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Published notices (newest first)

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DateDatasetProviderLevelProvider notice (original)
2026-11-02CryoSat-2ESAInfoUpdate of Dynamic Sea Ice Concentration auxiliary data source in CryoSat Level-2 Ice products ↗
2026-10-30CS3SMOSAWIInfoCS3SMOS near real-time sea ice thickness processing starts for the Arctic 2026/27 winter season (7-day delay) ↗
2026-10-30
VIIRS — 9 datasetsVIIRS LAI/FPAR (VNP15)
VIIRS NDVI/EVI (VNP13)
VIIRS LST (VNP21)
VIIRS BRDF/Albedo (VNP43)
VIIRS Snow (VNP10)
VIIRS Burned Area (VNP64A1)
VIIRS Cloud (CLDPROP·CLDMSK)
VIIRS Aerosol (AERDB·AERDT)
VIIRS Ocean (color and SST)
NASA EarthdataWarningVIIRS Processing Delay ↗
2026-10-30
VIIRS — 9 datasetsVIIRS LAI/FPAR (VNP15)
VIIRS NDVI/EVI (VNP13)
VIIRS LST (VNP21)
VIIRS BRDF/Albedo (VNP43)
VIIRS Snow (VNP10)
VIIRS Burned Area (VNP64A1)
VIIRS Cloud (CLDPROP·CLDMSK)
VIIRS Aerosol (AERDB·AERDT)
VIIRS Ocean (color and SST)
NOAA NESDISWarningUpdate #3: Cessation of S-NPP data to users on November 02, 2026 1540 UTC and decommissioning ↗
2026-10-29CS3SMOSCopernicus MarineWarning[ICE-817] SEAICE_GLO_PHY_L4_NRT - delayed north production start ↗
2026-10-29ICESat-2NSIDCWarningUser Notice: ATL07 and ATL10 "Quick Look" data outage (since 22 October 2026) ↗
2026-10-28GSMaPJAXAInfoSystem Maintenance — processing of GPM images and products will be delayed (Nov. 4, 2026, 01:30–06:30 UTC) ↗
2026-10-26TROPOMICopernicus C3SWarningDiscontinuation of S-NPP VIIRS data availability — Sentinel-5P TROPOMI L2_NP* products no longer generated after 2 November 2026 13:00 UTC ↗
2026-10-23
CERES — 2 datasetsCERES EBAF Ed4.2.1
CERES SYN1deg
NASA LaRCInfoThe CERES website will be unavailable 3:00 PM, Friday, 10/23/2026 to 5:00 PM, Monday, 10/26/2026 due to maintenance ↗
2026-10-23OSI SAF (sea ice concentration)EUMETSAT OSI SAFWarningMissing AMSR3 products (update, Service Message ↗
2026-10-23Sea Ice IndexNSIDCWarningAMSR2 data currently unavailable due to the data provider's system maintenance — sea ice data processing affected ↗
2026-10-23SMAP (L3·L4)NSIDCInfoData set updates: SMAP Level-4 — new minor version for data beginning 1 August 2023 (Science Version IDs Vv8012, Vv8013) ↗
2026-10-22
ERA5 and 1 moreERA5
ERA5-Land
ECMWFWarningData Stores Service protection measures affecting data downloads and account access (CDS/ADS/EWDS/ECDS) ↗
2026-10-22GOSAT (GOSAT-2·GOSAT-GW)NIESWarningGOSAT-GW TANSO-3 Product Archive (G3PA) service suspended for system maintenance (06:00 UTC 22 October – 08:00 UTC 29 October 2026) ↗
2026-10-21
MERRA-2 and 3 moreMERRA-2
GPCP V3.3
GPM IMERG V07
OCO-2
NASAWarningIngest & Archive Migration to interrupt GES DISC data ingestion (Oct. 28-30) ↗
2026-10-21TROPOMICopernicus C3SInfoCopernicus Sentinel-5P OFFL HCHO and SO2 v2.8.0 products reprocessed — now available on CDSE (22 November–2 December 2025, orbits 42023–42173) ↗
2026-10-20OSI SAF (sea ice concentration)EUMETSAT OSI SAFWarningMissing AMSR3 products (19 to 23 October 2026, Service Message ↗
2026-10-20ESA CCI Soil MoistureECMWFWarningDelayed update of Soil moisture gridded data following issue identification — use corrected version v202505.2 ↗
2026-10-16VIIRS Snow (VNP10)NSIDCWarningGaps in Level 0 VIIRS data between October 12 and 13 delay downstream processing ↗
2026-10-16ASI AMSR2 (Univ. Bremen)JAXAWarningDelay in the provision of GCOM-W products due to system maintenance (2026-10-20 00:30 to 10-21 09:00 UTC) ↗
2026-10-15JRA-55DIASInfoJRA-55 republished on DIAS (15 October 2026) ↗
2026-10-15SMAP (L3·L4)NSIDCInfoUser notice: SMAP data reprocessing complete (14 May to 28 July 2026) ↗
2026-10-15GSMaPJAXAInfoNotice of Temporary Suspension of Web/SFTP Services (2026-10-19 05:00 to 10-21 01:30 UTC) ↗
2026-10-14GPCP V3.3ECMWFInfoGPCP v3.3 on the Copernicus CDS extended to 2025 — six-monthly updates from now on ↗
2026-10-14GOSAT (GOSAT-2·GOSAT-GW)NIESInfoAnnouncement of Service Downtime (November 2, 2026) — GOSAT-GW TANSO-3 Product Archive (G3PA), 01:00–05:30 UTC ↗
2026-10-13TROPOMICopernicus C3SWarningProcessor upgrade on 2026-11-10 — L1B 3.1.0, NL-L2 3.0.0, UPAS 3.0.1 ↗
2026-10-13GOSAT (GOSAT-2·GOSAT-GW)NIESWarningGOSAT-GW TANSO-3 Band 3 maintenance — new L1B paused from 2026-10-19, resuming around February 2027 ↗
2026-10-12APHRODITEDIASWarningAphroTemp (temperature V1204R1) currently unavailable for download from DIAS ↗
2026-10-11CS3SMOSCopernicus MarineInfoAntarctic 2026 winter data updating on Copernicus Marine — 2026/27 Arctic season not yet announced ↗
2026-10-09GSMaPJAXAWarningPlan for the GSMaP product version up (V06) — release on G-Portal on 2026-10-19 (NetCDF4) ↗
2026-10-07TROPOMICopernicus C3SInfoOrbit control manoeuvre — possible data degradation on 7 October 2026 ↗
2026-10-07GOCI-II (GEO-KOMPSAT-2B)KHOA NOSCInfoGEO-KOMPSAT-2B observation schedule change (6 October) ↗
2026-10-06VIIRS Snow (VNP10)NSIDCCriticalSuomi NPP VIIRS data delivery ends on 2 November 2026 — no new VNP10 data ↗
2026-10-06VIIRS Cloud (CLDPROP·CLDMSK)NASACriticalSuomi NPP data delivery ends 2 November 2026 — switch from the SNPP versions of CLDPROP and CLDMSK to NOAA-20 ↗
2026-10-06VIIRS Aerosol (AERDB·AERDT)NASACriticalSuomi NPP data delivery ends 2 November 2026 — switch from the SNPP versions of AERDB and AERDT to NOAA-20 and NOAA-21 ↗
2026-10-05ERA5-LandECMWFInfoUpcoming CDS Terms of use change (effective 2026-10-28) ↗
2026-10-05ESA CCI / C3S Land CoverECMWFInfoCDS terms of use change (effective 2026-10-28) ↗
2026-10-02
GPCP V3.3 and 3 moreGPCP V3.3
OISST v2.1
ERSST v5
WOA23
NOAA NCEIWarningNCEI Data Access Delays (cloud migration, planned through 2026-11-30) ↗
2026-10-02ERSST v6NOAA NCEIWarningNCEI Data Access Delays — cloud migration (through 2026-11-30) ↗
2026-10-02
CMORPH CDR and 1 moreCMORPH CDR
PERSIANN-CDR
NOAA NCEIInfoData Access Delays — NCEI cloud migration (through 2026-11-30) ↗
2026-10-01RSS SSM/I·SSMISRSSInfoFollow-on microwave data released — RSS MWI (WSF-M1) V6.1 ↗
2026-10 (day not given)Polar PathfinderNSIDCWarningVersion 4.2: 2025 data added — AMSR2 TBs replace SSMIS TBs and ERA5 replaces NCEP/NCAR winds ↗
2026-10 (day not given)SWOT KaRIn (L2 LR SSH · L3)AVISOInfoAVISO SWOT L3 LR Wind Wave v3.0 released (Light and Extended) ↗
2026-09-30GPM IMERG V07NASA GES DISCWarningAccess to GES DISC legacy data servers (gpm1 and others) to end — move to Earthdata Cloud ↗
2026-09-29GOSAT (GOSAT-2·GOSAT-GW)JAXAInfoGOSAT-2 FTS-2 observations suspended (2026-09-22 to 09-27) ↗
2026-09-21neXtSIMCopernicus MarineInfoDaily and monthly data extended to May 2026 ↗
2026-09-21GLEAM4GLEAMInfoGLEAM4.3b released (through end-2025) ↗
2026-09-21ISCCP-HEUMETSAT CM SAFInfoFollow-on ISCCP-NG demonstrator released (CM SAF, year 2021) ↗
2026-09-20CHIRPSUCSB CHCWarningProduction of CHIRPS v2.0 will end after December 2026 — move to v3 ↗
2026-09-18HadCRUT5Met OfficeInfoHadCRUT.5.2.0.0 released — land input updated to CRUTEM.5.2.0.0 ↗
2026-09-18Aura OMINASA GES DISCWarningLegacy GES DISC data servers to close (no earlier than 2026-09-30) — move to Earthdata Cloud ↗
2026-09-18OCO-2NASAWarningGES DISC legacy data servers closing — move to Earthdata Cloud ↗
2026-09-16Metop ASCAT ocean windsEUMETSAT OSI SAFInfoASCAT winds interrupted by a Metop-C out-of-plane manoeuvre (OSI-102-c, OSI-104-c) ↗
2026-09-15GSMaPJAXAWarningNew G-Portal system released on 2026-10-01 — account re-registration, new SFTP address and authentication, old system to close at the end of October ↗
2026-09-14GISTEMP v4NASA GISSInfoNew GISTEMP GMSTA page — current and next year's GMST anomaly estimates (vs 1850–1900) ↗
2026-09-14VIIRS Aerosol (AERDB·AERDT)NASAInfoVIIRS Deep Blue aerosol V2.1 released — NOAA-21 added, V2.0 kept until 2027-03-31 ↗
2026-09-10CERES EBAF Ed4.2.1NASA LaRCWarningMarch 2026 surface file replaced — re-download if you obtained it in June–July 2026 ↗
2026-09-10NCEP GODASNOAA CPCInfoCPC Global Ocean Monitoring briefing for August 2026 still uses GODAS ↗
2026-09-08Polar PathfinderNSIDCInfoUser notice: AMSR2 products continued forward processing — AMSR3 products planned for 2027 ↗
2026-09-08Sea Ice IndexNSIDCInfoUser notice: AMSR2 products continued forward processing — Sea Ice Index input (NSIDC-0803) maintained ↗
2026-09-08Aura OMINASAWarningAura orbit drift — about one hour of crossing-time change; daily yaw manoeuvres for OMI solar calibration ↗
2026-09-08EarthCAREESAInfoATLID L2 profile processor (A-PRO) released at baseline BD ↗
