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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
Russian Boreal Forest Disturbance Maps Derived from Landsat Imagery, 1984-2000 1 Terra, LANDSAT-5 MODIS, TM, ETM+ 1984-06-01 to 2000-08-31

N: 65.3219 S: 43.7625 E: 138.627 W: 30.9828

GeoTIFF
SAFARI 2000 1-Degree Estimates of Burned Biomass, Area, and Emissions, 2000 1 MODELS, SPOT-4, ERS-2, Terra Computer, MULTI-SPECTRAL, ATSR, MODIS 2000-08-01 to 2000-09-30

N: 0 S: -36 E: 56 W: -18

Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 ALI/ETM+ Tandem Image Pair for Skukuza, South Africa, May 2001 1 EO-1, LANDSAT-7 ALI, SPECTRORADIOMETERS, ETM+ 2001-05-30 to 2001-05-30

N: -23.5902 S: -25.5025 E: 33.1174 W: 30.7568

Binary
SAFARI 2000 AVHRR Daily Site (1.5 km) and 15-Day Regional (1.5- and 6-km) Imagery 1 NOAA-14 AVHRR 1998-07-01 to 2000-10-31

N: -7.4861 S: -35.2617 E: 43.1995 W: 8.733

Binary
SAFARI 2000 Biomass Burning Emissions, Selected Sites, Dry Season 2000 1 LABORATORY CHEMILUMINESCENCE, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, IR CO2 ANALYZER 2000-11-24 to 2001-01-16

N: 0 S: -35 E: 50 W: 10

Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 BVOC Measurements at Skukuza and Maun Flux Towers, Wet Season 2001 1 LABORATORY, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION GC-MS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, PAR SENSORS, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER, THERMOCOUPLES 2001-02-01 to 2001-02-12

N: -19.9 S: -19.9 E: 23.55 W: 23.55

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Canopy Structural Measurements, Kalahari Transect, Wet Season 2001 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER, CLINOMETERS 2001-02-28 to 2001-03-08

N: -24.16 S: -25.75 E: 22.3294 W: 21.83

Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 Carbon in Live Vegetation, 0.5-Deg (Olson) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1960-01-01 to 1980-12-31

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

multiple
SAFARI 2000 Emissions Estimates, MODIS Burned Area Product, Dry Season 2000 1 Terra MODIS 2000-08-31 to 2000-09-30

N: 0.3389 S: -34.1425 E: 46.6473 W: 9.6738

Shapefile
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
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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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