The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (03 February 2015)

New Features: http://earthobservatory nasa gov/Features/

• Notes from the Field: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Launch http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/category/smap/?src=eoa-features Knowledge of soil moisture is important for applications such as weather forecasting, crop monitoring, and flood prediction For a global picture of this key parameter, NASA is launching the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite

Latest Images: http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/

• High-Latitude Forest Fires Behave Differently in North America and Eurasia http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85172&src=eoa-iotd

• Rocketing into the Northern Lights http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85207&src=eoa-iotd

• Fortification Patterns on the Iraq-Iran Border http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85196&src=eoa-iotd

• Soil Moisture Mission Rockets into Orbit http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85211&src=eoa-iotd

• Reef in the Southern Gulf of Mexico http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85177&src=eoa-iotd

• Satellites Spot Fields Idled by Drought http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85199&src=eoa-iotd

• Twin Tropical Cyclones http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85187&src=eoa-iotd

• Nor'easter Pounds New England http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=85166&src=eoa-iotd

Recent Blog Posts: http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/

Notes from the Field * SMAP: The Dirt Behind Improved Forecasting http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=6693&src=eoa-blogs

• SMAP: Adopt a Satellite http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=6689&src=eoa-blogs

• From a Roadside View to a Global View http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=6684&src=eoa-blogs

• Aw, SMAP! http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=6680&src=eoa-blogs

• The Reveal http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=6664&src=eoa-blogs

• SMAP Set to Investigate Earth http://earthobservatory nasa gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=6655&src=eoa-blogs

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