Global Cloud Cover

See a near real time data set of Global Cloud Cover from The University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC).
 
For more information about this data set and other views of global cloud cover see: SSEC at the University of Wisconsin.

Sea Surface Temperature

See a near real time data set of sea surface temperature from the Naval Oceanographic Office at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

For more information about this data set see:
SSEC at the University of Wisconsin.

Global Biosphere

Life on Earth is directly influenced by conditions in the oceans and atmosphere. The extent of plant life on Earth can be seen in satellite maps of the global biosphere. These maps are constructed by combining strips of data collected by the SeaWiFS satellite as it orbits the Earth. Each strip reflects data collected from one orbit of the satellite. By averaging many days of overlapping strips of data, areas obscured by cloud cover on one day are revealed on a clear day, and a cloudless map of global plant life created.

For more information on SeaWiFS and the global biosphere see:
SeaWiFS Project at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Global Water Vapor

See a near real time data set of global water vapor hosted at the University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center

For more information about this and other global data sets see:
SSEC at the University of Wisconsin.

Earthquakes

See a near real time data set of earthquakes from the United States Geological Survey

For more information about this data set and an interactive listing of current earthquakes see the USGS National Earthquake Information Center.