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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
BOREAS Scanning Lidar Imager of Canopies by Echo Recovery (SLICER): Level-3 Data 2 C-130 BACKSCATTER LIDAR, LIDAR ALTIMETERS, ASAS 1996-07-18 to 1996-07-30

N: 55.9284 S: 53.6289 E: -98.0275 W: -106.198

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BOREAS SERM Forest Cover Data Layers of the SSA in Vector Format 1 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS DIGITIZER 1993-01-01 to 1993-12-31

N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05

Binary
BOREAS SERM Forest Cover Data of Saskatchewan in Vector Format 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1980-01-01 to 1989-12-31

N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05

ArcInfo Interchange
BOREAS SERM Forest Fire Chronology of Saskatchewan in Vector Format 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION DIGITIZER, GPS 1945-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 60 S: 49 E: -101.6 W: -110

multiple
BOREAS Site and Area Geographic Coordinate Information 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION GPS 1992-01-01 to 1997-12-31

N: 60 S: 49 E: -88 W: -111

ASCII
BOREAS TE-01 CO2 and CH4 Flux Data over the SSA-OBS Site 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY IR CO2 ANALYZER, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS 1994-06-09 to 1994-09-04

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

ASCII
BOREAS TE-01 SSA-FEN Soil Profile Nutrient Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY THERMOMETERS, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, PH METERS, CHN ANALYZERS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS 1994-05-23 to 1994-10-21

N: 53.8 S: 53.8 E: -104.62 W: -104.62

ASCII
BOREAS TE-02 Continuous Wood Respiration Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, IR CO2 ANALYZER 1994-05-29 to 1994-09-22

N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -98.29 W: -98.67

ASCII
BOREAS TE-02 Foliage Respiration Data 1 LABORATORY, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER, FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR LEAF AREA METER, COLORIMETERS, IR CO2 ANALYZER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1994-06-01 to 1994-09-14

N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -98.48 W: -98.67

ASCII
BOREAS TE-02 Root Respiration Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER, LABORATORY THERMOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, IR CO2 ANALYZER, COLORIMETERS, CHN ANALYZERS 1994-05-28 to 1994-09-12

N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -98.48 W: -98.67

ASCII
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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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