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Terra Data Access and Tools
Data collected by NASA’s Terra satellite are integral for efforts to understand changes among Earth's interconnected systems. Explore Terra datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.
Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Science Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Urban Extents from VIIRS and MODIS for the Continental U.S. Using Machine Learning Methods | VIIRS, MODIS | 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | 1.0 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS | Boundaries |
| ABoVE: Angular-corrected MODIS MAIAC Reflectance across Alaska and Canada, 2000-2017 | MODIS | 2000-02-24 to 2017-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Reflectance, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Cover, Reflectance |
| ABoVE: Burn Severity, Fire Progression, and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2015-2016 | SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, MODIS | 2015-05-20 to 2016-08-08 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Soil Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Cover, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Dominant Species, Biomass, Plant Characteristics |
| ABoVE: Burn Severity, Fire Progression, Landcover and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2014 | MODIS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE | 1997-07-07 to 2015-07-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Dominant Species, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Fire Occurrence, Biomass, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Plant Characteristics, Soil Temperature, Vegetation Cover |
| ABoVE: Burned Area, Depth, and Combustion for Alaska and Canada, 2001-2019 | MODIS, OLI, TIRS | 2001-01-01 to 2019-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | COG | Fire Occurrence, Emissions, Forests, Carbon, Burned Area |
| ABoVE: Corrected MODIS MAIAC Reflectance at Tower Sites, Alaska and Canada, 2000-2016 | Computer, MODIS | 2000-02-24 to 2016-07-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Reflectance |
| ABoVE: Dall Sheep Response to Snow and Landscape Covariates, Alaska, 2005-2008 | Computer, MODIS | 2005-09-01 to 2008-08-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 classic | Snow Depth, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Topographic Effects, Terrain Elevation, Snow Density |
| ABoVE: Environmental Conditions During Fall Moose Hunting Seasons, Alaska, 2000-2016 | WATER LEVEL GAUGES, MODIS, THERMOMETERS | 2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Air Temperature, Leaf Characteristics, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Phenological Changes, Animal Ecology and Behavior, Animal Commodities, Rural Areas, Water Depth, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES |
| ABoVE: Fractional Open Water Cover for Pan-Arctic and ABoVE-Domain Regions, 2002-2015 | AMSR-E, MODIS, AMSR2 | 2002-06-20 to 2015-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Total Surface Water, Droughts, Floods, Inundation |
| ABoVE: High Resolution Cloud-Free Snow Cover Extent and Snow Depth, Alaska, 2001-2017 | MODIS | 2001-01-01 to 2017-12-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 classic | Snow Cover, Snow Depth |
| ABoVE: Last Day of Spring Snow, Alaska, USA, and Yukon Territory, Canada, 2000-2016 | MODIS | 2000-04-01 to 2016-07-02 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Snow Cover, Snow Cover, Snow Cover |
| ABoVE: Light-Curve Modelling of Gridded GPP Using MODIS MAIAC and Flux Tower Data | MODIS, Computer, MMS | 2000-01-01 to 2018-01-01 | 1 | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Gross Primary Production (gpp), Carbon Flux, Primary Production, Land Use Classes |
| ABoVE: MODIS- and CCAN-Derived NDVI and Trends, North Slope of Alaska, 2000-2015 | Computer, MODIS | 2000-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Biogeochemical Cycles |
| ABoVE: MODIS-derived Maximum NDVI, Northern Alaska and Yukon Territory for 2002-2017 | MODIS | 2002-06-01 to 2017-08-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) |
| ABoVE: Wolf Denning Phenology and Reproductive Success, Alaska and Canada, 2000-2017 | GPS, Computer, MODIS | 2000-03-29 to 2017-08-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Maximum/Minimum Temperature, CARNIVORES, Length of Growing Season, Precipitation Amount, Species/Population Interactions, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Animal Phenological Changes, Snow Water Equivalent, Plant Phenological Changes, Oscillations |
| Aboveground Biomass Change for Amazon Basin, Mexico, and Pantropical Belt, 2003-2016 | GLAS, Computer, MODIS | 2003-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Biomass Dynamics, Biomass, Carbon |
| Annual PM2.5 Concentrations for Countries and Urban Areas, 1998-2016 | Computer, MODIS, MISR, SeaWiFS | 1998-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | 1.00 | COMPLETE | Shapefile, Excel | Particulate Matter, Particulates, Sustainability |
| Annual wildland fire emissions (WFEIS v0.5) for Conterminous US and Alaska, 2001-2013 | MODIS | 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Emissions, Forest Fire Danger Index, Fire Models, Wildfires, Forest Fire Science |
| ARCTAS Supplementary Satellite Data Products | TES, OMI, MOPITT | 2008-03-01 to 2008-07-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | HDF4, HDF5, ICARTT | Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Atmospheric Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, Tropospheric Ozone, Bromine Monoxide |
| Arctic Boreal Annual Burned Area, Circumpolar Boreal Forest and Tundra, V2, 2002-2022 | Computer, MODIS | 2002-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | 2 | COMPLETE | COG | Forests, Fire Occurrence, Reforestation, Burned Area |
| ASTER Digital Elevation Model V003 | ASTER | 2000-03-06 to 2025-12-15 | 003 | DEPRECATED | GeoTIFF | Topographical Relief Maps, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM) |
| ASTER Digital Elevation Model V004 | ASTER | 2000-03-06 to Present | 004 | ACTIVE | COG | Topographical Relief Maps, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM) |
| ASTER Expedited L1A Reconstructed Unprocessed Instrument Data V003 | ASTER | 2000-03-04 to Present | 003 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS2 | REFLECTED INFRARED, THERMAL INFRARED, VISIBLE IMAGERY |
| ASTER Expedited L1B Registered Radiance at the Sensor V003 | ASTER | 2000-03-04 to Present | 003 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS2 | REFLECTED INFRARED, THERMAL INFRARED, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Visible Radiance |
| ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V002 | ASTER | 1999-12-18 to 2011-02-28 | 002 | DEPRECATED | GeoTIFF | Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps |
Terra Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIRMS | The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. | Access, Visualization | |
| FLOOD | The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. | Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| LDOPE | Access a range of software tools designed to manipulate, visualize, and analyze MODIS and VIIRS data. | Analysis, Visualization | |
| LP DAAC Data Prep Scripts | Access a collection of R and Python scripts to download data and perform basic data processing functions. | ||
| MISR Browse Tool | The MISR Browse Tool allows easy access to images from the MISR instrument. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| MISR Level 3 Data Browser | The MISR Level 3 Data Browser provides visualizations of select parameters available in the MISR Level 3 global data products. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| MISR Orbit Tool | The MISR Orbit Tool is an interactive interface for converting dates to MISR Orbit number and Orbit numbers to dates. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| Similarity Search | Similarity Search uses machine learning to make it easier for scientists to comb through millions of images and locate sets of similar examples. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| TESViS | The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. | Visualization, Subsetting | |
| Worldview | Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events |
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