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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
An integrated Wildfire Event Dataset (iWED), Version 1, Continental U.S., 1992-2021 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1992-01-01 to 2021-12-31

N: 71.1503 S: 25 E: -67.6 W: -178.821

CSV
An Unexpectedly Large Count of Trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel 1 MODELS Computer 2005-11-01 to 2018-03-31

N: 24.0294 S: 11.3531 E: -5.48513 W: -18

multiple
Annual Aboveground Biomass Maps for Forests in the Northwestern USA, 2000-2016 1 Airplane, MODELS LIDAR, Computer 2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 50.7921 S: 39.8116 E: -110.312 W: -127.524

GeoTIFF
Annual Burned Area from Landsat, Mawas, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1997-2015 1 LANDSAT ETM+, TM, OLI 1997-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: -2.21458 S: -2.50241 E: 114.609 W: 114.39

Shapefile
Annual Land Use and Urban Land Cover: Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa, 2016-2020 1 LANDSAT, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-2A ETM+, OLI, SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, Sentinel-2 MSI 2016-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 16.2061 S: -35.3369 E: 49.6875 W: 2.5725

COG
Annual wildland fire emissions (WFEIS v0.5) for Conterminous US and Alaska, 2001-2013 1 Terra MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: 71.41 S: 24.2 E: -65 W: -178.22

GeoTIFF
Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 1 1.0 MODELS Computer 2001-01-01 to 2006-12-31

N: 83.083332 S: -55.750001 E: 180 W: -180

0.08333 Decimal Degrees x 0.08333 Decimal Degrees GeoTIFF, PDF, WMS, Grid, PNG
Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 2: 1700 2.0 MODELS Computer 1700-01-01 to 1700-12-31

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

0.08333 Decimal Degrees x 0.08333 Decimal Degrees GeoTIFF, PDF, WMS, Grid, PNG
Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 2: 1800 2.00 MODELS Computer 1800-01-01 to 1800-12-31

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

0.08333 Decimal Degrees x 0.08333 Decimal Degrees GeoTIFF, PDF, WMS, Grid, PNG
Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 2: 1900 2.0 MODELS Computer 1900-01-01 to 1900-12-31

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

0.08333 Decimal Degrees x 0.08333 Decimal Degrees GeoTIFF, PDF, WMS, Grid, PNG
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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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