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Data at CMS
| Dataset Sort descending | Processing Level | Data State | Temporal Extent | Platform | Data Format | Science Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMS: Hourly Carbon Dioxide Estimated Using the WRF Model, North America, 2010 | 4 | COMPLETE | 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 | CLIMATE MODELS | netCDF-4 classic | Upper Air Temperature, Upper Level Winds, Geopotential Height, Surface Pressure, Surface Pressure |
| CMS: Land Cover Projections (5.6-km) from GCAM v3.1 for Conterminous USA, 2005-2095 | 4 | COMPLETE | 2005-01-01 to 2095-12-31 | MODELS | netCDF-4 classic | Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure, Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
| CMS: Landsat-derived Annual Land Cover Maps for the Colombian Amazon, 2001-2016 | 4 | COMPLETE | 2001-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8, MODELS | GeoTIFF | Deforestation, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance |
| CMS: LiDAR Biomass Improved for High Biomass Forests, Sonoma County, CA, USA, 2013 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2013-09-01 to 2013-09-01 | CESSNA SINGLE-ENGINE AIRCRAFT, FIELD SURVEYS | GeoTIFF | Vegetation Cover, Canopy Characteristics, Biomass |
| CMS: LiDAR Data for Forested Areas in Paragominas, Para, Brazil, 2012-2014 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2012-07-27 to 2014-12-27 | Airplane | multiple | Canopy Characteristics, Reforestation, Crown, Forests, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Lidar Backscatter |
| CMS: LiDAR Data for Forested Sites on Borneo Island, Kalimantan, Indonesia, 2014 | 2 | COMPLETE | 2014-10-18 to 2014-11-30 | Airplane | LAZ | Lidar, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM) |
| CMS: LiDAR Data for Mangrove Forests in the Zambezi River Delta, Mozambique, 2014 | 1B | COMPLETE | 2014-05-05 to 2014-05-05 | Airplane | multiple | Coastal, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure, Mangroves, Canopy Characteristics, Terrain Elevation, Lidar |
| CMS: LiDAR-derived Aboveground Biomass, Canopy Height and Cover for Maryland, 2011 | 4 | SUPERSEDED | 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31 | Airplane | GeoTIFF | Biomass, Canopy Characteristics, Vegetation Cover |
| CMS: LiDAR-derived Biomass, Canopy Height and Cover, Sonoma County, California, 2013 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2013-09-01 to 2013-12-31 | Airplane, COMPUTERS, MODELS | GeoTIFF | Biomass, Canopy Characteristics, Vegetation Cover |
| CMS: LiDAR-derived Canopy Height, Elevation for Sites in Kalimantan, Indonesia, 2014 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2014-10-18 to 2014-11-30 | Airplane | GeoTIFF | Canopy Characteristics, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Lidar |
| CMS: LiDAR-derived Estimates of Aboveground Biomass at Four Forested Sites, USA | 4 | COMPLETE | 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31 | ALOS | GeoTIFF | Forests, Biomass |
| CMS: LiDAR-derived Tree Canopy Cover for States in the Northeast USA | 3 | COMPLETE | 2008-01-01 to 2014-08-30 | MODELS, Airplane | GeoTIFF | Canopy Characteristics, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Forests |
| CMS: Mangrove Canopy Characteristics and Land Cover Change, Tanzania, 1990-2014 | 3 | COMPLETE | 1990-01-01 to 2014-12-31 | LANDSAT, MODELS | GeoTIFF | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Canopy Characteristics, Vegetation Cover |
| CMS: Mangrove Canopy Height Estimates from Remote Imagery, Zambezi Delta, Mozambique | 3 | COMPLETE | 2011-10-14 to 2014-05-06 | Airplane, SPACE SHUTTLES, WORLDVIEW-2, TSX | GeoTIFF | Mangroves, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Canopy Characteristics |
| CMS: Mangrove Canopy Height from High-resolution Stereo Image Pairs, Mozambique, 2012 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2012-09-01 to 2012-09-30 | WORLDVIEW-1 | GeoTIFF | Canopy Characteristics |
| CMS: Mangrove Forest Cover Extent and Change across Major River Deltas, 2000-2016 | 4 | COMPLETE | 2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-1A, STS-99 | GeoTIFF | Canopy Characteristics, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Coastal, Deforestation, Vegetation Cover |
| CMS: Modeled Net Ecosystem Exchange at 3-hourly Time Steps, 2004-2010 | 4 | COMPLETE | 2004-01-01 to 2010-12-31 | MODELS | netCDF-4 classic | Respiration Rate, Primary Production, Carbon |
| CMS: MODIS GPP, fPAR, and SST, and ENSO Index, Baja California, Mexico, 2000-2013 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2000-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | TERRA | CSV | Multivariate ENSO Index, Sea Surface Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| CMS: Pinyon-Juniper Forest Live Aboveground Biomass, Great Basin, USA, 2000-2016 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | MODELS | GeoTIFF | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Biomass |
| CMS: Simulated Physical-Biogeochemical Data, SABGOM Model, Gulf of America, 2005-2010 | 4 | COMPLETE | 2005-01-01 to 2010-12-31 | Ships, COMPUTERS | netCDF-4 classic | Inorganic Carbon, Salinity, Carbon Dioxide, Nutrients, Ocean Currents, Sea Surface Temperature, Dissolved Solids |
| CMS: Soil CO2 Efflux and Properties, Site Vegetation Measurements, Mexico, 2011-2012 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2011-08-01 to 2012-08-31 | FIELD SURVEYS | CSV | Carbon, Nitrogen, Soil Porosity, Soil Temperature, Leaf Characteristics, Biomass, Soil Respiration, Soil Moisture/Water Content |
| CMS: Terrestrial Carbon Stocks, Emissions, and Fluxes for Conterminous US, 2001-2016 | 4 | COMPLETE | 2001-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | LANDSAT-8, AQUA, ALOS, ALOS-2, DEM, MODELS, LANDSAT-5 | netCDF-4 | Terrestrial Ecosystems, Biomass, Litter Characteristics, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Gross Primary Production (gpp), Heterotrophic Respiration (rh), Autotrophic Respiration (ra), Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) |
| CMS: Tree Canopy Cover at 0.5-meter resolution, Vermont, 2016 | 4 | COMPLETE | 2016-07-27 to 2016-09-13 | MODELS | COG | Canopy Characteristics, Forests |
| CMS: Tree Cover Estimates at 30 m Resolution for Mexico from 2000 to 2019 | 3 | COMPLETE | 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31 | MODELS, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4, ISS | COG | Vegetation Cover, Forests, Terrain Elevation |
| CMS: Vegetative Lifeform Cover from Landsat SR for CONUS, 1984-2018 | 3 | COMPLETE | 1984-01-01 to 2018-12-31 | MODELS, LANDSAT-5, G-LiHT, LANDSAT-7 | GeoTIFF | Deserts, Reflectance, Forests, Grasslands, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Alpine/Tundra |
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