2026-09-08EarthCAREESAInfoNo data during parts of 1–4 and 8–11 September 2026 because of orbit manoeuvres ↗
2026-09-07CARRA2ECMWFWarningSurface runoff mislabelled as roughness in the CDS form (fixed 2026-09-01) ↗
2026-09-04GFEDGFEDInfoGFED website redesigned — current fire situation by region, country and state ↗
2026-09-04ASI AMSR2 (Univ. Bremen)JAXAWarningJAXA: some AMSR2 standard L1 and L2 products since 2026-09-02 contain less than one scene of data ↗
2026-09-01Berkeley EarthBerkeley EarthInfoBEST-HR description paper opens for public discussion in ESSD ↗
2026-09-01VIIRS Aerosol (AERDB·AERDT)NASAInfoVIIRS Dark Target V2.0 decommissioned — use V2.1 ↗
2026-08-31OSI SAF (sea ice concentration)EUMETSAT OSI SAFWarningOperational release of AMSR3-based sea-ice products on 1st September 2026 (Service Message ↗
2026-08-31OSI SAF (sea ice drift)EUMETSAT OSI SAFWarningOperational release of AMSR3-based sea-ice products on 1st September 2026 (service message #3571) ↗
2026-08-28ECCO V4ECCOInfoECCO Drive accessible again ↗
2026-08-27ICESat-2NSIDCInfoData set update: ICESat-2 L4 Monthly Gridded Sea Ice Thickness, Version 4 (September 2025 – April 2026 added) ↗
2026-08-26ERA5ECMWFWarningERA6 reanalysis is in production — will replace ERA5T ↗
2026-08-26ERA6ECMWFInfoProduction status — first release (2007 onward) towards the end of 2027, then ERA5T replacement ↗
2026-08-24OCO-2NASAInfoNASA and Caltech sign OCO-2 and OCO-3 operations agreements (up to five years) ↗
2026-08-21ASI AMSR2 (Univ. Bremen)Univ. of BremenInfoASI sea ice concentration climate record from SSM/I and SSMIS (1991–2024, 6.25 km) posted ↗
2026-08-19JRA-3QDIASWarningDIAS Notice of Partial Resumption — JRA-3Q only data dated 24 June 2026 or later ↗
2026-08-19ASI AMSR2 (Univ. Bremen)Univ. of BremenInfoPreliminary AMSR3-based ASI sea ice concentration folder released ↗
2026-08-18OSI SAF (sea ice drift)EUMETSAT OSI SAFInfoPlanned AMSR2 outage (JAXA G-Portal maintenance) halts sea-ice products for three days (service messages #3564, #3568) ↗
2026-08-17MODIS ET (MOD16)NASA EarthdataWarningSuccessor VIIRS evapotranspiration V2 fully withdrawn — V2.1 reprocessing planned, no date set ↗
2026-08-14PATMOS-xNOAA NCEIWarningHigh-biased cloud optical properties in NOAA-20 data — fix planned for Version 7.0 ↗
2026-08-11SMAP (L3·L4)NSIDCWarningGeolocation issue from 14 May to 28 July 2026 — standard products being reprocessed ↗
2026-08-11
VIIRS — 2 datasetsVIIRS Cloud (CLDPROP·CLDMSK)
VIIRS Aerosol (AERDB·AERDT)
NASAWarningSuomi NPP anomaly (2026-08-02) — data from 3 to 6 August excluded from processing ↗
2026-08-11SMAP sea surface salinity (RSS and JPL)NSIDCWarningSMAP geolocation error from 2026-05-14 to 07-28 — standard products being reprocessed ↗
2026-08-07VIIRS LAI/FPAR (VNP15)NASA EarthdataWarningSuomi NPP data delivery ends in November 2026 — move from VNP15A2H to VJ215A2H or VJ115A2H ↗
2026-08-07VIIRS NDVI/EVI (VNP13)NASA EarthdataWarningSuomi NPP data delivery ends in November 2026 — move from VNP13 to VJ213 or VJ113 ↗
2026-08-07VIIRS Burned Area (VNP64A1)NASA EarthdataCriticalSuomi NPP science data delivery ends on 1 November 2026 — routine VNP64A1 production to stop ↗
2026-08-06GPM IMERG V07NASA GPMWarningUpdate to the IMERG V08 Transition Schedule — Final likely fall 2026, Early and Late no sooner than winter 2026 ↗
2026-08-05SMOS sea surface salinity (ESA, CATDS, BEC)CATDSInfoCATDS LOCEAN debiased L3 v11 released (2010-01 to 2025-12) ↗
2026-08-03ERSST v6NOAA PSLInfoERSST v6 becomes NOAA's official SST dataset for determining the ENSO phase ↗
2026-08-03ERSST v5NOAA PSLInfoERSSTv6 is the new official SST dataset for NOAA ENSO monitoring ↗
2026-08-03VIIRS LST (VNP21)NOAA NESDISCriticalSuomi NPP science data delivery ends 2 November 2026 — switch from VNP21 to VJ221 or VJ121 ↗
2026-08-03VIIRS BRDF/Albedo (VNP43)NOAA NESDISCriticalSuomi NPP data delivery ends on 2 November 2026 — no new VNP43 data ↗
2026-08-03
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS Cloud (MOD06·MOD35)
MODIS Aerosol (MOD04·MOD08)
NASAInfoLAADS Classic API retired on 2026-08-31 — move to API-V2 ↗
2026-08-03VIIRS Ocean (color and SST)NOAA NESDISCriticalSuomi NPP science data delivery ends 13:00 UTC on 2 November 2026 — move to NOAA-21 and NOAA-20 ↗
2026-08 (day not given)GOSAT (GOSAT-2·GOSAT-GW)NIESWarningGOSAT-2 FTS-2 SWIR L2 V02.30 released to general users — Band 1 bias after 2024 not corrected ↗
2026-07-27
VIIRS — 2 datasetsVIIRS Cloud (CLDPROP·CLDMSK)
VIIRS Aerosol (AERDB·AERDT)
NASAWarningSuomi NPP anomaly (2026-07-10 to 17) — data from 1 May onward regenerated with new calibration tables ↗
2026-07-20SODA4Univ. of MarylandInfoMerged-stream data folders posted (SODA4.15.2_OR, _REG and .0) ↗
2026-07-17ESA CCI / C3S Land CoverECMWFInfo2023–2025 maps and documentation under ECMWF review — publication usually about three months later ↗
2026-07-15EarthCAREESAInfoATLID, MSI and BBR L1 released at baseline CA ↗
2026-07-13VIIRS BRDF/Albedo (VNP43)NASA EarthdataWarningSuomi NPP anomaly — VIIRS product generation halted from 10 July 2026 ↗
2026-07-11VIIRS Snow (VNP10)NSIDCWarningSuomi NPP anomaly — VIIRS snow production temporarily halted ↗
2026-07-09GOSAT (GOSAT-2·GOSAT-GW)NIESInfoGOSAT-GW TANSO-3 L1B (V101.101) released from 2026-07-23 ↗
2026-07-08ESA Sea State CCI v4CEDAInfoVersion 4 records published at CEDA with DOIs ↗
2026-07-04CryoSat-2ESAInfoCryoSat Ice Baseline-F data products now available (offline processors) ↗
2026-07-03GOSAT (GOSAT-2·GOSAT-GW)JAXAInfoGOSAT-2 FTS-2 observations suspended (2026-06-26 to 07-01) ↗
2026-06-30ASI AMSR2 (Univ. Bremen)JAXAInfoJAXA releases GOSAT-GW AMSR3 standard products (including sea ice concentration) ↗
2026-06-25EarthCAREESAInfoECMWF assimilating EarthCARE CPR operationally since 10 June 2026 ↗
2026-06-18Metop ASCAT ocean windsKNMIInfoASCAT-B L1b calibration updated — small across-swath variations since July 2024 corrected ↗
2026-06-17NOAA/NSIDC CDRNSIDCCriticalSea Ice Concentration CDR Version 5 and Near-Real-Time CDR Version 3 retired ↗
2026-06-17CLMS LAI/FAPAR/FCOVERVITO TerrascopeInfoVITO Terrascope openEO retires its CGLS collections by end of August 2026 — move to CDSE openEO ↗
2026-06-16GSMaPJAXAInfoTermination of updates for GSMaP algorithm version 7 (standard 2026-05-31, near-real-time 2026-06-29) ↗
2026-06-11PACE OCI Ocean ColorNASA EarthdataWarningOCI ocean products reprocessed to V3.2 ↗
2026-06-10GISTEMP v4NASA GISSInfoAIRS v7 displays now include recent corrections for 2021–2025 ↗
2026-06-10CHIRPSUCSB CHCInfoCHC's CHIRPS3 dataset now available for all — Scientific Data paper published ↗
2026-06-09ITS_LIVENSIDCInfoNSIDC retires the GoLIVE map application (30 June 2026) and points users to ITS_LIVE ↗
2026-06-08ORAS5ECMWFInfoNew ORAS6 ocean reanalysis supporting forecasting and climate monitoring ↗
2026-06-08ORAS6ECMWFInfoNew ORAS6 ocean reanalysis supporting forecasting and climate monitoring — 1993 onward first ↗
2026-06-07CRU TS v4.10UEA CRUInfoCRU TS v4.10 released (1901–2025) — not yet on CEDA, no version DOI yet ↗
2026-06-07CRU TS v4.10UEA CRUWarningLicence change from v4.10 — Open Government Licence → Open Database License ↗
2026-06-07HadISSTMet OfficeWarningHadISST1 to be replaced with a new dataset within 2026 ↗
2026-06-03ERA6Copernicus C3SInfoC3S General Assembly talk — ERA5T maintained for the time being ↗
2026-06-03CARRA2Copernicus C3SInfoTimely monthly updates — CARRA1 and CARRA2 in parallel until March 2027 ↗
2026-06-03CARRACopernicus C3SWarningCARRA1 timely updates end in March 2027 ↗
2026-06-03ORAS6ECMWFInfo"Sea ice data assimilation in ORAS6" published in The Cryosphere ↗
2026-06-01OSI SAF (sea ice drift)EUMETSAT OSI SAFInfoInterim Climate Data Record OSI-435 (2021–2025) released as a demonstrational product ↗
2026-06-01OCO-2NASA GES DISCWarningLite XCO2 V11.3r released — detector-icing bias corrected from 2024 ↗
2026-06-01ASI AMSR2 (Univ. Bremen)NOAA OSPOWarningNOAA notice on AMSR2 product decommissioning and AMSR3 transition — JAXA AMSR2 standard near-real-time data provision ends in September 2026 ↗
2026-05-28Berkeley EarthBerkeley EarthInfoBerkeley Earth High Resolution Dataset - April 2026 archived on Zenodo (DOI issued) ↗
2026-05-27CARRA2Copernicus C3SInfoFull historical CARRA2 data release (1986–2025) on the CDS ↗
2026-05-27CARRAECMWFInfoCARRA2 full historical period from 1986 to 2025 now available on the CDS ↗
2026-05-15CARRA2Copernicus C3SWarningSome variables missing from the daily and monthly statistics dataset ↗
