Welcome¶

Welcome to the NASA Openscapes Cloud for Earth Science Book!

This book contains awesome stuff!

The new cloud paradigm¶

NASA Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) are in the process of moving their data holdings to the cloud (orange in diagram). In the new paradigm, the data storage (green in diagram) and DAAC-provided tools and services built on top of the data are co-located in the Earthdata Cloud (hosted in AWS cloud).

Illustration by Catalina Oaida, PO.DAAC

As this data migration occurs, DAACs will have more information about how users can access data. For example, the Cloud Data page at PO.DAAC offers access to resources to help guide data users in discovering, accessing, and utilizing cloud data. During this transition, some data will continue to be available from the traditional on premise archive, while some data will also be available from and within the Earthdata Cloud.