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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAFARI 2000 MODIS MOD05_L2 Water Vapor Data, Binary Format, for Southern Africa | MODIS | 2000-08-20 to 2000-09-20 | N: 10.0997 S: -42.2826 E: 50.5201 W: -20.6417 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Water Vapor, Total Precipitable Water |
| SAFARI 2000 MODIS 500-m Burned Area Products, Southern Africa, Dry Season 2000 | MODIS | 2000-06-27 to 2000-10-04 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Reflectance, Biomass Burning, Fire Occurrence | |
| SAFARI 2000 Estimated BVOC Emissions for Southern African Land Cover Types | THERMOMETERS, MODIS | 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31 | N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Characteristics, Cloud Frequency, Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Air Temperature |
| SAFARI 2000 MODIS Water and Heat Fluxes, Maun, Botswana, Dry Season 2001 | PRESSURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HUMIDITY SENSORS, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, MODIS, Computer | 2001-09-02 to 2001-09-29 | N: -17.9946 S: -21.0004 E: 24.5004 W: 21.4946 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Canopy Characteristics, Wetlands |
| SAFARI 2000 Emissions Estimates, MODIS Burned Area Product, Dry Season 2000 | MODIS | 2000-08-31 to 2000-09-30 | N: 0.3389 S: -34.1425 E: 46.6473 W: 9.6738 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Litter Characteristics, Biomass Burning, Savannas, Grasslands, Forests |
| SAFARI 2000 1-Degree Estimates of Burned Biomass, Area, and Emissions, 2000 | Computer, MULTI-SPECTRAL, ATSR, MODIS | 2000-08-01 to 2000-09-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Biomass, Grasslands, Forests, Fire Occurrence, Fire Dynamics | |
| SAFARI 2000 ASTER and MODIS Fire Data Comparison, Dry Season 2001 | MODIS, ASTER | 2001-08-05 to 2001-10-05 | N: -11.29 S: -26.83 E: 44.26 W: 16.31 | 1 | COMPLETE | ASCII | Land Surface Temperature |
| Tree Canopy Cover for the Circumpolar Taiga-Tundra Ecotone: 2000-2005 | MODIS | 2000-01-01 to 2005-12-31 | N: 70 S: 50 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Vegetation Cover, Canopy Characteristics |
| ISLSCP II Global Population of the World | MODIS | 1990-01-01 to 1995-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Population Size, Population Distribution |
| ISLSCP II Global Gridded Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 1990 | MODIS | 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Population Distribution |
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