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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 Surface Albedo and Radiation Fluxes at Mongu and Skukuza, 2000-2002 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer 2000-03-02 to 2002-12-31

N: -15.4383 S: -25.02 E: 31.4844 W: 23.2527

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SAFARI 2000 Surface Irradiance Measurements, Mongu Tower Site, Zambia, 2000-2002 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PYRANOMETERS 2000-09-04 to 2002-12-31

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

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SAFARI 2000 Surface Spectral Reflectance at Sua Pan, Botswana, Dry Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SPECTRORADIOMETERS 2000-08-24 to 2000-09-03

N: -20.5168 S: -20.5772 E: 26.0803 W: 26.0298

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

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

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SAFARI 2000 Tree Ring Data, Mongu, Zambia, Dry Season 2000 1 LABORATORY MICROSCOPES 1953-01-01 to 2000-08-31

N: -15.1944 S: -15.4458 E: 23.3181 W: 23.2639

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Vegetation and Soils, 1-Deg (Wilson and Henderson-Sellers) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1900-01-01 to 1999-12-31

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

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SAFARI 2000 Vegetation Cover Characteristics, Kalahari Transect, Wet Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, GPS 2000-03-03 to 2000-03-14

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

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SAFARI 2000 Vegetation Structure of Kataba Forest, Zambia, Wet Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, DENSIOMETERS 2000-02-15 to 2000-03-15

N: -15.4383 S: -15.4383 E: 23.2533 W: 23.2533

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Wetlands Data Set, 1-Deg (Matthews and Fung) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1971-01-01 to 1982-01-01

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

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SAFARI 2000 Woody Vegetation Characteristics of Kalahari and Skukuza Sites 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, PAR SENSORS, GPS 2000-02-29 to 2000-06-25

N: -15.4389 S: -31.4969 E: 25.4995 W: 21.7096

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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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