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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
LBA Regional Potential Vegetation, 5-min (Ramankutty and Foley) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1900-01-01 to 1992-01-01

N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85

multiple
LBA-ECO ND-07 Microbial Biomass in Cerrado Soils, Brasilia, Brazil 1 FIELD SURVEYS GC-FID 2000-06-01 to 2001-06-01

N: -15.5833 S: -15.9328 E: -47.7 W: -47.8506

CSV
SHIFT: AVIRIS-NG Derived Gridded Mosaicked Canopy Water Content, California, 2022 1 Airplane AVIRIS-NG 2022-02-24 to 2022-05-17

N: 34.9119 S: 34.3535 E: -119.866 W: -120.632

multiple
NACP MsTMIP: Global and North American Driver Data for Multi-Model Intercomparison 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1700-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 89.75 S: -78.25 E: 179.95 W: -178.75

netCDF-4 classic
AfriSAR: Canopy Structure Derived from PolInSAR and Coherence TomoSAR NISAR tools 1 UAV UAVSAR 2016-02-25 to 2016-03-08

N: 0.61 S: -2.07788 E: 11.8642 W: 9.16944

GeoTIFF
AirMOSS: L4 Daily Modeled Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), AirMOSS sites, 2012-2014 1 C-130 Computer 2012-01-01 to 2014-10-30

N: 45.7861 S: 31.4912 E: -68.3359 W: -122.883

netCDF-4 classic
SMAPVEX12 PALS Soil Moisture Data V001 1 AIRCRAFT PALS 2012-06-12 to 2012-07-19

N: 49.96 S: 49.44 E: -97.85 W: -98.51

1500 Meters x 1500 Meters CSV
SAFARI 2000 Estimated BVOC Emissions for Southern African Land Cover Types 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, Terra THERMOMETERS, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

CSV
BOREAS TE-18 Geosail Canopy Reflectance Model 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1993-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -111

ASCII
Pantropical Forest Height and Biomass from GEDI and TanDEM-X Data Fusion 1 ISS, G-LiHT, TDX GEDI, LIDAR, TDX-1 2011-01-06 to 2021-08-18

N: 33 S: -15.005 E: 15.005 W: -119

COG
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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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