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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 | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NACP Regional: Supplemental Gridded Observations, Biosphere and Inverse Model Outputs | MODIS | 1990-01-01 to 2008-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Carbon, Ecosystem Functions, Primary Production, Agricultural Lands, Forests |
| NACP VPRM NEE Parameters Optimized to North American Flux Tower Sites, 2000-2006 | MODIS, Computer | 2000-01-01 to 2007-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Respiration Rate, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Photosynthesis, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide |
| NACP: MODIS Daily Land Incident 4-km PAR Images For North America, 2003-2005 | MODIS | 2003-01-01 to 2005-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Reflectance, Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| NAMMA MODIS/AQUA AND MODIS/TERRA DEEP BLUE PRODUCTS V1 | MODIS | 2006-08-13 to 2006-09-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | Various: ASCII, GIF | VISIBLE IMAGERY, Angstrom Exponent |
| PEM Tropics B Satellite Data | MOPITT | 1999-03-05 to 1999-04-12 | 1 | COMPLETE | GIF | Flight Data Logs, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Sea Surface Temperature Indices, Infrared Wavelengths, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide |
| Pre SWOT Hydrology Global Lake/Reservoir Surface Inland Water Area Extent V2 | MODIS | 2000-02-18 to 2016-10-15 | 2 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 | LAKES |
| Russian Boreal Forest Disturbance Maps Derived from Landsat Imagery, 1984-2000 | MODIS, TM, ETM+ | 1984-06-01 to 2000-08-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
| 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 | 1 | COMPLETE | ASCII | Land Surface Temperature |
| SAFARI 2000 Emissions Estimates, MODIS Burned Area Product, Dry Season 2000 | MODIS | 2000-08-31 to 2000-09-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Litter Characteristics, Biomass Burning, Savannas, Grasslands, Forests |
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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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