2026-05-14ECCO V4ECCOInfoV4r6 (1992–2025) in preparation — will supersede V4r5 ↗
2026-05-11MERRA-2NASAWarningGES DISC Migration to Earthdata Website and Earthdata Cloud ↗
2026-05-11MERRANASACriticalGES DISC on-premises servers closing — access route for original MERRA uncertain ↗
2026-05-11GLDAS-2NASAWarningGES DISC on-premises servers closing — GLDAS users must move to Earthdata Cloud ↗
2026-05-11FLDASNASAWarningGES DISC on-premises servers closing — FLDAS users must move to Earthdata Cloud ↗
2026-05-11NLDAS-2NASAWarningGES DISC on-premises servers closing — NLDAS users must move to Earthdata Cloud ↗
2026-05-08ERA6ECMWFInfoERA6 prototype test data published (not for publication) ↗
2026-05-07NOAA OLRNOAA PSLInfoPSL OMI (MJO index) updated — now uses NOAA daily blended OLR ↗
2026-05-06GK-2A (GEO-KOMPSAT-2A)KMA NMSCInfoObservations and data services suspended for routine maintenance (2026-05-07, 09:00–15:00 KST) ↗
2026-05-04OSI SAF (sea ice concentration)EUMETSAT OSI SAFInfoAMSR2-based ICDR OSI-438 declared operational ↗
2026-05-01GPCP V3.3NASA GES DISCInfoV3.3 extended through December 2025 — October–December 2025 Daily based on IMERG Late ↗
2026-05-01GRACE / GRACE-FONASA EarthdataInfoGRACE Level-2 RL07 (CSR, JPL) published — Level-3, mascons and GRACE-FO RL07 not yet ↗
2026-04-30
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS Cloud (MOD06·MOD35)
MODIS Aerosol (MOD04·MOD08)
NASAInfoEarthdata Login now required for LAADS OPeNDAP ↗
2026-04-28JRA-3QDIASWarningDIAS Service Outage — all datasets inaccessible ↗
2026-04-28GPM IMERG V07NASA GPMCriticalIMERG V08 Transition Schedule — the V07 Final record ends in September 2025 ↗
2026-04-28
GLORYS12 and 1 moreGLORYS12
TOPAZ4b
Copernicus MarineInfo[MDSOP-377] Application of retention periods to ARCO datacubes ↗
2026-04-28OSTIACopernicus MarineInfo[MDSOP-377] Application of retention periods to ARCO datacubes — start dates may change ↗
2026-04-28VIIRS Cloud (CLDPROP·CLDMSK)NASAInfoMODIS-VIIRS cloud mask V2 released — sounder-combined masks added ↗
2026-04-28GNSS-RO (COSMIC-2·ROM SAF)EUMETSAT OSI SAFInfoReport on Metop-SG A1 (Metop-D) radio occultation data published ↗
2026-04-27ORAS5ECMWFInfoNew dataset published in CDS: ORAS5 global ocean reanalysis monthly time-series data from 1958 to present ↗
2026-04-26GISTEMP v4NOAA PSLWarningOcean input ERSST v5 to be discontinued (NOAA, June 2026) ↗
2026-04-26ERSST v6NOAA PSLInfoERSST v5 to be discontinued (June 2026) ↗
2026-04-26ERSST v5NOAA PSLCriticalERSSTv5 to be discontinued (June 2026) ↗
2026-04-23HadSST4Met OfficeInfoPaper describing HadSST.4.2.0.0 published ↗
2026-04-23EarthCAREESAWarningATLID BD baseline — negative stratospheric cross-polar values and laser-energy normalisation bug ↗
2026-04-21CS3SMOSAWIInfoL4 CryoSat-2/Sentinel-3/SMOS (CS3SMOS) near real-time sea ice thickness processing ends for the Arctic 2025/26 winter season ↗
2026-04-21CS2SMOSAWIInfoSuccessor CS3SMOS — near-real-time processing ends for the Arctic 2025/26 winter season ↗
2026-04-20MERRA-2NASA EarthdataInfoGiovanni System Maintenance for MERRA-2 Variables Has Been Completed ↗
2026-04-17SMOS thin sea ice thicknessAWIInfoArctic 2025/26 season ends; L3 production switched to the Southern Hemisphere ↗
2026-04-16SODA4Univ. of MarylandInfoSODA4 preprint discussion closed ↗
2026-04-16GLDAS-2NASA EarthdataInfoGrADS Data Server (GDS) discontinued — GLDAS included ↗
2026-04-16NLDAS-2NASA EarthdataInfoGrADS Data Server (GDS) discontinued — NLDAS included ↗
2026-04-16ESA CCI / C3S Land CoverECMWFWarningRelease plan revised — 2023, 2024 and 2025 maps delivered together in June 2026 ↗
2026-04-14VIIRS LST (VNP21)NASA EarthdataInfoNOAA-21 VIIRS land surface temperature (VJ221) V2 released ↗
2026-04-13ERSST v6NOAA NCEIInfoNOAAGlobalTemp 6.1.0 switches its ocean component to ERSST v6 ↗
2026-04-13ERSST v5NOAA NCEIInfoNOAAGlobalTemp 6.1.0 switches its ocean component to ERSST v6 ↗
2026-04-09SMOS sea surface salinity (ESA, CATDS, BEC)CATDSInfoCATDS Arctic salinity maps now produced operationally ↗
2026-04-07ICESat-2NSIDCWarningData set retirements: Version 6 of ATL07 and ATL10 (ATL20 v4 retired 2026-05-11) ↗
2026-04-01COReNOAA CPCInfoNODD now holds 1950–2025 ↗
2026-03-31
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS Cloud (MOD06·MOD35)
MODIS Aerosol (MOD04·MOD08)
NASAInfoTerra anomaly put MODIS in standby — data from 2026-03-26 to 27 questionable or bad ↗
2026-03-31Copernicus-GlobColourCopernicus MarineWarningMODIS removed from multi-sensor data, VIIRS-NOAA21 added (MY L3 and L4 update) ↗
2026-03-30Aura MLSNASAWarningMLS Version 6 released — v6 recommended for new studies, v5 forward processing continues for now ↗
2026-03-26
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS LAI/FPAR (MCD15)
MODIS NDVI/EVI (MOD13)
NASA EarthdataInfoTerra MODIS placed in standby — part of 2026 days 085–086 flagged questionable/bad ↗
2026-03-26MODIS Land Cover (MCD12)NASA EarthdataInfoTerra anomaly put MODIS in standby for about a day — data in that window flagged ↗
2026-03-26MODIS LST (MOD11·MOD21)NASA EarthdataInfoTerra MODIS placed in standby — some 2026-03-26/27 data flagged questionable or bad ↗
2026-03-26
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS BRDF/Albedo (MCD43)
MODIS Snow (MOD10)
NASA EarthdataWarningTerra MODIS placed in standby — data for 26–27 March 2026 flagged as bad ↗
2026-03-26MODIS Burned Area (MCD64A1)NASA EarthdataInfoTerra MODIS placed in standby — use caution with data from 26 March 20:00 to 27 March 19:23 UTC, 2026 ↗
2026-03-24PIOMASUniv. of WashingtonCriticalNCEP/NCAR R1 reanalysis terminated — PIOMAS updates stopped ↗
2026-03-24GIOMASUniv. of WashingtonWarningAtmospheric forcing (NCEP/NCAR R1) terminated — GIOMAS updates have also stopped ↗
2026-03-24PACE OCI Ocean ColorNASA EarthdataInfoSafe hold on 2026-02-09 leaves a gap on 2026-02-10 ↗
2026-03-23VIIRS Aerosol (AERDB·AERDT)NASAInfoSuomi NPP data delay — data from 2026-03-09 to 13 missing ↗
2026-03-20CERES EBAF Ed4.2.1NASAInfoTerra end of science projected for February 2027 — EBAF already NOAA-20 based ↗
2026-03-20
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS ET (MOD16)
MODIS LST (MOD11·MOD21)
NASAWarningNASA projects end of science for Terra in February 2027 and Aqua in September 2027 ↗
2026-03-20
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS LAI/FPAR (MCD15)
MODIS NDVI/EVI (MOD13)
NASAWarningEnd of science operations projected for February 2027 (Terra) and September 2027 (Aqua) ↗
2026-03-20MODIS Land Cover (MCD12)NASAWarningTerra science operations projected to end February 2027, Aqua September 2027 ↗
2026-03-20MODIS Burned Area (MCD64A1)NASAWarningEnd of science projected for Terra in February 2027 and Aqua in September 2027 ↗
2026-03-20CERES SYN1degNASAInfoTerra (February 2027) and Aqua (September 2027) science operations projected to end — SYN1deg already relies on NOAA-20 ↗
2026-03-20
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS Cloud (MOD06·MOD35)
MODIS Aerosol (MOD04·MOD08)
NASAWarningNASA expects Terra science operations to end in February 2027 and Aqua in September 2027 ↗
2026-03-20VIIRS Cloud (CLDPROP·CLDMSK)NASAWarningAqua science operations expected to end in September 2027 — Aqua MODIS continuity cloud products end with them ↗
2026-03-20AIRS V7NASAWarningNASA projects the end of Aqua science operations in September 2027 ↗
2026-03-20Aura MLSNASAWarningNASA projects the end of Aura science operations in August 2028 ↗
2026-03-20GNSS-RO (COSMIC-2·ROM SAF)EUMETSAT OSI SAFInfoROM SAF demonstration dataset — decadal atmospheric temperature trends (CDR GRM-28-R1 + ICDR GRM-29-I1) ↗
2026-03-20MISRNASAWarningNASA projects the end of Terra science operations in February 2027 ↗
2026-03-20Aura OMINASAInfoAura science operations projected to end in August 2028 ↗
2026-03-20MODIS Ocean (color and SST)NASAWarningNASA projects end of science operations for Terra in February 2027 and Aqua in September 2027 ↗
2026-03-19COReNOAA CPCInfoCORe implemented at NCEP, replacing CDAS ↗
2026-03-18Polar PathfinderNOAA PSLInfoNCEP/NCAR Reanalysis 1 updates end — this dataset uses ERA5 winds from 2025 ↗
2026-03-18
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS ET (MOD16)
MODIS LST (MOD11·MOD21)
NASA EarthdataInfoMODIS L1B and geolocation Version 7.0 released — land products still C6.1 ↗
2026-03-18MODIS Cloud (MOD06·MOD35)NASA EarthdataInfoMODIS L1B and geolocation Version 7.0 released — cloud products still C6.1 ↗
