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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
SAFARI 2000 FPAR TRAC Data for Mongu, Zambia, 1999-2002 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION PYRANOMETERS 1999-08-10 to 2002-02-23

N: -14.9342 S: -16.8667 E: 24.2773 W: 22.0276

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SAFARI 2000 Freshwater Wetlands, 1-Deg (Stillwell-Soller et al.) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1995-01-01 to 1995-09-30

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

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SAFARI 2000 Global Burned Area Map, 1-km, Southern Africa, 2000 1 SPOT-4 MULTI-SPECTRAL 2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 18 S: -35 E: 55 W: -18

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SAFARI 2000 Historical Fire Maps, Kruger National Park, 1992-2001 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1992-05-11 to 2001-03-31

N: -22.327 S: -25.529 E: 32.034 W: 30.888

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SAFARI 2000 Hydrographic Data, 1-Deg, Release 2.2 (Cogley) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1970-01-01 to 1990-01-01

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

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SAFARI 2000 Kalahari Transect CO2, Water Vapor, and Heat Flux, Wet Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS TDR, THERMOCOUPLES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, IR CO2 ANALYZER, NET RADIOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS 2000-03-01 to 2000-03-19

N: -15.438 S: -24.164 E: 23.594 W: 21.713

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SAFARI 2000 LAI and FPAR Measurements at Sua Pan, Botswana, Dry Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SUNFLECK CEPTOMETER, LICOR LEAF AREA METER 2000-08-20 to 2000-08-28

N: -20.5168 S: -20.5259 E: 26.0394 W: 26.0297

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SAFARI 2000 LAI Measurements at Kalahari Transect Sites, Wet Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER 2000-03-04 to 2000-03-16

N: -18.66 S: -24.127 E: 25.494 W: 21.709

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SAFARI 2000 Land Cover from AVHRR, 1-Deg, 1987 (Defries and Townshend) 1 NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11 AVHRR 1987-01-01 to 1987-12-31

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

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SAFARI 2000 Land Cover from AVHRR, 1-km, 1992-1993 (Hansen et al.) 1 NOAA-11, NOAA-9, NOAA-10 AVHRR 1992-01-01 to 1993-12-31

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

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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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