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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
Pre-Delta-X: Spectral Reflectance of Water Surface, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 1 ZODIACS Field Spectroradiometer 2016-10-14 to 2016-10-21

N: 29.744 S: 29.4168 E: -90.9964 W: -91.4859

CSV
Pre-Delta-X: Total Suspended Solids of Surface Water across MRD, LA, USA, 2015-2016 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY WATER BOTTLES, BALANCE 2015-05-06 to 2016-10-21

N: 29.744 S: 29.2217 E: -90.6776 W: -91.5024

CSV
Pre-Delta-X: UAVSAR Georeferenced Channel Maps, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016, V2 2 G-III UAVSAR 2016-10-16 to 2016-10-17

N: 29.7584 S: 29.3561 E: -91.0575 W: -91.622

GeoTIFF
Pre-Delta-X: UAVSAR-derived Water Level Change Maps, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 1 UAV UAVSAR 2016-10-16 to 2016-10-16

N: 29.7583 S: 29.3562 E: -91.0576 W: -91.6221

GeoTIFF
Pre-Delta-X: Vegetation Species, Structure, Aboveground Biomass, MRD, LA, USA, 2015 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, SURVEYING TOOLS 2015-05-06 to 2015-09-28

N: 29.5395 S: 29.2471 E: -90.7278 W: -91.4591

CSV
Pre-Delta-X: Water Levels across Wax Lake Outlet, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 1 COMPUTERS, FIELD SURVEYS Computer, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, BAROMETERS 2016-10-13 to 2016-10-20

N: 29.7429 S: 29.5057 E: -91.3573 W: -91.446

CSV
Pre-LBA Anglo-Brazilian Amazonian Climate Observation Study (ABRACOS) Data 1.1 FIELD INVESTIGATION PSYCHROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1991-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 5 S: -18 E: -46 W: -75

CSV
Pre-LBA CABARE Mapped Land Surface and Vegetation Characteristics, Rondonia, Brazil 1 MAPS, LANDSAT DIGITIZER, TM 1978-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: -8 S: -13 E: -60 W: -65

Text File
Pre-LBA FLOODAMA Project Data 1 LANDSAT TM 1986-08-04 to 1995-09-19

N: 1.2911 S: -18.2022 E: -46.284 W: -78.1928

Shapefile
Pre-LBA ISLSCP Initiative I Data 1 NOAA-10, LANDSAT AVHRR, TM 1987-01-01 to 1988-12-31

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

Shapefile
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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
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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