2026-03-18MODIS Aerosol (MOD04·MOD08)NASA EarthdataInfoMODIS L1B and geolocation Version 7.0 released — atmosphere products still C6.1 ↗
2026-03-17NCEP/NCAR R1NOAA PSLCriticalNCEP/NCAR Reanalysis 1 has ceased updates — last date of data 17 March 2026 ↗
2026-03-17VIIRS NDVI/EVI (VNP13)NASA EarthdataInfoNOAA-21 VIIRS vegetation indices V2 (VJ213) released ↗
2026-03-13COReNSF NCARInfoNOAA CORe (d090004) published at NCAR GDEX ↗
2026-03-10CLARA-A3EUMETSAT CM SAFInfoSatellite-name attribute fixed in TOA radiation (RSF, OLR) files (Service Message 167) ↗
2026-03-09COReNOAA NWSWarningSCN 26-12 Updated: CDAS upgraded to CORe — cdas and cdas2 directories removed from NOMADS and FTP ↗
2026-03-09COReNOAA NWSWarningGRIB1 replaced by GRIB2; new file names and directory structure ↗
2026-03-06ERA6Copernicus C3SInfoCopernicus Climate's ERA6 reanalysis production starts ↗
2026-03-06ORAS6Copernicus C3SInfoCopernicus Climate's ERA6 reanalysis production starts (initialised from ORAS6) ↗
2026-03-06ERSST v6NOAA PSLInfoERSST v6 added to NOAA PSL ↗
2026-03-06ERSST v5NOAA PSLInfoNOAA ERSST V6 added to NOAA PSL ↗
2026-03-05VIIRS Snow (VNP10)NSIDCInfoVIIRS 375 m daily snow cover (VNP10A1, VJ110A1) now in AppEEARS ↗
2026-03-04GPM IMERG V07NASA EarthdataInfoGPM Version 08 Reprocessing — IMERG Early and Late switch to GPROF V08 input (V07B → V07C) ↗
2026-03-02AIRS V7NASA GES DISCWarningAIRS detector DC Restore anomaly — no L2/L3 for 2026-01-19 to 01-28 ↗
2026-03 (day not given)ESA SST CCI CDR v3Copernicus MarineInfoSwitch from ESA CCI SST v2.1 to v3.0 in the Copernicus Marine catalogue ↗
2026-02-28NCEP/NCAR R1NOAA PSLWarningPSL warns that R1 updates will stop ↗
2026-02-28NCEP GODASNOAA PSLWarningPSL Data Notice: NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis 1 updates to end ↗
2026-02-25ESA WorldCoverESAWarningWorldCover project concluded — operational successor is Copernicus LCFM ↗
2026-02-25Metop ASCAT ocean windsESAInfoMetOp-SG-B1, carrying the successor scatterometer SCA, scheduled for launch in October 2026 (ESA) ↗
2026-02-20VIIRS LAI/FPAR (VNP15)NASA EarthdataInfoNOAA-21 VIIRS LAI/FPAR V2 (VJ215A2H) released ↗
2026-02-19GFEDUniv. of MarylandWarningGFED5NRT 2023–2024 reprocessed data released — data from 2023 are beta and may change until the paper is accepted ↗
2026-02-17GOSAT (GOSAT-2·GOSAT-GW)JAXAWarningGOSAT TANSO-FTS data delivery resumed — gap from 2025-12-18 to 2026-02-04 ↗
2026-02-15TerraClimateClimatology LabWarningTerraClimate v1.1 released — fully recomputed from ERA5 and WorldClim ↗
2026-02-13COBE-SST3JMAInfoJMA reports tests of COBE-SST3H as a candidate ocean boundary condition for its next long-term reanalysis ↗
2026-02-12ESA CCI SnowCEDAInfoMODIS snow cover v4.0 — erroneous file removed and another file replaced ↗
2026-02-09NCEP–DOE R2NOAA NWSWarningNWS SCN 26-12 — Upgrading CDAS to CORe effective March 9, 2026; CDAS data files, including the cdas2 paths, no longer available ↗
2026-02-09NCEP/NCAR R1NOAA NWSWarningNWS Service Change Notice 26-12 — Upgrading the Climate Data Assimilation System (CDAS) to the Conventional Observation Reanalysis (CORe) ↗
2026-02-09NCEP GODASNOAA NWSWarningNWS SCN 26-12 — Upgrading CDAS to CORe; distribution of the GODAS forcing source (R2/cdas2) ends ↗
2026-02-04ESA SST CCI CDR v3CEDAInfoCEDA AVHRR L3C v3.0 restored ↗
2026-01-29VIIRS Snow (VNP10)NSIDCInfoNOAA-21 (JPSS-2) VIIRS Version 2 snow data released ↗
2026-01-29SMOS sea surface salinity (ESA, CATDS, BEC)CATDSInfoNew version of the CATDS SMOS/SMAP OI L4 salinity maps ↗
2026-01-19ESA OC-CCI v6.0CEDAInfoDownloads of OC-CCI v6.0 data at CEDA restored (unavailable since 2025-11-20) ↗
2026-01-16CLMS LAI/FAPAR/FCOVERCopernicus C3SWarningLAI, FAPAR, FCover 300 m V2.0 in NRT operations — V1.1 ends at the end of February 2026 ↗
2026-01-15MERRA-2NASA EarthdataWarningGrADS Data Server (GDS) Service Will Be Discontinued No Earlier Than March 27, 2026 ↗
2026-01-15GPM IMERG V07NASA EarthdataInfoGrADS Data Server (GDS) Service Will Be Discontinued No Earlier Than March 27, 2026 — includes IMERG ↗
2026-01-15NOAA/NSIDC CDRNSIDCWarningNew version release: NOAA/NSIDC Sea Ice Concentration Data Records - CDR Version 6 and Near-Real-Time CDR Version 4 ↗
2026-01-15ICESat-2NSIDCInfoATL07/ATL10 sea ice concentration input switched to the AMSR2-based NRT CDR (G10016 v4) ↗
2026-01-14Berkeley EarthBerkeley EarthInfoGlobal Temperature Report for 2025 ↗
2026-01-08
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS ET (MOD16)
MODIS LST (MOD11·MOD21)
NASAWarningImpact of Terra and Aqua orbit drift on MODIS data under investigation (LDOPE) ↗
2026-01-08
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS LAI/FPAR (MCD15)
MODIS NDVI/EVI (MOD13)
NASAWarningMODIS quality team note — Terra and Aqua orbit drift affects pixel size, scan gaps and diurnal sampling ↗
2026-01-08GOSAT (GOSAT-2·GOSAT-GW)NIESInfoFirst TANSO-3 focus-mode analysis — L1B planned for spring 2026, L2 for spring 2027 ↗
2025-12-29CERES EBAF Ed4.2.1NASAInfoLibera to fly on JPSS-4 (launch targeted for 2027) ↗
2025-12-29CERES SYN1degNASAInfoEdition 5 development update — no release date yet ↗
2025-12-22GK-2A (GEO-KOMPSAT-2A)KMA NMSCWarningNMSC website satellite data service ended (2025-12-23) ↗
2025-12-22TROPOMICopernicus C3SWarningHCHO and SO2 2.8.0 striping fixed — affected OFFL period to be reprocessed ↗
2025-12-18VIIRS Aerosol (AERDB·AERDT)NASAInfoVIIRS Dark Target V2.1 L2 released — NOAA-21 added ↗
2025-12-12ESA CCI Soil MoistureCopernicus C3SInfoC3S soil moisture (CDS) surface soil moisture variables renamed ↗
2025-12-12ESA CCI SnowCEDAInfoMODIS snow cover v4.0 — files missing metadata and variables replaced ↗
2025-12-10CARRA2ECMWFInfoNew datasets family published in CDS — CARRA2 first release (24 years in eight 3-year blocks) ↗
2025-12-10CARRAECMWFInfoNew datasets family published in CDS: Copernicus pan-Arctic regional reanalysis (CARRA2) ↗
2025-12-09MODIS Ocean (color and SST)NASA EarthdataWarningOBPG — next MODIS Aqua ocean color reprocessing only after end of mission; post-2022 data less reliable ↗
2025-12-04ERSST v6NOAA NCEIInfoKey NOAA Dataset Upgraded Using AI — ERSST v6 released ↗
2025-12-04ERSST v5NOAA NCEIWarningERSST v6 released — Key NOAA Dataset Upgraded Using AI ↗
2025-12-03ESA CCI Soil MoistureCEDAInfoESA CCI SM v09.2 released (extended to end-2024) ↗
2025-12-03ESA CCI SnowCEDAInfoMODIS snow cover fraction SCFG and SCFV v4.0 released (2000–2023) — supersedes v3.0 ↗
2025-12-02JRA-3QJMAInfoJMA reanalysis website moved ↗
2025-12-02JRA-55JMAInfoJMA reanalysis website moved to a new URL ↗
2025-12-02GPCP V3.3ECMWFInfoNew GPCP v3.3 dataset now available on CDS ↗
2025-12-02ESA CCICEDAInfoOnline access to sea ice thickness v3.0 restored ↗
2025-11-30ESA SSS CCI v5.5CEDAInfoCEDA v5.5 downloads restored ↗
2025-11-28ESA SST CCI CDR v3ECMWFWarningNew version 3.0 of Global Sea Surface Temperature daily data now available on CDS ↗
2025-11-28GFEDUniv. of MarylandInfoGFED5 emissions paper published — GFED5.1 (1997–2022) released ↗
2025-11-27TROPOMICopernicus C3SWarningProcessor switch — L1B 3.0.0, NL-L2 2.9.1, UPAS 2.8.0 (from OFFL 2025-11-22) ↗
2025-11-25GLORYS12Copernicus MarineWarningMulti-year interim dataset merged into the corresponding multi-year dataset ↗
2025-11-25neXtSIMCopernicus MarineInfoPUM Issue 1.0 published and metadata updated — monthly climatology dataset listed ↗
2025-11-25ICESat-2NSIDCInfoNew version release: ICESat-2 L4 Monthly Gridded Sea Ice Thickness, Version 4 ↗
2025-11-25Copernicus-GlobColourCopernicus MarineInfoUncertainty added to the OLCI 4 km chlorophyll gradient, MY series extended through 2024 ↗
2025-11-25SWOT KaRIn (L2 LR SSH · L3)Copernicus MarineInfoCopernicus Marine adds a demonstration L4 that merges SWOT KaRIn ↗
2025-11-21Aura OMINASA EarthdataInfoOMHCHO V004 (Collection 4) released in netCDF4 ↗
2025-11-20ESA CCICEDAWarningSea ice thickness v4.0 published — supersedes v3.0; no DOI or documentation yet (Pending) ↗
2025-11 (day not given)EN4Met OfficeWarningGTSPP service pause — non-Argo data missing from September and October 2025 files ↗
2025-11 (day not given)DUACSCopernicus MarineInfoDemonstration datasets added — reprocessed L4 with enhanced MIOST; NRT L4 combining nadir and SWOT-KaRIn ↗
2025-11 (day not given)SWOT KaRIn (L2 LR SSH · L3)AVISOInfoAVISO L3 LR SSH v3.0 released; shorter L2 latency ↗
2025-10-23CS3SMOSAWIWarningDegraded quality in the Barents, Kara and Laptev Seas due to SMOS radio-frequency interference (RFI) ↗
