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Chlorophyll Concentration (1 month – Aqua/Modis)accessed on September 15, 2015 from NASA’s Earth Observatory.

Description icon-questionA descriptive note detailing the content and context of the digital collection.

As part of the EOS Project Science Office located at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the mission of the Earth Observatory is “to share with the public the images, stories, and discoveries about the environment, Earth systems, and climate that emerge from NASA research, including its satellite missions, in-the-field research, and models“. Users can do a keyword search or browse images by different categories. Users can also generate images of global maps to explore key parts of the Earth’s climate system. The images are based on data provided by the NASA satellites.

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Work Types icon-questionTerms that identify the kinds of works in the digital collection being described. It typically refers to a work’s physical form, function, or medium in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Thesaurus For Graphic Materials (TGM) by Library of Congress.

Openness icon-questionOpenness of the digital collection determined using the 4R activities by Wiley (2010).

Allow Reuse, Redistribute, Revise and Remix for educational and non-commercial purposes

Allow Reuse, Redistribute, Revise and Remix for educational and non-commercial purposes

Notes on Usage icon-questionAdditional notes on the terms of use on the digital images in the collection.

Unless otherwise stated, content on the Earth Observatory site is “freely available for re-publication or re-use, including commercial purposes“. Recommends attribution to NASA’s Earth Observatory for its original content but attribution to NASA is mandatory. Image can be cited by the title of work (or title of article), accessed date and url of digital image. Do note that the access date is important in this case as the images are updated regularly.

e.g. Stormy Pacific, accessed on September 15, 2015 from NASA. e.g. Chlorophyll Concentration (1 month – Aqua/Modis)accessed on September 15, 2015 from NASA’s Earth Observatory.

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