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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 Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Carbon Monitoring System Lake Huron Primary Production Monthly V1 (CMSLakeHuronPPM) at GES DISC 1 Aqua, NCEP-CFSV2, GLPPM MODIS, NOT APPLICABLE 2010-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: 46.591 S: 43.001 E: -79.652 W: -84.762

ABoVE: White Spruce Photosynthetic and Leaf Traits, Alaska and New York, 2017 1 FIELD SURVEYS LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, SPECTRORADIOMETERS, CAMERA 2017-06-19 to 2017-07-20

N: 67.9947 S: 41.4011 E: -74.0246 W: -149.754

CSV
BOREAS AFM-01 NOAA/ATDD Long-EZ Aircraft Flux Data over the SSA 1 Airplane THERMISTORS, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, GUST PROBES, IRGA, PRESSURE SENSORS 1994-05-25 to 1994-09-15

N: 54.32 S: 53.42 E: -104.24 W: -106.32

ASCII
BOREAS TE-10 Leaf Optical Properties for SSA Species 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SPECTRORADIOMETERS 1994-05-24 to 1996-07-16

N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.65 W: -106.2

ASCII
LBA-ECO CD-02 C and N Isotopes in Leaves and Atmospheric CO2, Amazonas, Brazil 1 LABORATORY MASS SPECTROMETERS 2004-08-02 to 2006-10-21

N: -2.5 S: -2.609 E: -60 W: -60.2091

CSV
CMS: LiDAR-derived Estimates of Aboveground Biomass at Four Forested Sites, USA 1 ALOS LIDAR 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 43.96 S: 35.78 E: -76.36 W: -123.61

GeoTIFF
Landsat-based Phenology and Tree Ring Characterization, Eastern US Forests, 1984-2013 1 LANDSAT, FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY ETM+, TM, CORING DEVICES, CHNS/O ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS, IRMS 1984-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: 39.6947 S: 35.3389 E: -77.3219 W: -84.0339

multiple
LBA-ECO ND-02 Soil Volumetric Water Content, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION TDR 1999-05-19 to 2001-05-19

N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55

CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots at ARCSS/LAII Flux Sites, North Slope, Alaska, 1995-1996 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1995-08-15 to 1996-08-18

N: 70.2835 S: 68.49 E: -148.59 W: -150.25

CSV
NACP Regional: National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and Aggregated Gridded Model Data 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

multiple
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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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