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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 Spatial Extent Data Format
ABoVE: Wildfire Carbon Emissions and Burned Plot Characteristics, NWT, CA, 2014-2016 MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY Computer, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CARBON ANALYZERS 2014-07-02 to 2016-08-01 N: 71.6982 S: 56.2534 E: -102 W: -136.127 multiple
ABoVE: Wildfire Date of Burning within Fire Scars across Alaska and Canada, 2001-2019 COMPUTERS, SATELLITES Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2019-12-31 CANADA, ALASKA N: 70.1592 S: 41.7456 E: -53.8267 W: -178.841 Shapefile
ABoVE: Wolf Denning Phenology and Reproductive Success, Alaska and Canada, 2000-2017 FIELD SURVEYS, MODELS, Terra GPS, Computer, MODIS 2000-03-29 to 2017-08-31 ALASKA, ALBERTA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES N: 67.8362 S: 52.9705 E: -112.967 W: -154.581 CSV
Aboveground Biomass Change for Amazon Basin, Mexico, and Pantropical Belt, 2003-2016 ICESat, MODELS, Aqua, Terra GLAS, Computer, MODIS 2003-01-01 to 2016-12-31 AMAZONIA, MEXICO, TROPICS N: 40 S: -30 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF
Aboveground Biomass Density for High Latitude Forests from ICESat-2, 2020 ICESat-2, Sentinel-2A ATLAS, Sentinel-2 MSI 2019-06-01 to 2021-09-30 EUROPE, ASIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, NORTH AMERICA N: 78.5313 S: 43.705 E: 178.399 W: -179.818 multiple
Aboveground Biomass Estimates for Salt Marsh for the Contiguous United States, 2020 COMPUTERS, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B Computer, SAR 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 49.0042 S: 24.5181 E: -66.935 W: -124.74 COG
Aboveground Biomass for Howland Forest, Maine, 2012-2023 FIELD INVESTIGATION, COMPUTERS, G-LiHT DBH Tape, Computer, LIDAR 2012-01-01 to 2023-12-31 MAINE N: 45.2144 S: 45.1961 E: -68.7325 W: -68.7561 COG
Aboveground Biomass from SAR, Great Slave Lake Region, NWT, 2019 ALOS-2, G-III L-SAR, UAVSAR 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES N: 62.9107 S: 60.6333 E: -112.286 W: -118.171 COG
Aboveground Biomass High-Resolution Maps for Selected US Tidal Marshes, 2015 Sentinel-1A, LANDSAT SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, ETM+ 2015-08-01 to 2015-09-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 47.1174 S: 25.092 E: -69.9261 W: -122.734 GeoTIFF
Aboveground Biomass, Landcover, and Degradation, Kalimantan Forests, Indonesia, 2014 FIELD SURVEYS, Airplane, MODELS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LIDAR, Computer 2014-10-18 to 2014-11-30 SOUTHEASTERN ASIA, INDONESIA N: 8 S: -5 E: 120 W: 108 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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