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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 HYD-09 Hourly and Daily Radar Rainfall Maps for the Southern Study Area WEATHER STATIONS CBR 1994-05-13 to 1994-09-23 N: 54.27 S: 53.51 E: -104.31 W: -106.29 Binary
BOREAS HYD-09 Streamflow Data STREAMFLOW STATION STREAM GAUGES 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31 N: 55.92 S: 53.86 E: -98.38 W: -104.82 ASCII
BOREAS Level-0 AOCI Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format NASA ER-2 AOCI 1994-07-21 to 1994-07-21 N: 54.46 S: 52.98 E: -104.93 W: -105.91 Binary
BOREAS Level-0 TIMS Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format C-130 TIMS 1994-04-16 to 1994-09-17 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 Binary
BOREAS Prince Albert National Park Forest Cover Data in Vector Format AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS DIGITIZER 1978-01-01 to 1994-12-31 N: 54.33 S: 53.56 E: -105.99 W: -106.8 multiple
BOREAS Regional Soils Data in Raster Format and AEAC Projection MAPS DIGITIZER 1991-01-01 to 1991-12-31 N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111 Binary
BOREAS RSS-01 PARABOLA SSA Surface Reflectance and Transmittance Data FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PARABOLA 1994-04-16 to 1996-07-30 N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.69 W: -106.2 ASCII
BOREAS RSS-02 Extracted Reflectance Factors Derived from ASAS Imagery C-130 ASAS 1994-05-24 to 1996-07-20 N: 53.99 S: 53.24 E: -104.62 W: -106.2 ASCII
BOREAS RSS-03 Imagery and Snapshots from a Helicopter-Mounted Video Camera HELICOPTER VIDEO CAMERA 1994-05-31 to 1994-09-16 N: 56.0034 S: 53.6289 E: -97.4857 W: -106.198 JPEG
BOREAS RSS-03 Reflectance Measured from a Helicopter-Mounted Barnes MMR HELICOPTER MMR 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-19 N: 55.97 S: 53.59 E: -97.34 W: -106.2 ASCII
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