2025-10-23CS3SMOSAWIInfoL4 CryoSat-2/Sentinel-3/SMOS near real-time sea ice thickness processing has started for the Arctic 2025/26 winter season (v300 replaces v206) ↗
2025-10-23CS2SMOSAWICriticalCS2SMOS (v206) replaced by CS3SMOS (v300) ↗
2025-10-23CS2SMOSAWIWarningDegraded quality in the Barents, Kara and Laptev Seas due to SMOS radio-frequency interference (RFI) ↗
2025-10-17neXtSIMEUMETSAT OSI SAFWarningDocumented assimilation inputs (OSI SAF SSMIS concentration, CS2SMOS thickness) replaced in 2025 — later inputs not documented ↗
2025-10-17OSI SAF (sea ice concentration)EUMETSAT OSI SAFCriticalSSMIS-based ICDR OSI-430-a suspended ↗
2025-10-17SMOS thin sea ice thicknessAWIWarningProduct version changes from v3.3 to v3.6 with the 2025/26 winter ↗
2025-10-16CS3SMOSCopernicus MarineInfoSea ice concentration input switched from SSMIS (OSI-401) to AMSR2 (OSI-408) ↗
2025-10-13ESA CCI SnowCEDAInfoAVHRR snow cover fraction v4.0 — corrupted file replaced, missing file added ↗
2025-10-09CryoSat-2AWIInfoStart of AWI v2.6 near real-time data for winter 2025/26 (CryoSat-2 & Sentinel-3A/B) ↗
2025-10-07ICESat-2NSIDCWarningNew version release: ATLAS/ICESat-2 v7 along-track products ATL07, ATL10 and ATL12 — freeboard reference surface changed ↗
2025-10-07GRACE / GRACE-FONSF NCARWarningGRACE-FO quality degraded by repeat orbits — September–November 2024, and expected July 2026 to February 2027 ↗
2025-10-06ICESat-2NSIDCInfoUser Notice: ATL07 and ATL10 "Quick Look" data outage (30 September – 14 November 2025) ↗
2025-10-02CARRAECMWFInfoNew dataset published in CDS: Arctic regional reanalysis daily and monthly data from 1991 to present ↗
2025-10-01SODA4Univ. of MarylandWarningSome original-grid output files permanently missing ↗
2025-10-01SODA4Univ. of MarylandInfoSODA4: a mesoscale ocean/sea ice reanalysis 1980–2024 — preprint published ↗
2025-10-01SODA3Univ. of MarylandInfoSuccessor SODA4 (1/10°, 1980 to June 2024): preprint published ↗
2025-10-01CALIPSONASA LaRCWarningV5.00 released — full 2006–2023 reprocessing replaces V4.51 ↗
2025-10 (day not given)VIIRS Ocean (color and SST)NASAInfoNOAA-21 VIIRS ocean color R2025.0 collections released ↗
2025-09-25ERA5-LandECMWFWarningERA5-Land data pre-1978 derived from the deprecated ERA5.P ↗
2025-09-24VIIRS Burned Area (VNP64A1)NASA EarthdataInfoVNP64A1 burned area added to NASA FIRMS ↗
2025-09-23ASI AMSR2 (Univ. Bremen)Univ. of BremenInfoSome days incomplete after JAXA AMSR2 data outage (22–24 September 2025) ↗
2025-09-22COBE-SST3JMA MRIInfoDaily and monthly files added through 2024 (per the server listing) ↗
2025-09-19DUACSCopernicus C3SWarningC3S product — affected files replaced; re-download recommended ↗
2025-09-11GISTEMP v4NASA GISSInfoFaulty station reports omitted (Maliye Karmakuly) ↗
2025-09-05COReNOAA CPCWarningCloud top/bottom fields removed from NODD flx files; record numbers will change ↗
2025-09-05GK-2A (GEO-KOMPSAT-2A)KMA NMSCWarningData services consolidated — downloads to the Open MET Data Portal, Open API to the API Hub ↗
2025-09-05ITS_LIVENASAInfoReference paper for ITS_LIVE V2 published, noting a pause in Sentinel-1 processing ↗
2025-09-04ESA CCI SnowCEDAInfoSWE v4.0 and AVHRR snow cover fraction v4.0 released (1979–2023) ↗
2025-09-03AVHRR Pathfinder SST v5.3NOAA NESDISCriticalAVHRR Pathfinder SST product and CDR discontinued (no updates after 2023-12-31) ↗
2025-09-02GHRSST MUR v4.1NASA EarthdataWarningMUR severely degraded on 2025-08-25 and 08-26 (provided as is until reprocessed) ↗
2025-09 (day not given)HadCRUT5Met OfficeInfoOcean input HadSST.4.2.0.0 released (reduced anomalous warmth before 1950) ↗
2025-09 (day not given)HadCRUT5Met OfficeInfoHadCRUT.5.1.0.0 released — with CRUTEM.5.1.0.0 and HadSST.4.1.1.0 ↗
2025-09 (day not given)COBE-SST3NSF NCARInfoDeveloper guidance — plans to extend to recent years and develop a near-operational version ↗
2025-09 (day not given)HadSST4Met OfficeWarningHadSST.4.2.0.0 released — 1941–1945 values changed; download the full dataset again ↗
2025-08-26NOAA OLRNOAA NCEIWarningDaily OLR CDR v2.0 and monthly v3.0 released; daily v1.2 superseded ↗
2025-08-26PACE OCI Ocean ColorNASA PACEWarningOCI V3.1 processing starts, V3.0 forward stream stops, new products released ↗
2025-08-19MODIS Snow (MOD10)NSIDCWarningNSIDC DAAC retires the legacy MODIS archive — move to Earthdata Cloud ↗
2025-08-13GLDAS-2NASA GES DISCInfoGLDAS-2.1 radiation forcing switched to GALWEM from 2025-06-09 ↗
2025-08-06SODA3Univ. of MarylandInfoSODA3.15.2 regridded data for 2020–2024 added ↗
2025-08-06NOAA/NSIDC CDRNSIDCInfoUser notice: NOAA/NSIDC Sea Ice Concentration Near-Real-Time CDR Version 3 will Continue SSMIS Data Processing ↗
2025-08-06RSS SSM/I·SSMISNSIDCWarningDMSP SSMIS delivery to continue only until DMSP retirement (expected September 2026) ↗
2025-08-05GPCP V3.3NOAA NCEIWarningNOAA CDR moves to V3.3 — V2.3 and Daily V1.3 superseded ↗
2025-08-05SMAP (L3·L4)NSIDCCriticalRetirement of the NSIDC legacy on-premises archive (2025-10-28) — move to Earthdata Cloud ↗
2025-08-01CLARA-A3EUMETSAT CM SAFInfoICDR sea-ice input switched to AMSR2-based product (Service Message 165) ↗
2025-08 (day not given)HadSST4Met OfficeInfoMoored buoy data switched from iQuam to CMEMS ↗
2025-08 (day not given)ESA Sea State CCI v4ESAInfoVersion 4 released — extended to 1991–2023, new Sentinel-1 IW and EW SAR products ↗
2025-07-31Sea Ice IndexNSIDCWarningNew version release: NOAA/NSIDC Sea Ice Index, Version 4 — AMSR2 input from 2025, V3 retired ↗
2025-07-23Sea Ice IndexNSIDCWarningUser Notice: Sea Ice Index Transitioning to Version 4 with AMSR2 Data — AMSR2 extent slightly smaller than SSMIS ↗
2025-07-23ITS_LIVENSIDCWarningNSIDC-0776 regional annual mosaics V2 released; V1 retired on 2025-08-26 ↗
2025-07-17OSI SAF (sea ice drift)EUMETSAT OSI SAFWarningDMSP SSMIS no longer used in OSI-405-d (service message #3321) ↗
2025-07-08VIIRS NDVI/EVI (VNP13)NASA EarthdataInfoRemaining VIIRS Version 1 products, including vegetation indices, decommissioned (2025-07-31) ↗
2025-07-08VIIRS Burned Area (VNP64A1)NASA EarthdataInfoVIIRS Version 1 products, including burned area (VNP64A1.001), decommissioned on 2025-07-31 ↗
2025-07-04ESA CCI / C3S Land CoverCopernicus C3SWarningUpdates delayed by a project phase transition — 2023 and 2024 maps expected during 2026 ↗
2025-07-03Sea Ice IndexNSIDCInfoData set update: Sea Ice Index, Version 3 — 2023–2024 updated to final data ↗
2025-07-02ERA5ECMWFInfoCC-BY licence replaces the Licence to use Copernicus Products ↗
2025-07-02
ERA5-Land and 1 moreERA5-Land
ORAS5
ECMWFInfoCC-BY licence replaces the Licence to use Copernicus Products ↗
2025-07-01GOSAT (GOSAT-2·GOSAT-GW)NIESInfoGOSAT-GW launched successfully (2025-06-29, H-IIA F50) ↗
2025-07 (day not given)
GLORYS12 and 1 moreGLORYS12
TOPAZ4b
Copernicus MarineWarningCopernicus Marine Toolbox 1.x end of support ↗
2025-07 (day not given)DUACSCopernicus MarineWarningCopernicus Marine Toolbox 1.x end of life ↗
2025-06-26ESA WorldCoverCopernicus C3SInfoCopernicus LCFM 10 m global land cover map (2020) released ↗
2025-06-26RSS SSM/I·SSMISRSSCriticalDMSP SSMIS discontinuation announced (later postponed) ↗
2025-06-25TOPAZ4bCopernicus MarineInfoNew AI-corrected sea ice thickness variable (sithick_corr) ↗
2025-06-25DUACSCopernicus MarineInfoBackward temporal extension of the L4 NRT dataset for the second half of 2024 ↗
2025-06-25NOAA/NSIDC CDRNSIDCWarningUser notice: SSMIS Data Discontinuation Affecting Sea Ice Index and Sea Ice CDR Effective 30 June 2025 (later withdrawn) ↗
2025-06-25Sea Ice IndexNSIDCCriticalUser notice: SSMIS Data Discontinuation Affecting Sea Ice Index and Sea Ice CDR Effective 30 June 2025 (later resolved by the AMSR2 transition) ↗
2025-06-25GOCI-II (GEO-KOMPSAT-2B)KHOA NOSCInfoFive L2 algorithm documents (ATBDs) updated ↗
2025-06-24OSTIACopernicus MarineWarningNRT product (010_001) dataset length reduced to the most recent two years ↗
2025-06-17GSMaPJAXAInfoNOAA-19 AMSU-A/MHS no longer used as input ↗
2025-06-13OSI SAF (sea ice concentration)EUMETSAT OSI SAFWarningImplications of the end of SSMIS data on OSI SAF products ↗
2025-06-10OCO-2NASAInfoBias-corrected daily forward XCO2 and SIF now within a week of observation ↗
2025-06-06CLARA-A3EUMETSAT CM SAFWarningICDR now Metop only; water path and JCH production ended (Service Message 164) ↗
2025-06-06SMOS thin sea ice thicknessAWIInfov3.3 production suspended from 2025-06-02 — v3.6 not affected ↗
2025-06-05HadISSTMet OfficeWarningJanuary 2025 SST field replaced because it contained an error — re-download needed ↗
