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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.
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Biosphere Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-10 Regridded Peatland Maps NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-01-01 to 1995-01-01 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 BMP
BOREAS Follow-On FLX-01 NSA-OBS Derived Data - NEE, GEE, and Respiration FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES 1994-03-01 to 1999-01-01 N: 55.8801 S: 55.8801 E: -98.4814 W: -98.4814 CSV
BOREAS Follow-On FLX-01 NSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temp. Data FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1996-10-31 to 1999-01-01 N: 55.8801 S: 55.8801 E: -98.4814 W: -98.4814 CSV
BOREAS Follow-On FLX-04 Tower Flux and Meteorological Data from NSA Burn Site FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, THERMOCOUPLES 1999-08-11 to 2000-09-30 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 CSV
BOREAS Follow-On HMet-01 Level-2 GOES-8 1996 Shortwave and Longwave Radiation GOES-8 GOES-8 Imager 1996-02-12 to 1996-10-23 N: 60 S: 50 E: -92 W: -111 BSQ
BOREAS Follow-On HMet-04 1996-1998 NSA Meteorological Data METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE PROBES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, WIND MONITOR, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1994-01-01 to 1999-01-01 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 CSV
BOREAS Forest Cover Data Layers Over the SSA-MSA in Raster Format AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS DIGITIZER 1993-01-01 to 1993-12-31 N: 54.1 S: 53.75 E: -104.49 W: -105.19 Binary
BOREAS Forest Cover Layers of the NSA in Raster Format AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS DIGITIZER 1988-01-01 to 1992-12-31 N: 56.07 S: 55.72 E: -97.83 W: -98.82 Binary
BOREAS HYD-03 1996 Tree Stem Density Data FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1996-03-03 to 1996-03-08 N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -105.12 W: -106.2 ASCII
BOREAS HYD-03 Canopy Density Data FIELD INVESTIGATION DENSIOMETERS 1994-02-07 to 1994-04-26 N: 55.93 S: 53.75 E: -97.82 W: -106.2 ASCII
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