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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
BOREAS HYD-05 Bear Trap Creek and Namekus Lake Winter Surface Flux Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES 1994-02-01 to 1996-04-11

N: 53.85 S: 53.83 E: -106.04 W: -106.17

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-06 Ground Gravimetric Soil Moisture Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, CORING DEVICES, SNOW TUBE 1993-09-08 to 1994-09-05

N: 57 S: 53.38 E: -98.23 W: -106.33

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-06 Moss/Humus Moisture Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SNOW TUBE, BALANCE 1993-09-09 to 1994-09-05

N: 55.94 S: 53.64 E: -98.23 W: -105.32

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-08 1994 Gravimetric Moss Moisture Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE 1994-06-25 to 1994-09-16

N: 55.88 S: 55.47 E: -98.15 W: -98.48

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-08 1996 Gravimetric Moss Moisture Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE 1996-07-04 to 1996-08-13

N: 53.99 S: 53.99 E: -105.12 W: -105.12

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-08 1996 Gross Precipitation Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION RAIN GAUGES 1996-07-04 to 1996-08-11

N: 53.99 S: 53.99 E: -105.12 W: -105.12

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-08 Throughfall Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION RAIN GAUGES 1994-06-24 to 1996-08-11

N: 55.88 S: 53.99 E: -98.15 W: -105.12

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-09 Hourly and Daily Radar Rainfall Maps for the Southern Study Area 1 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 1 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 1 NASA ER-2 AOCI 1994-07-21 to 1994-07-21

N: 54.46 S: 52.98 E: -104.93 W: -105.91

Binary
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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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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
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