2025-06-04OSI SAF (sea ice concentration)EUMETSAT OSI SAFWarningCorrected CDR OSI-450-a1 released — replaces OSI-450-a ↗
2025-06-04NOAA/NSIDC CDRNSIDCInfoUser notice: Degraded SSMIS Data Delivery Affecting Data Products ↗
2025-06-03
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS ET (MOD16)
MODIS LST (MOD11·MOD21)
NASA EarthdataInfoLP DAAC Data Pool distribution of MODIS ends (2025-06-30) — move to Earthdata Cloud ↗
2025-06-03
MODIS — 3 datasetsMODIS LAI/FPAR (MCD15)
MODIS NDVI/EVI (MOD13)
MODIS Burned Area (MCD64A1)
NASA EarthdataWarningLP DAAC Data Pool distribution of MODIS ends (2025-06-30) — move to Earthdata Cloud ↗
2025-06-03MODIS Land Cover (MCD12)NASA EarthdataWarningLP DAAC Data Pool stops distributing MODIS data (30 June 2025) — move to Earthdata Cloud ↗
2025-05-28OSTIACopernicus MarineInfoIngestion of VIIRS on NOAA-21 observations (NRT) ↗
2025-05-21ESA CCICEDAInfoDrift-aware sea ice thickness v1.0 published (Northern Hemisphere, Envisat and CryoSat-2) ↗
2025-05-21CLMS LAI/FAPAR/FCOVERCopernicus C3SWarningGlobal CLMS data moved to CDSE — former Global Land access routes change ↗
2025-05-21SWOT KaRIn (L2 LR SSH · L3)NASAWarningKaRIn products transition from Version C to Version D complete ↗
2025-05-19OSI SAF (sea ice drift)EUMETSAT OSI SAFWarningDiscontinuation of OSI SAF Medium Resolution Sea Ice Drift on 19 May 2025 (service message #3236) ↗
2025-05-08CERES SYN1degNASA LaRCWarningSYN1deg Edition4B released on 2025-05-07 — NOAA-20 only with MERRA-2 inputs from April 2022 ↗
2025-05-06MERRA-2NASA EarthdataInfoAdditional MERRA-2 data collections added to Earthdata Cloud OPeNDAP ↗
2025-05-06Sea Ice IndexNSIDCWarningUser notice: Level of Service Update for Data Products — reduced to Basic ↗
2025-05-02
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS ET (MOD16)
MODIS LST (MOD11·MOD21)
NASA EarthdataWarningTransition from MODIS to VIIRS — Terra and Aqua to begin shutting down in late 2026 to early 2027 ↗
2025-05-02
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS LAI/FPAR (MCD15)
MODIS NDVI/EVI (MOD13)
NASA EarthdataWarningTransition from MODIS to VIIRS — Terra and Aqua expected to shut down late 2026 to early 2027 ↗
2025-05-02MODIS Land Cover (MCD12)NASA EarthdataWarningTransition from MODIS to VIIRS — MODIS collection to stop after a final reprocessing ↗
2025-05-02VIIRS LST (VNP21)NASA EarthdataInfoTransition from MODIS to VIIRS — users encouraged to use similar VIIRS products ↗
2025-05-02
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS BRDF/Albedo (MCD43)
MODIS Snow (MOD10)
NASA EarthdataWarningMove from MODIS to VIIRS — Terra and Aqua expected to shut down in late 2026 or early 2027 ↗
2025-05-02ESA CCI SnowNASA EarthdataInfoTerra and Aqua expected to end operations in late 2026 to early 2027 — MODIS-based record cannot be extended ↗
2025-05-02MODIS Burned Area (MCD64A1)NASA EarthdataWarningTransition from MODIS to VIIRS — Terra and Aqua expected to begin shutting down in late 2026 or early 2027 ↗
2025-05-02
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS Cloud (MOD06·MOD35)
MODIS Aerosol (MOD04·MOD08)
NASA EarthdataWarningTransition from MODIS to VIIRS — Terra and Aqua begin shutting down in late 2026 to early 2027 ↗
2025-05-02VIIRS Aerosol (AERDB·AERDT)NASA EarthdataInfoTransition from MODIS to VIIRS — use similar VIIRS products ↗
2025-05-02
MODIS Ocean (color and SST) and 1 moreMODIS Ocean (color and SST)
VIIRS Ocean (color and SST)
NASA EarthdataWarningTransition from MODIS to VIIRS — Terra and Aqua to begin decommissioning in late 2026 to early 2027 ↗
2025-05 (day not given)ECCO V4ECCOInfoV4r5 native-grid monthly means released in the AWS cloud ↗
2025-05 (day not given)ESA OC-CCI v6.0ESAInfoOC-CCI enters CCI+ Phase 2 — v7.0 in preparation ↗
2025-04-30GOSAT (GOSAT-2·GOSAT-GW)JAXAInfoGOSAT products resumed after Light Load Mode (2025-03-29 to 04-25) ↗
2025-04-17CS2SMOSAWIInfoL4 CryoSat-2/SMOS v206 near real time completed for winter season 2024/25 — last CS2SMOS season ↗
2025-04-15SMAP (L3·L4)NSIDCInfoSMAP L4 Version 8 released — Version 7 retired on 2025-06-30 ↗
2025-04-08VIIRS LAI/FPAR (VNP15)NASA EarthdataInfoVIIRS Version 1 LAI/FPAR decommissioned ↗
2025-04-08VIIRS LST (VNP21)NASA EarthdataInfoVIIRS V1 land surface temperature products decommissioned — move to V2 ↗
2025-04 (day not given)Berkeley EarthBerkeley EarthWarning1° time series and gridded products no longer updated; replaced by the high-resolution product ↗
2025-03-31CLMS LAI/FAPAR/FCOVERCopernicus C3SInfo300 m V1.1 file version rolled back from 1.1.2 to 1.1.1 (from the first dekad of April 2025) ↗
2025-03-28VIIRS BRDF/Albedo (VNP43)NASA EarthdataInfoVIIRS BRDF/Albedo V2 products available in AppEEARS ↗
2025-03-19CRU TS v4.10UEA CRUInfoCRU TS v4.09 released (1901–2024); archived at CEDA on 2025-04-17 ↗
2025-03-18MODIS Snow (MOD10)NSIDCInfo22 MODIS V6.1 snow and sea ice data sets available from Earthdata Cloud ↗
2025-03-14CERES EBAF Ed4.2.1NASA LaRCWarningEd4.2.1 surface data released — use Ed4.2.1 from April 2022 onward ↗
2025-03-10ESA CCICEDAInfoNimbus-5 ESMR sea ice concentration v1.1 published (supersedes v1.0) ↗
2025-03-04OSI SAF (sea ice drift)EUMETSAT OSI SAFInfoNew sea ice emissivity and LR sea ice drift products: OSI-405-c → OSI-405-d (service message #3193) ↗
2025-03-03ESA SSS CCI v5.5ESAInfoSSS CCI v5.5 released (2010–2023) ↗
2025-03 (day not given)HadSST4Met OfficeInfoHadSST.4.1.1.0 released (mainly workflow improvements) ↗
2025-02-28GOCI-II (GEO-KOMPSAT-2B)KHOA NOSCWarningPast L2 basic products reprocessed and re-released ↗
2025-02-27VIIRS Aerosol (AERDB·AERDT)NASAInfoSuomi NPP Deep Blue V1.1 decommissioned (2025-02-28) ↗
2025-02-24CS2SMOSAWIWarningL4 CryoSat-2/SMOS v206 near-real-time production interrupted (February 2025) — some weekly fields missing ↗
2025-02-20OCO-2NASAInfo21st decontamination completed after the longest (two-year) gap ↗
2025-02-19CARRAECMWFWarningCARRA East — grid change in 2023 and after (metadata change from July 2022) ↗
2025-02-12GPCP V3.3NASA GES DISCInfoV3.3 released, replacing V3.2 ↗
2025-02-06Aura OMINASA EarthdataInfoOzone OMTO3 and OMTO3d V004 released ↗
2025-02-06SMOS thin sea ice thicknessAWIWarningv3.3 production stopped (2025-02-03 to 03-03) — data for 4–16 February missing ↗
2025-02-04PACE OCI Ocean ColorNASAWarningPACE OCI V3 reprocessing starts, V2 processing halted ↗
2025-02 (day not given)HadCRUT5Met OfficeInfoHadSST.4.1.0.0 released — processing system reimplemented, global mean differences of order 0.01°C ↗
2025-01-31VIIRS BRDF/Albedo (VNP43)NASA EarthdataInfoVIIRS V2 BRDF/Albedo/NBAR 0.05° CMG products released ↗
2025-01-16EarthCAREESAInfoEarthCARE L1 data opened to all users ↗
2025-01-09ERA5ECMWFWarningERA5 data from 1 January 2025 degraded and corrected (resolved) ↗
2025-01-09ERA5-LandECMWFWarningERA5 data from 1–6 January 2025 degraded (resolved) ↗
2025-01-08SMAP (L3·L4)NSIDCWarningSMAP data processing halted by wildfires near JPL (resumed 2025-01-14) ↗
2025-01 (day not given)HadSST4Met OfficeInfoHadSST.4.1.0.0 supersedes HadSST.4.0.1.0 — no changes to the science ↗
2025-01 (day not given)CHIRPSUCSB CHCInfoCHIRPS v3 publicly available — v2 produced in parallel through 2026 ↗
2024-12-17Aura OMINASA GES DISCWarningNO2 standard product Collection 4 (v5.0, V004) released ↗
2024-11-29GSMaPJAXAInfoGSMaP_NOW algorithm revision (from 2024-12-01) ↗
2024-11-26GLORYS12Copernicus MarineInfoInterim dataset extended every month (Month-1) ↗
2024-11-26TOPAZ4bCopernicus MarineInfoSurface momentum and heat flux datasets added ↗
2024-11-26DUACSCopernicus MarineWarningNRT L4 moves to DT-2024 standards, MIOST and 0.125°; 0.25° NRT dataset stops updating ↗
2024-11-26DUACSCopernicus MarineWarningFull reprocessing of the DT products: DUACS DT-2024 (C3S vDT2024) ↗
2024-11-26neXtSIMCopernicus MarineInfoneXtSIM sea ice reanalysis first released on Copernicus Marine ↗
2024-11-26Copernicus-GlobColourCopernicus MarineInfoOLCI-based chlorophyll horizontal gradient added, PFT recalibrated ↗
2024-11-12MODIS BRDF/Albedo (MCD43)NASA EarthdataInfoMCD43GF V6.1 (snow-free, gap-filled, 30 arc-second) released ↗
2024-11-07GPM IMERG V07NASA GPMInfoV07B Final record extended back to January 1998 (TRMM era included) ↗
2024-11-02VIIRS Burned Area (VNP64A1)NASA EarthdataInfoSuomi NPP GPS anomaly — VIIRS land data gap, 2–6 November 2024 ↗
2024-11-02MSU/AMSU (RSS·UAH·STAR)UAHWarningUAH changes to v6.1 — NOAA-19 dropped from 2021, Metop-B only ↗
