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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 Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Data Format
Carbon Monitoring System Lake Superior Primary Production Monthly V1 (CMSLakeSuperiorPPM) at GES DISC Aqua, NCEP-CFSV2, GLPPM MODIS, NOT APPLICABLE 2010-01-01 to 2013-12-31 GREAT LAKES
Carbon Monitoring System Lake Superior Primary Production Yearly V1 (CMSLakeSuperiorPPY) at GES DISC Aqua, NCEP-CFSV2, GLPPM MODIS, NOT APPLICABLE 2010-01-01 to 2013-12-31 GREAT LAKES
Carbon Pools across CONUS using the MaxEnt Model, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, and 2017 LANDSAT-5, SPACE SHUTTLES, ALOS, FIELD SURVEYS, Aqua, ALOS-2, LANDSAT-8, MODELS TM, SRTM, PALSAR, Computer, SURVEYING TOOLS, MODIS, PALSAR-2, OLI 2005-01-01 to 2017-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GeoTIFF
Carbon Stocks of Individual Trees in African Drylands: Allometry and Output Data MODELS Computer 2002-11-01 to 2021-03-31 WESTERN AFRICA, NORTHERN AFRICA multiple
CARVE Modeled Gross Ecosystem CO2 Exchange and Respiration, Alaska, 2012-2014 OCO-2, METOP-B, METOP-A, Terra OCO SPECTROMETERS, GOME-2, MODIS 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31 netCDF-3
CARVE: Alaskan Fire Emissions Database (AKFED), 2001-2013 FIELD INVESTIGATION, MODELS, SATELLITES Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31 GeoTIFF
CARVE: L1 In-situ Carbon and CH4 Flux and Meteorology at EC Towers, Alaska, 2011-2015 GROUND STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM 2011-05-30 to 2016-01-07 CSV
CARVE: Net Ecosystem CO2 Exchange and Regional Carbon Budgets for Alaska, 2012-2014 C-23 Sherpa, MODELS SPECTROMETERS, Computer 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31 multiple
CENTURY: Modeling Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change, Version 4 (VEMAP 1995) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1995-01-01 to 1995-01-01 multiple
CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere and Surface Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols 1-Hourly Terra Edition4A Terra CERES-FM1, CERES SCANNER, CERES-FM2, MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2002-06-30 GLOBAL, TROPOSPHERE HDF4
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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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