Remote sensing data can be effectively used by ecologists to understand ecosystem dynamics and to expand site measurements to larger scales. These data can be used to improve our understanding of processes occurring on land and in the lower atmosphere, and play a vital role in the development of global interactive Earth system models used to predict global change. Science data products generated from a variety of sensors, including the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS),the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and the high-spectral resolution Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission Reflection Radiometer(ASTER)will be presented. We will touch upon data sets that provide measurements for land surface temperature, reflectance, vegetation indices, phenology, land cover, photosynthesis, precipitation, and non-satellite based human dimensions data (e.g. Human appropriation of Net Primary Productivity). Featured tools will include those developed at several of NASA’s twelve Earth Observing System Data Information System(EOSDIS) data centers. The target audience is graduate students, post-docs, and researchers who would like to use remote sensing data to complement the information collected during field studies. Faculty members who would like to include exercises on use of remote sensing in their curricula are encouraged to attend.