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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
Remote Sensing Data Before and After California Rim and King Forest Fires, 2010-2015 NASA ER-2 NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROMETER, LIDAR, AVIRIS 2010-07-21 to 2015-01-15 GeoTIFF
Resilience of Coastal Wetlands to Sea Level Rise, CONUS, 1996-2100 MODELS Computer 1996-01-01 to 2100-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA multiple
RLC Forest Cover Map of the Former Soviet Union, 1990 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31 BMP
RLC Forest Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1973 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31 multiple
RLC Forest Cover of the Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia, 1973 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31 multiple
RLC Forest Fire Images in Russia, 1998-1999 NOAA-9 AVHRR 1998-08-01 to 1999-08-03 multiple
RLC Forest Fire Locations in Eastern Russia, 1998-1999 NOAA-9 AVHRR 1998-04-01 to 1999-09-30 multiple
RLC Forest Stand Carbon Map of Russia NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31 BMP
RLC Generalized Forest Map of the Former Soviet Union, 1-km NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 1998-12-31 BMP
RLC Vegetative Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1990 MAPS DIGITIZER 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31 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
STREAM STREAM is a rapid water quality monitoring tool that processes satellite imagery to create maps showing chlorophyll-a, Total Suspended Solids, and water clarity at 20-30 meter resolution. Processing
TESViS The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. Visualization, Subsetting
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
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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