life on earth, oceans and heat and energy. Users can enter data on a variety of topics and produce animations depicting the data entered. The site also contains a helpful section explaining how to build animations and globe animations.

Part of the Starting Point collection. The Starting Point collection includes resources addressing the needs of faculty and graduate students designing, developing, and delivering entry-level undergraduate courses in geoscience.

This resource is referenced here:

• Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with Data: Where to Find
• Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with Data: Why Use
• Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with Data: How To Use
• Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with Data:Examples: Modern CO2
• Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach:Earth System Science in a Nutshell: Air
• Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with Visualizations: Data Visualization Links
• Earth Exploration Toolbook:Carbon: Part 2—Build Your Own Animations
• Earth Exploration Toolbook:Carbon: Teaching Notes
• Cutting Edge:Visualization:Visualization Collections: Wildfire Visualizations

Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Geoscience:Geology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography:Biological, Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Biology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climatology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations, Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools
Special Interest: Visualization
Data Source: Real-Time Data, Synthetic/Model Data, Observational Data
Data Derived: Data Derived
Science Background Required: Broadly accessible
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Ocean Environments: Surface Waters
Topics: Ocean:Physical Oceanography, Biological Oceanography , Ocean, Hydrosphere/Cryosphere, Climate, Solid Earth, Biosphere, AtmosphereKeywords: wildfire, forest fire, satellite imagery, visualization, atmosphere, climate, land use, land cover, vegetation