2024-11 (day not given)EN4Met OfficeInfoSeptember 2024 preliminary files lack Pacific GTSPP data — final files are complete ↗
2024-10-31VIIRS BRDF/Albedo (VNP43)NASA EarthdataInfoVIIRS V2 BRDF/Albedo/NBAR tiled products released (Suomi NPP, NOAA-20) ↗
2024-10-30SMAP (L3·L4)NSIDCInfoL1–L3 reprocessing complete — SPL3SMP V9, SPL3SMP_E V6 (previous versions retired 2024-12-16) ↗
2024-10-25COBE-SST3JMAInfoCOBE-SST3 paper published online in advance (JMSJ) ↗
2024-10-22VIIRS Burned Area (VNP64A1)NASA EarthdataInfoVIIRS Version 2 burned area (VNP64A1.002) released ↗
2024-10-14GHRSST MUR v4.1NASAWarningHurricanes Helene and Milton reduce MUR and MUR25 quality ↗
2024-10-13ECCO V4NASAInfoSynopsis of the ECCO V4r5 Global Ocean and Sea-Ice State Estimate published ↗
2024-10-09VIIRS Cloud (CLDPROP·CLDMSK)NASAInfoNOAA-21 VIIRS cloud mask released ↗
2024-10 (day not given)ESA CCI Soil MoistureESAInfoESA CCI SM v09.1 released — first uncertainty budget ↗
2024-09-26
ERA5 and 2 moreERA5
ERA5-Land
ORAS5
ECMWFCriticalGoodbye legacy Climate Data Store, hello new CDS — new account and API key required ↗
2024-09-26ERA-InterimECMWFWarningGoodbye legacy Climate Data Store — ERA-Interim CDS API scripts also need a new account and key ↗
2024-09-26ESA CCI / C3S Land CoverECMWFCriticalLegacy CDS closed — update the API URL and key ↗
2024-09-24VIIRS Burned Area (VNP64A1)NASA EarthdataInfoSuomi NPP VIIRS anomaly — data from 26–27 September 2024 unrecoverable ↗
2024-09-23SMAP sea surface salinity (RSS and JPL)NASAInfoBack-fill of RSS SMAP salinity V6.0 completed ↗
2024-09-12GRACE / GRACE-FONASAInfoGRACE-FO JPL RL06.3 released — Level-2, Level-3 and mascons updated ↗
2024-09-10MODIS Land Cover (MCD12)NASAWarningUse MCD12Q1 C6.1 maps for 2021 and later with caution ↗
2024-09-04GISTEMP v4NASA GISSInfoGISTEMP v4 observational uncertainty ensemble published (Lenssen et al. 2024) ↗
2024-09-04GHRSST MUR v4.1NASA EarthdataInfoMUR v4.1 posting outage caused by an ingest error resolved ↗
2024-08-14SWOT KaRIn (L2 LR SSH · L3)NASAWarningDegraded SWOT data quality from 2024-07-31 to 08-07 ↗
2024-08-01NLDAS-2NASAWarningNLDAS-2 GRIB-1 (V002) no longer updated — switch to netCDF (V2.0) ↗
2024-07-22CCMP V3.1NASAInfoPO.DAAC releases CCMP V3.1 6-hourly and monthly datasets ↗
2024-07 (day not given)ORAS6ECMWFInfoECMWF Newsletter 180 — ECMWF's next ensemble reanalysis system for ocean and sea ice: ORAS6 ↗
2024-07 (day not given)GLEAM4GLEAMInfoGLEAM4 released — 0.1° resolution, new evaporative stress and potential evaporation ↗
2024-06-27CRU TS v4.10UEA CRUInfoCRU TS v4.08 released — cohort station selection, new MAE and MAEA quality measures ↗
2024-06-17VIIRS Snow (VNP10)NSIDCInfoVIIRS Version 1 snow and sea ice production ended ↗
2024-06-07NLDAS-2NASACriticalAll collections reprocessed for 2022-08-01 to 2024-03-01 — re-download earlier copies ↗
2024-05-31JRA55-doJMA MRIInfoFinal version v1.6.0 published on input4MIPs (version tag v20240531) ↗
2024-05-30WOA23NOAA NCEIInfoDissolved oxygen, AOU and percent oxygen saturation updated to version 1.1 ↗
2024-05-29PACE OCI Ocean ColorNASA PACEInfoSafe hold on 2024-05-24 stops science collection ↗
2024-05-13Aura MLSNASACritical190 GHz radiometer duty cycling begins — H2O, N2O and HCN missing most of each month ↗
2024-04-15GOCI-II (GEO-KOMPSAT-2B)KHOA NOSCInfoAlgorithm update for the GOCI-II remote-sensing reflectance product ↗
2024-04-11PACE OCI Ocean ColorNASAInfoFirst public PACE data release (V1) ↗
2024-04-09ESA SST CCI CDR v3CEDAInfoCDR v3.0 L4 Analysis published at CEDA ↗
2024-04-02ERA5-LandECMWFCriticalIssue affecting ERA5-Land monthly averaged reanalysis for September 2022 to February 2024 — not replaced ↗
2024-03-26SMAP sea surface salinity (RSS and JPL)NASAInfoRSS SMAP salinity V6.0 released ↗
2024-03-20ESA SSS CCI v5.5ESAInfoSSS CCI v4.41 released (2010–2022) ↗
2024-03-08GNSS-RO (COSMIC-2·ROM SAF)EUMETSAT OSI SAFInfoROM SAF Metop near-real-time processing updated (GPAC 3.4) — file names and attributes changed ↗
2024-03-06SWOT KaRIn (L2 LR SSH · L3)NASAInfoPublic release of KaRIn science data products (Version C) ↗
2024-02-14WOA23NOAA NCEIInfoFull WOA23 released (replaces WOA18) ↗
2024-01-31JRA-55JMACriticalUpdate of the near real-time JRA-55 data terminated — end of the JRA-55 project ↗
2024-01-31JRA55-doJMA MRICriticalUpdating of JRA55-do discontinued ↗
2024-01-29EN4Met OfficeWarningOctober–December 2023 data reprocessed — download again ↗
2024-01-16MODIS LST (MOD11·MOD21)NASAWarningAqua MYD21 land surface temperature warm bias — band 29 brightness temperature drift since 2018 ↗
2024-01-02CERES EBAF Ed4.2.1NASA LaRCInfoEBAF Ed4.2 released, replacing Ed4.1 ↗
2023-12-12GOCI-II (GEO-KOMPSAT-2B)KHOA NOSCWarningGEO-KOMPSAT-2B service temporarily suspended (11 December) ↗
2023-12-07MSU/AMSU (RSS·UAH·STAR)NOAA NESDISWarningNOAA STAR v5.0 replaces V3.0, V4.0 and V4.1 (backward merging, new diurnal adjustment) ↗
2023-12-05JRA-3QJMAInfoNear real-time JRA-3Q data available from NCAR ↗
2023-12-05JRA-55NSF NCARWarningJRA-55 will be discontinued at the end of Jan 2024 — JRA-3Q near real-time data at NCAR ↗
2023-12-01SWOT KaRIn (L2 LR SSH · L3)NASAInfoKaRIn beta pre-validated products released ↗
2023-11-30GLORYS12Copernicus MarineInfoTime extension, addition of an interim dataset and renaming of datasets ↗
2023-11-30TOPAZ4bCopernicus MarineInfoArctic forecasting system upgraded to TOPAZ5 — reanalysis stays on TOPAZ4b ↗
2023-11-30Copernicus-GlobColourCopernicus MarineInfoFull MY reprocessing — improved reflectance merging, updated BBP and CDM algorithms ↗
2023-11-07FLDASNASAWarningCentral Asia daily product replaced by Noah-MP (FLDAS2) — Noah 3.6 production ended ↗
2023-11-06MISRNASA LaRCCriticalTerra orbit altitude change forces new MISR processing — FINAL L2 and L3 stop at 2022-10-12 ↗
2023-10-10VIIRS Cloud (CLDPROP·CLDMSK)NASAInfoContinuity cloud mask algorithm upgraded — data from 2023-01-01 reprocessed ↗
2023-10-05CryoSat-2AWIWarningStart of AWI CryoSat-2 v2.6 — previous versions archived ↗
2023-09-26CALIPSONASACriticalCALIPSO science mission ended — last observations 2023-06-30 ↗
2023-09-15GSMaPJAXAWarningReprocessed v8 standard products regenerated (V8.0000.0 → V8.0000.1) — download again ↗
2023-08-25CCMP V3.1RSSInfoCCMP V3.1 released (1993 to present) ↗
2023-08-24GIMMS NDVINASA ORNL DAACInfoNASA ORNL DAAC releases GIMMS-3G+ V1.2 (1982–2022) — successor to NDVI3g v1 ↗
2023-08-21VIIRS LAI/FPAR (VNP15)NASA EarthdataInfoVIIRS Version 2 LAI/FPAR (VNP15A2H, VJ115A2H) released ↗
2023-08-17GIMMS NDVINASAInfoPKU GIMMS NDVI V1.2 (1982–2022) published on Zenodo ↗
2023-08-10JRA-3QJMAInfoFull period and JRA-3Q-COBE available from DIAS ↗
2023-08-08ESA OC-CCI v6.0CEDAInfoOC-CCI v6.0 4 km collection published at CEDA (DOI assigned) ↗
2023-07-25
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS ET (MOD16)
MODIS LST (MOD11·MOD21)
NASA EarthdataInfoMODIS V6.0 land products decommissioned (2023-07-31) — move to V6.1 ↗
2023-07-25
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS LAI/FPAR (MCD15)
MODIS NDVI/EVI (MOD13)
NASA EarthdataInfoMODIS Version 6.0 land products decommissioned (2023-07-31) — only V6.1 available ↗
2023-07-25MODIS BRDF/Albedo (MCD43)NASA EarthdataInfoMODIS Version 6.0 land products decommissioned (2023-07-31) ↗
2023-07-25MODIS Burned Area (MCD64A1)NASA EarthdataInfoMODIS Version 6.0 land products (including MCD64A1.006) decommissioned on 2023-07-31 ↗
2023-07-19VIIRS NDVI/EVI (VNP13)NASA EarthdataInfoVIIRS Version 2 vegetation indices (VNP13, VJ113) released ↗
2023-07-10GSMaPJAXAInfoReprocessed v8 data available from January 1998 ↗
2023-07-07
MODIS — 2 datasetsMODIS BRDF/Albedo (MCD43)
MODIS Snow (MOD10)
NASA EarthdataInfoTerra and Aqua MODIS switch to Lights-Out-Operations — more data loss possible ↗
2023-06-01ERA-InterimECMWFCriticalDecommissioning of ECMWF Public Datasets service (Web API) ↗
2023-06-01ERA-40ECMWFCriticalDecommissioning of ECMWF Public Datasets service — ECMWF web and Web API downloads end ↗
2023-06-01ERA-20CECMWFCriticalDecommissioning of ECMWF Public Datasets service — no more ERA-20C downloads from ECMWF ↗
2023-06-01CERA-20CECMWFCriticalDecommissioning of ECMWF Public Datasets service — CERA-20C public download ended ↗
2023-05-11ESA CCICEDAInfoHR-SIC v3 (12.5 km SSM/I and SSMIS sea ice concentration) published ↗
2023-04-01OISST v2.1NOAA NCEIInfov2.1b — ship SST bias correction changed to a monthly time-dependent scheme ↗
2023-03-31GHRSST MUR v4.1NASAWarningAMSR2 gap (2022-12-17 to 2023-02-27) and switch to cloud inputs ↗
