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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 RSS-03 Reflectance Measured from a Helicopter-Mounted SE-590 HELICOPTER SPECTRORADIOMETERS 1994-05-31 to 1994-09-16 N: 56 S: 53.59 E: -97.34 W: -106.2 ASCII
BOREAS RSS-04 1994 Jack Pine Leaf Biochemistry and Modeled Spectra in the SSA LABORATORY SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, BALANCE 1994-07-25 to 1994-08-05 N: 53.98 S: 53.87 E: -104.64 W: -105.05 ASCII
BOREAS RSS-04 1994 Southern Study Area Jack Pine LAI & FPAR Data FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR LEAF AREA METER, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1993-08-14 to 1994-08-05 N: 53.99 S: 53.65 E: -104.64 W: -105.32 ASCII
BOREAS RSS-07 LAI, Gap Fraction, and FPAR Data FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER 1993-08-09 to 1994-09-17 N: 55.94 S: 53.63 E: -98.19 W: -106.2 ASCII
BOREAS RSS-07 Landsat TM LAI Images of the SSA and NSA LANDSAT-5 TM 1991-06-06 to 1994-06-09 N: 58.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111 Binary
BOREAS RSS-07 Regional LAI and FPAR Images From Ten-Day AVHRR-LAC Composites NOAA-11 AVHRR 1994-04-09 to 1994-09-10 N: 61.01 S: 48.83 E: -93.29 W: -115.41 Binary
BOREAS RSS-08 BIOME-BGC Model Simulations at Tower Flux Sites in 1994 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 N: 55.9 S: 53.63 E: -98.29 W: -106.2 ASCII
BOREAS RSS-08 BIOME-BGC SSA Simulations of Annual Water and Carbon Fluxes NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31 N: 60 S: 49 E: -89 W: -111 Binary
BOREAS RSS-08 SSA IFC-3 Digitized Stereo Imagery at the OBS, OA, and OJP Sites FIELD INVESTIGATION DIGITIZER 1994-08-30 to 1994-09-19 N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.69 W: -106.2 multiple
BOREAS RSS-10 TOMS Circumpolar One-Degree PAR Images Nimbus-7 TOMS 1979-05-01 to 1989-09-30 N: 65.5 S: 41.5 E: 180 W: -180 Binary
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