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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
NACP TERRA-PNW: Forest Plant Traits, NPP, Biomass, and Soil Properties, 1999-2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS LASERS, HYDROMETERS, CHN ANALYZERS, LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER 1999-05-27 to 2014-07-23

N: 45.9477 S: 37.7844 E: -117.131 W: -123.904

CSV
NACP VPRM NEE Parameters Optimized to North American Flux Tower Sites, 2000-2006 1 Terra, Aqua, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, COMPUTERS MODIS, Computer 2000-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 71.32 S: 28.46 E: -68.74 W: -156.63

CSV
NACP Woody Vegetation Characteristics of 1,039 Sites across North Slope, Alaska, V2 2 QUICKBIRD, MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION QUICKBIRD/BHRC-60, Computer, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CAMERA 2010-07-28 to 2011-08-04

N: 71.4 S: 65 E: -145 W: -167

CSV
NACP: Forest Carbon Stocks, Fluxes and Productivity Estimates, Western USA, 1979-2099 1 MODELS Computer 1979-01-01 to 2099-12-31

N: 49.0351 S: 31.1875 E: -101.961 W: -124.812

netCDF-4 classic
NACP: MODIS Daily Land Incident 4-km PAR Images For North America, 2003-2005 1 Aqua, Terra MODIS 2003-01-01 to 2005-12-31

N: 90 S: 0 E: 0 W: -180

multiple
NACP: Urban Greenhouse Gases across the CO2 Urban Synthesis and Analysis Network, V2 2 Vaisala HydroMet AWS, AWOS PICARRO G2401-mc CO2, CH4, CO, H2O INSTRUMENT, Picarro G2301-m 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 45.769 S: 32.865 E: -70.4972 W: -123.073

multiple
NAFD-ATT Forest Canopy Cover Loss from Landsat, CONUS, 1986-2010 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, MODELS TM, ETM+, Computer 1986-06-01 to 2010-09-15

N: 51.6785 S: 22.6911 E: -65.2025 W: -128.029

GeoTIFF
NAMMA SENEGAL RADIOSONDE AND TOWER FLUX DATA V1 1 GROUND STATIONS, RADIOSONDES NET RADIOMETERS, GPS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, TELEMETER, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2006-08-19 to 2006-09-17

N: 15.5 S: 13.91 E: 17.09 W: -17.97

ASCII
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Annual Global 30 m V031 031 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4 ETM+, TM 1984-01-01 to 2001-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF-EOS2
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Annual Global 30 m V032 032 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, TM 2004-01-01 to 2006-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters 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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VEDA NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities. Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing
Vertex Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting
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