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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 Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
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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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 Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
BOREAS AFM-01 NOAA/ATDD Long-EZ Aircraft Flux Data over the SSA Airplane THERMISTORS, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, GUST PROBES, IRGA, PRESSURE SENSORS 1994-05-25 to 1994-09-15 N: 54.32 S: 53.42 E: -104.24 W: -106.32 ASCII
BOREAS AFM-12 1-km AVHRR Seasonal Land Cover Classification NOAA-11 AVHRR 1992-04-01 to 1992-09-30 N: 57 S: 52 E: -96 W: -108 Binary
BOREAS Daedalus TMS Level-0 Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format NASA ER-2 TMS 1994-09-16 to 1994-09-17 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 BIL
BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 ASCII
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-05 Process-Modeled Net Primary Productivity NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-04-11 to 1994-09-11 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 BMP
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-06 CASI LAI and Canopy Closure of Conifer Flux Tower Sites PIPER NAVAJO CHIEFTAIN CASI 1994-02-07 to 1994-02-11 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 BMP
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-08 POLDER Atmospherically Corrected Surface Parameters, SSA C-130 POLDER 1994-06-01 to 1994-07-22 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 BMP
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-09 Saskatchewan Raster Forest Fire Chronology, 1945-1996 FIELD INVESTIGATION DIGITIZER, GPS 1945-01-01 to 1997-01-01 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 multiple
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-10 Regridded FPAR and LAI Maps for 1994 NOAA-11 AVHRR 1994-05-21 to 1994-09-11 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 BMP
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-10 Regridded NDVI Maps for 1994 NOAA-11 AVHRR 1994-01-01 to 1995-01-01 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 BMP
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