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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.
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 | |
| 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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Datasets
| Dataset | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LBA-ECO LC-24 Forest Cover Map from MODIS, 500-m, South America: 2001 | MODIS | 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31 | N: 13.6922 S: -56.4548 E: -34.2236 W: -86.3842 | 2 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Use Classes, Vegetation Cover, Forests |
| Files containing only extrapolated orbital metadata, to be read via SDP Toolkit, Binary Format | MODIS | 2016-01-24 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | BINARY | ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS |
| Global Fire Emissions Database, Version 4.1 (GFEDv4) | Computer, VIIRS, MODIS, ATSR | 1995-06-01 to 2016-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 4.1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions |
| Global 500-m Foliage Clumping Index Data Derived from MODIS BRDF, 2006 | MODIS | 2006-01-01 to 2006-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI), Canopy Characteristics |
| 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 | N: 68.327 S: 59.927 E: -106.759 W: -135.543 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Soil Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Cover, Soil Moisture/Water Content |
| Fire Intensity and Burn Severity Metrics for Circumpolar Boreal Forests, 2001-2013 | Computer, MODIS | 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | N: 80 S: 40 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Fire Dynamics, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Albedo, Forests, Burned Area |
| Global Forest Cover Change Tree Cover Multi-Year Global 30m V003 | ETM+, TM, ASTER, MODIS | 2000-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 003 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Forest Management |
| Global Forest Cover Change Forest Cover Change Multi-Year Global 30m V001 | ETM+, TM, ASTER, MODIS | 1990-01-01 to 2004-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 001 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Forest Harvesting and Engineering |
| Global Forest Cover Change Water Cover 2000 Global 30m V001 | ETM+, TM, ASTER, MODIS | 1999-06-29 to 2003-01-14 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 001 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Total Surface Water |
| Global Forest Cover Change Surface Reflectance Estimates Multi-Year Global 30m V001 | ETM+, TM, ASTER, MODIS | 1984-03-12 to 2011-12-25 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 001 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Reflectance |
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