Note! If you are looking for high-resolution imagery try the list of high resolution satellites below, and the list of aerial photography sites.
Satellite Data
- Meta-data search:
- Earth Observation Portal
- CEONet
- GeoGratis
- Climatic data
- GoGeo - UK geospatial data
- Sites with archives:
- Dundee Satellite Receiving Station, Scotland
- NERC Earth Observation Data Centre
- NOAA CLASS (Was Satellite Active Archive).
- NASA GSFC DAAC: SeaWiFS | MODIS | CZCS | Nepster MODIS | DAAC Datapool | MODIS DB/L2 | MODIS Land Rapid Response System
- ESA MIRAVI (MERIS)
- Dundee SeaWiFS data processed by the Marine Environment Unit, Space Applications Institute, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy
- Sites:
- Nighttime city lights seen by DMSP
- Visible Earth
- Earth Observatory
- Earth As Art
- Scientific Visualisation Studio
- Science Photo Library
- Nigel Press Associates Group
- International Weather Satellite Images
- GOES from Global Hydrology and Climate Centre
- all met sat
- AVHRR from DLR, Germany | (ftp) | Strasbourg, France | Czech Repuplic | Germany | Switzerland | Russia | UK
Satellite Information
- NOAA: AVHRR
- NOAA Satellite Services | NOAASIS Information Gateway | Special Bulletin | Morning Report | Weekly Reports | Instrument Status | 1B Notices | NOAA Office of Satellite Operations | NESDIS | WEATHER SATELLITES STATUS REPORT | NOAA Polar Orbiter Data Users Guide | NOAA-K summary | NOAA-K home page | NOAA-KLM User's Guide | Satellite Sensor Calibration Values | Instrument Calibration Values | POES | METOP
- SeaStar/OrbView-2: SeaWiFS
- SeaWiFS | OrbImage | News | SGP | OGP | Mission Operations | SDPS | Authorized Users | SeaDAS (Processing software) | SeaBASS (Bio-optical archive, calibration, validation)
- EOS-AM (Terra) / PM (Aqua): MODIS
- Terra [Launch status] | Weekly update | Status reports | Terra status (spaceflightnow) | EOS-AM home [What's New] | Aqua | Mission Ops | EOS-PM | EOS-PM schedule | EOS DB | EOS-AM DB | EOS-AM DB over DSN | EOS-PM DB | MODIS DB | MODIS instrument status from the Characterization Support Team (was) | Terra data loss | MODIS links | Organigram | MODIS [Hot news] | MODIS papers | MODIS | MODIS programmers | All EOSDIS/ESDIS Documents | SDP Toolkit, HDF-EOS, EOSView | HDF-EOS | GSFC DAAC DB Software | IMAPP | References | Direct readout | Nepster | Access
- Geostationary satellites
- Meteosat | Meteosat dissemination schedule | Meteosat anomalies | GOES | MSG (Meteosat Second Generation) | INSAT
- High resolution satellites
- Google Earth | Flash Earth | French Territories | MSN Virtual Earth | Window on the UK | DigitalGlobe | Ikonos | Landsat | Landsat7 | Terraserver | Microsoft Virtual | Spin-2 | SPOT | AmsterdamSat | ERS | EnviSat
- Launch schedules
- GSFC public affairs (Check Newsroom - Flash!!) | NASA list | Vandenberg list
- Orbits and observations
- View from satellites including weather
- Heavens Above satellite viewing predictions
- Satellite Observations
- Photographing satellites
- Observing satellites (USA, but see its list of links)
- Real-time satellite tracking on maps
- Display of satellite orbits (Requires Unity plugin)
- Display of satellite orbits (Requires Java)
- Geostationary satellite footprints
- Eumetsat
- Eurimage
- Orbital elements
- Keplerian Elements Description
- NASA/GSFC Orbital Data
- Wallops Flight Facility (satellite control)
- The Satellite Imagery FAQ
Aerial Photographs
- AeroFilms | GetMapping | Bluesky | UK Perspective | TerraServer | MultiMap | StreetMap | MemoryMap
Weather
For some weather-related links please see our weather page.
Education
- Remote Sensing National Learning Network
- CEOS Remote Sensing Education
- Principles of Remote Sensing
- EOEdu Observing Our Planet
- Encylopedia of the Atmospheric Environment
- Euromet
- GEsource Geography and Environment Gateway
- Manual of Synoptic Satellite Meteorology; Conceptual Models and Case Studies
- Weather and Satellite Images
- Global Climate Change information guide
- Encyclopedia of Sustainable Development
- Atmosphere, Climate and Environment
- PSIgate Physical Sciences Information Gateway
Research
- Dundee University dept. of Electronic Engineering and Physics (EEP)
- Dundee Centre for Remote Sensing and Environmental Monitoring (CRSEM)
- International Journal of Remote Sensing | also at CatchWord (Dundee only)
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory Remote Sensing Data Analysis Service (PML RSDAS)
- Leicester University Earth Observation Science Group
- Reading University Meteorological Department
- Bristol University Geography Department
- Scottish Snow Cover Project
- UK Snow Information
- Coccolithophore bloom off coast of Devon and Cornwall, July 1999
- Coccolithophores (Emiliania huxleyi)
- Noctilucent Clouds
- Tornado and Storm Research Organisation
- Birmingham University Meteorology and Climatology
Government Departments
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
- UK Meteorological Office
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- CEOS | documents
- National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
- Infoterra (was National Remote Sensing Centre - NRSC)
- British National Space Centre (BNSC) publishers of the Space Index
- British Atmospheric Data Centre
- European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting
- Global Environment Research Office
- Climate Prediction Center
- EOS Project Science Office
Software and Hardware
- Open Source Remote Sensing Effort
- Satellite Software Initiative
- Remote Imaging Group
- NOAA95 receiver
- Rob Alblas receiver
- Build your own model satellite!
Conferences
- NERC Earth Observation Centres of Excellence Workshop, Swansea 31 March - 1 April 2003.
- Direct Broadcast of Earth Observation Data: Fourth International Conference on Direct Broadcast of Earth Observation Data, 27-30 June 2000, University of Dundee, Scotland.
- Earth Observation (EO) & Geo-Spatial (GEO) Web and Internet Workshop, 17-19 April 2000, London, UK. (second site)
- WGISS subgroups | meetings
- Satellite Direct Readout Users Conference for the Americas, Miami, Florida, 9-13 December 2002.
- Australian MODIS Meeting, Canberra, 29-30 August 2002.
- MODIS workshop, Perth, November 2002.
Links
- Virtual Library: Meteorology
- Remote Sensing Virtual Library
- Remote Sensing Resources
- NASA Global Change Master Directory
- Earth Pages
- NASA Thesaurus
- Oceanography
- RawHide's links
- Meteorology, and other Geo-information
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