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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 TE-23 Canopy Architecture and Spectral Data from Hemispherical Photos 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION CAMERAS 1994-05-02 to 1994-09-26

N: 56 S: 53.59 E: -97.34 W: -106.2

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BOREAS TE-23 Map Plot Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 56 S: 53.63 E: -97.34 W: -106.2

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BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TDR, THERMOCOUPLES, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS 1996-02-02 to 1996-12-31

N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2

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BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Understory Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, IRGA, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, NET RADIOMETERS 1993-10-12 to 1994-12-31

N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2

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BOREAS TF-02 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Precipitation Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS RAIN GAUGES, SONIC ANEMOMETER, THERMOCOUPLES, BAROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, OZONE SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS 1994-01-01 to 1994-10-27

N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2

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BOREAS TF-03 Automated Chamber CO2 Flux Data from the NSA-OBS 1 PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, THERMOCOUPLES 1995-09-23 to 1996-10-21

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

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BOREAS TF-03 NSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, RAIN GAUGES, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES 1994-03-16 to 1996-10-31

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

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BOREAS TF-04 CO2 and CH4 Soil Profile Data from the SSA 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, IR CO2 ANALYZER, THERMOMETERS 1994-05-26 to 1995-03-21

N: 53.92 S: 53.88 E: -104.65 W: -104.69

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BOREAS TF-04 SSA-YJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Canopy Condition Data, R1 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PSYCHROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IRGA, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1993-09-02 to 1994-09-20

N: 53.88 S: 53.88 E: -104.65 W: -104.65

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BOREAS TF-05 Tower Flux & Meteorological Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, WIND MONITOR, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, OZONE SENSOR, IR CO2 ANALYZER, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES 1994-05-23 to 1994-09-16

N: 53.92 S: 53.92 E: -104.69 W: -104.69

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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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