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Biosphere Data Access and Tools

NASA biosphere data range from surface reflectance data useful for measuring the greenness of vegetation to measurements of nighttime lights that disrupt the behaviors of wildlife. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Biosphere Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Data Format
NACP Soil Organic Matter of Burned Boreal Black Spruce Forests, Alaska, 2009-2011 FIELD SURVEYS 2009-08-01 to 2011-08-02 CSV
NACP TERRA-PNW: Forest Plant Traits, NPP, Biomass, and Soil Properties, 1999-2014 FIELD SURVEYS LASERS, HYDROMETERS, CHN ANALYZERS, LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER 1999-05-27 to 2014-07-23 CSV
NACP VPRM NEE Parameters Optimized to North American Flux Tower Sites, 2000-2006 TERRA, AQUA, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, COMPUTERS MODIS, Computer 2000-01-01 to 2007-12-31 CSV
NACP Woody Vegetation Characteristics of 1,039 Sites across North Slope, Alaska, V2 QUICKBIRD, MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION QUICKBIRD/BHRC-60, Computer, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CAMERA 2010-07-28 to 2011-08-04 CSV
NACP: Forest Carbon Stocks, Fluxes and Productivity Estimates, Western USA, 1979-2099 MODELS Computer 1979-01-01 to 2099-12-31 NEW MEXICO, OREGON, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH netCDF-4 classic
NACP: MODIS Daily Land Incident 4-km PAR Images For North America, 2003-2005 AQUA, TERRA MODIS 2003-01-01 to 2005-12-31 multiple
NACP: Urban Greenhouse Gases across the CO2 Urban Synthesis and Analysis Network, V2 Vaisala HydroMet AWS, AWOS PICARRO G2401-mc CO2, CH4, CO, H2O INSTRUMENT, Picarro G2301-m 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31 UTAH, MARYLAND, OREGON, CALIFORNIA, INDIANA multiple
NAFD-ATT Forest Canopy Cover Loss from Landsat, CONUS, 1986-2010 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, MODELS TM, ETM+, Computer 1986-06-01 to 2010-09-15 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GeoTIFF
NAMMA SENEGAL RADIOSONDE AND TOWER FLUX DATA V1 GROUND STATIONS, RADIOSONDES NET RADIOMETERS, GPS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, TELEMETER, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2006-08-19 to 2006-09-17 SENEGAL ASCII
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Annual Global 30 m V031 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4 ETM+, TM 1984-01-01 to 2001-12-31 GLOBAL LAND HDF-EOS2
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VIIRS
Vegetation indices measure the amount of green vegetation over a given area and can be used to assess vegetation health. A commonly-used vegetation index is the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), which uses the difference between near-infrared (NIR) and red reflectance divided by their sum. NDVI values range from -1 to 1. Low values of NDVI generally correspond to barren areas of rock, sand, exposed soils, or snow, while higher NDVI values indicate greener vegetation, including forests, croplands, and wetlands.
VIIRS Vegetation Indices on Earthdata Search

Biosphere Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
Biomass Earthdata Dashboard Observe global forest biomass harmonization activity with the Biomass Earthdata Dashboard. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
CASEI The Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) is a comprehensive inventory of contextual information for NASA's Earth Science airborne and field campaigns. Search and Discovery, Cataloging
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
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
Giovanni Giovanni is a web application for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing Earth science remote sensing data without downloading the data. Search and Discovery, Analysis, Access, Visualization, Downloading, Subsetting
OpenAltimetry OpenAltimetry is a map-based visualization tool for exploring surface elevation data across Earth over time. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Panoply Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
POPGRID Viewer POPGRID Viewer explores the intercomparison of population counts and settlement mapping from leading global data sources. Comparison
POWER DAV The POWER project’s Data Access Viewer (DAV) is an interactive web-mapping application that provides access to NASA’s customized solar and meteorological data catalog. Analysis, Downloading, Subsetting, Visualization
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