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Cloud cover is going to limit your options (as it does for many aspects of satellite remote sensing). There are satellites that acquire radar data (synthetic aperture radar, SAR) that can see through clouds, but I'm not sure they would show anything that you need to see, and you may have to pay for ...

Hello, What spatial resolution are you seeking? The highest resolution from NASA satellites is from Landsat, which is 15 meters, but Landsat does not provide full global coverage daily, it is commanded and scheduled for observations. You may be able to get a view with 250 meter resolution MODIS band...

Hello, We apologize for the slow response to your question. Our response was delayed because none of the NASA DAACs archives soil carbon data. However, the NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) does have some soil carbon datasets. Go to the following page and search with the word "soil" in t...

Hello, Here are a couple of articles that may help your data search and analysis. https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2891/a-drier-future-sets-the-stage-for-more-wildfires/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/09/climate-change-increases-risk-fires-western-us/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/explai...

I suggest using the Giovanni system, https://giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov/ . Search for "surface temperature". There are several data products available, both from satellite instrument observations and reanalysis models. Then you can create an area-averaged time series for your time period of in...

Kancha, I would suggest starting with the MERRA-2 and AIRS data sets from the GES DISC. MERRA-2 has numerous meteorological variables, and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) provides temperature and humidity data which can also be examined as vertical profiles. Below is a search URL for Dew Poi...

Leon, I have not received a reply on your question. However, I did find an article you may find of interest that utilized Giovanni. The reference is below. Wang, Q., Liu, H., Wang, P., Dai, W., Zhang, T., Zhao, Y., Tian, J., Zhang, W., Han, Y. and Cao, J. (2020) Optical source apportionment and radi...

Dear Mingcheng,

Errors of this type can be better handled with an email message (containing the same content) to the GES DISC Help Desk. The contact information is on this Web page:

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Here is the answer from our MERRA-2 data curator. "M2TUNXLND is monthly mean diurnal , i.e., the average is done for each hour of a month. If you are interested in the monthly mean data, you should have data for M2TMNXLND. For the variable EVLAND, the unit is: kg m-2 s -1 Read more by searching...

Here is the answer regarding the MLS data from our scientific staff. This is current as of 1-6-2021, as the data gaps listed will be filled as the reprocessing continues. "The v5 MLS was first released on June 11, 2020. Because it takes a long time to reprocess the full data record, the MLS tea...