2023-03-21SMOS sea surface salinity (ESA, CATDS, BEC)ESAInfoSMOS mission extended to the end of 2025 ↗
2023-02-13CCMP V3.1RSSInfoCCMP V3.0 released — background changed from ERA-Interim to ERA5 ↗
2023-02-07VIIRS Cloud (CLDPROP·CLDMSK)NASAInfoAqua MODIS continuity cloud products reprocessed (2022-04-17 to 07-26, crosstalk correction) ↗
2022-12-19MODIS Cloud (MOD06·MOD35)NASAWarningNOAA Reynolds SST discontinued — MOD35 and MOD06 frozen on the last SST ↗
2022-12-09JRA-3QJMAWarningLocal issues with sea ice parameters ↗
2022-11-29MODIS Cloud (MOD06·MOD35)NASAInfoTerra L1B and atmosphere products reprocessed after constellation exit maneuvers (2022-10-23 to 11-21) ↗
2022-11-04MODIS Cloud (MOD06·MOD35)NASAInfoAqua L1B and atmosphere products reprocessed after safe mode (2022-04-17 to 07-26) ↗
2022-10-28ESA WorldCoverESAInfoWorldCover 2021 (v200) released ↗
2022-10-27MODIS Ocean (color and SST)NASA EarthdataInfoAqua MODIS ocean color R2022.0 files released — new file names and folder layout ↗
2022-10-21GOCI-II (GEO-KOMPSAT-2B)KHOA NOSCWarningSome images withheld after safe-mode recovery (September 2022) ↗
2022-10-10ESA Sea State CCI v4CEDAInfoVersion 3 released (2002-06 to 2021-01) ↗
2022-10-08SMOS thin sea ice thicknessUniv. of BremenInfoUniversity of Bremen SMOS/SMAP thin sea ice thickness v300 released ↗
2022-10 (day not given)WOA23NOAA NCEIInfoInitial WOA23 release — 1991–2020 temperature and salinity normals ↗
2022-10 (day not given)VIIRS Ocean (color and SST)NASAInfoFull-mission R2022.0 reprocessing of Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS ocean color begins ↗
2022-08-22SMAP (L3·L4)NSIDCWarningSMAP in safe mode (data gap 2022-08-06 to 09-20) ↗
2022-08-22SMAP sea surface salinity (RSS and JPL)NSIDCWarningSMAP safe mode (entered 2022-08-08) — gap in salinity data ↗
2022-07-17TROPOMINASA GES DISCInfoProcessor 2.4.0 goes operational with the first full-mission reprocessing (RPRO) ↗
2022-06-01ESA OC-CCI v6.0Copernicus C3SWarningReflectance jump in C3S CDS v5.0 (December 2020 to February 2021) — fixed in v5.0.1 ↗
2022-06 (day not given)ERA-40ECMWFInfoAccess disruptions during the move of the ECMWF archive (MARS) to Bologna ↗
2022-05-12GRACE / GRACE-FONASAInfoGRACE-FO RL06.1 released — hybrid accelerometer transplant (ACX) introduced ↗
2022-03-04CMORPH CDRNOAA NCEIInfoInput microwave precipitation switched to NASA GPROF from January 2021 (technical note) ↗
2021-12-01GSMaPJAXAInfoDistribution of GSMaP algorithm version 8 begins ↗
2021-11-15Metop ASCAT ocean windsEUMETSAT OSI SAFWarningMetop-A mission ends — ASCAT-A wind production stops and deorbiting begins ↗
2021-11-10MODIS NDVI/EVI (MOD13)NASA LP DAACInfoAqua orbit drift plan — the 16-day repeat cycle is no longer strictly kept ↗
2021-11-10MODIS BRDF/Albedo (MCD43)NASA LP DAACWarningAqua orbit drift — equator crossing getting later ↗
2021-11-10MODIS Ocean (color and SST)NASA LP DAACInfoAqua stops orbit maintenance — equator crossing time drifting later ↗
2021-10-28MODIS Snow (MOD10)NSIDCWarningChanges in Terra and Aqua orbits affect MODIS snow and sea ice products ↗
2021-10-08ESA SSS CCI v5.5CEDAInfoSSS CCI v3.21 released (2010–2020) ↗
2021-10-01OISST v2.1NOAA NCEIInfov2.1a — satellite input switched to NOAA ACSPO SST ↗
2021-08-25EN4Met OfficeInfoEN.4.2.2 — WOD18 input not updated after late 2020 ↗
2021-08-06MODIS Cloud (MOD06·MOD35)NASAWarningTerra part failure (2020-10-05) caused high-latitude cloud mask and cloud top errors ↗
2021-06 (day not given)ECCO V4ECCOWarningECCO Version 4, Release 4b: an errata for atmospheric pressure forcing in V4r4 ↗
2021-05-28SMOS sea surface salinity (ESA, CATDS, BEC)ESAInfoSMOS L1 and L2 processing baseline version 7 operational, full mission reprocessed ↗
2021-05-19ESA OC-CCI v6.0ESAInfoOC-CCI v5.0 released — first version with OLCI ↗
2021-04-26HadISSTMet OfficeInfoIn situ updates now based on unadjusted HadSST4 ↗
2021-03 (day not given)GOCI (COMS)KIOSTWarningGOCI mission ended ↗
2021-02-01TerraClimateClimatology LabInfonetCDF library update breaks remote access — use '#fillmismatch' ↗
2021-01-0720CR (v3)NOAA PSLInfo20th Century Reanalysis v3 now extends back to 1806 ↗
2020-11 (day not given)FLDASNASA GES DISCWarningInland-water mask post-processing — re-download data obtained before November 2020 ↗
2020-10-22HadISSTMet OfficeWarningSatellite SST source changed to METOP; cool bias in recent years ↗
2020-10 (day not given)GLDAS-2NASA GES DISCWarningInland-water mask post-processing — re-download data obtained before 2020-11-01 ↗
2020-10 (day not given)GOCI (COMS)KHOA NOSCInfoSuccessor GOCI-II data service started ↗
2020-09-16JRA55-doJMA MRIInfov1.5.0 released — tropical cyclone fix ↗
2020-06-30GLDAS-2NASAInfoGLDAS-1 products decommissioned ↗
2020-04-01OISST v2.1NOAA NCEIInfov2.1 released, replacing v2.0 ↗
2020-04-01NLDAS-2NASAInfoNLDAS-1 data decommissioned ↗
2020-02 (day not given)GLDAS-2NASAInfoReprocessed GLDAS-2.1 Noah released; new CLSM, VIC and 2.2 products added ↗
2020-01-30ESA Sea State CCI v4CEDAInfoVersion 1.1 released (1991-07 to 2018-12) ↗
2019-12-15AIRS V7NASA EarthdataInfoAIRS Version 7 L3 released (L2 on 2019-11-27) ↗
2019-11-01FLDASNASA GES DISCInfoAfrican regional products retired — replaced by the global product ↗
2019-10-18GHRSST MUR v4.1NASAInfoRelease of the 0.25° MUR25 v4.2 ↗
2019-10-02Metop ASCAT ocean windsKNMIInfoMetop-C ASCAT winds become operational ↗
2019-08-31ERA-InterimECMWFInfoERA-Interim production stopped ↗
2019-08-29AVHRR Pathfinder SST v5.3NASAInfoPO.DAAC retires Pathfinder v5.0 and v5.1 ↗
2019-08-1620CR (v3)NOAA PSLInfoVersion 3 of the 20CR dataset will provide a 180-year history of the weather ↗
2019-08-06TROPOMINASA GES DISCInfoAlong-track pixel size reduced from 7 km to 5.5 km ↗
2019-08-01TerraClimateClimatology LabInfoFiles converted to NetCDF4 — scale_factor and offset must be applied ↗
2019-06-24SMAP (L3·L4)NSIDCWarningSMAP in safe mode (data gap 2019-06-19 to 07-23) ↗
2019-06-24SMAP sea surface salinity (RSS and JPL)NSIDCWarningSMAP safe mode (no data 2019-06-19 to 07-23) ↗
2019-03 (day not given)APHRODITEAPHRODITEInfoV1901 (EOD-adjusted to 00–24 UTC) released; APHRODITE-2 funding ended ↗
2018-10-05APHRODITEAPHRODITEInfoV1101EX replaced by V1101EX_R1 (fixes over India and Taiwan) ↗
2018-09-27APHRODITEAPHRODITEInfoAPHRODITE-2 products released — V1801_MA, V1101EX_R1, V1808_MA (temperature), APHRO_JP V1207R3 ↗
2018-09-25Metop ASCAT ocean windsKNMIWarningOSI SAF ASCAT winds switch to CMOD7 and stress-equivalent winds ↗
2018-09-17GRACE / GRACE-FONASAWarningGRACE-FO instrument processing unit failure halts science data — no solutions for August and September 2018 ↗
2018-02-07MISRNASA LaRCInfoL2 aerosol V23 released — 4.4 km resolution, NetCDF-4 ↗
2017-10-27GRACE / GRACE-FONASACriticalGRACE science mission ends — about 11-month gap to GRACE-FO ↗
2017-01-30CERA-20CECMWFInfoNew Public Dataset: CERA-20C daily ↗
2016-09-24AIRS V7NASACriticalAMSU-A2 power loss — AIRS+AMSU (AIRX) products end ↗
2016-08-27AVHRR Pathfinder SST v5.3NOAA NCEIInfoRelease of Pathfinder v5.3 L3C ↗
2016-07-20AVHRR Pathfinder SST v5.3NOAA NCEIWarningHigh-latitude SST errors near the solstices in v5.2 and v5.3 ↗
2016-06-28MSU/AMSU (RSS·UAH·STAR)RSSInfoRSS TLT V4.0 released (TMT and TTT V4.0 on 2016-03-02) ↗
2016-05 (day not given)GOCI (COMS)NASAInfoNASA OBPG GOCI reprocessing R2014.0 completed — L1B and L2 distribution begins ↗
2016-03-23JRA-55CDIASWarningJanuary–August 2005 files replaced (DIAS) ↗
2016-03-14MERRANASA GMAOCriticalGMAO Terminates MERRA Production ↗
2015-07-28JRA-55CNSF NCARInfoJRA-55C in the RDA: The Japanese 55-year Reanalysis Using Conventional Data Only ↗
2015-07-07SMAP (L3·L4)NSIDCCriticalSMAP radar failure — radiometer-only operations since ↗
2015-05-13ERA-20CECMWFInfoNew Public Dataset: ERA-20C Daily, ERA-20C Wave, ERA-20C Observations ↗
2014-02 (day not given)JRA-25JMACriticalProvision of JRA-25 and JCDAS data terminated ↗
2013-12-25JRA-25JMAWarningRelease schedule for the JRA-55 data and a plan for ceasing provisions of the JRA-25/JCDAS data (changed) ↗
2011-08 (day not given)CFSR / CFSv2NOAA NCEIInfoCFSRR Known Issues technical document released ↗
2011-04-18CFSR / CFSv2NOAA NWSInfoAmended: Climate Forecast System (CFS) changes effective March 30, 2011 (TIN 10-55) ↗
2011-03-08HadISSTMet OfficeWarningSea ice discontinuity from the early-2009 change of input source ↗
2010-02-18CFSR / CFSv2NOAA NCEIWarningGRIB2 metadata issue in CFSR time-series files corrected ↗
2007-06-25Aura OMIKNMICriticalOMI row anomaly began ↗