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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
Biomass of Sacrificed Spruce/Aspen (SNF) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1983-08-01 to 1984-08-14

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
Biome-BGC: Modeling Carbon Dynamics in Ponderosa Pine Stands (Law et al. 2003) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2003-04-15 to 2003-04-15

N: 44.49 S: 44.49 E: -121.62 W: -121.62

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Biome-BGC: Modeling Effects of Disturbance and Climate (Thornton et al. 2002) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2002-12-02 to 2002-12-02

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

multiple
Biome-BGC: Terrestrial Ecosystem Process Model, Version 4.1.1 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-07-05 to 2000-07-05

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

multiple
BioSCape Estuary Wetland Vegetation Plot Data and Habitat Extents, South Africa 1 PlanetScope, FIELD SURVEYS PlanetScope, SURVEYING TOOLS 2023-10-23 to 2024-01-31

N: -28.5547 S: -34.775 E: 25.7011 W: 16.4411

multiple
BioSCape Vegetation Surveys Berg and Eerste River Catchments, South Africa, 2022-2023 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CAMERA 2022-09-19 to 2023-11-11

N: -32.9962 S: -34.2 E: 19.1165 W: 18.7788

CSV
BioSCape: BioSoundSCape Acoustic Recordings, South Africa, 2023 1 Data Collections Passive Acoustic Recorder 2023-06-05 to 2023-12-16

N: -31.366 S: -34.816 E: 23.9156 W: 18.012

multiple
Blue Carbon-based Natural Climate Solutions, Priority Maps for the U.S., 2006-2011 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2006-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 51.31 S: 22.93 E: -65.72 W: -127.61

Shapefile
BlueFlux: Dissolved Carbon and Greenhouse Gases 1 FIELD SURVEYS, Analytical Lab SURVEYING TOOLS, PH METERS, WATER BOTTLES, SFM, CARBON ANALYZERS 2022-10-15 to 2023-03-14

N: 25.44 S: 25.2084 E: -80.93 W: -81.9146

CSV
BlueFlux: Modeled Daily CO2 and CH4 Wetland Fluxes, Southern Florida, 2000-2024 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2024-08-31

N: 26.6812 S: 24.477 E: -79.96 W: -82.223

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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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