Sensing Our Planet: NASA Earth Science Research Features, formerly the DAAC Alliance Annual, is a multidisciplinary publication highlighting research using data from NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites. The publication is researched, written, and produced annually at the NSIDC DAAC on behalf of the NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) data centers.

Sensing Our Planet features intriguing research using data from NASA's EOS satellites and related data from the EOSDIS data centers, including the NSIDC DAAC. The articles span the Earth science disciplines represented by the EOSDIS data centers, and are written with scientists, educators, and the interested public in mind.

The 2007 issue features data from nine discipline-specific data centers. This year's article regarding NSIDC DAAC data, "After the Larsen B," examines how researchers are studying the aftermath of the collapse of an Antarctic ice shelf to determine what might happen next. The issue also contains articles about the ways scientists are using this NASA data to study vegetation, such as in "Grasping the Subtle Needs of Vegetation." Other articles, such as "Burgundy Through Space and Time," focuses on some of the unexpected ways that scientists use remote sensing data to study the Earth.

You can read stories online, download PDF copies of the 2002-2007 editions, or request printed copies from 1994-2007. Please visit the Earth System Science Data and Services Featured Research Articles Web site.