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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
CLM5-DART Regional Carbon Fluxes and Stocks over the Western US, 1998-2010 MODELS Computer 1998-01-01 to 2010-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA netCDF-3
CMS: Aboveground Biomass for Mangrove Forest, Zambezi River Delta, Mozambique FIELD SURVEYS, Airplane HYPSOMETERS, LIDAR 2012-09-01 to 2014-05-05 multiple
CMS: Aboveground Biomass from Penobscot Experimental Forest, Maine, 2012 Airplane LIDAR 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31 GeoTIFF
CMS: Annual Estimates of Global Riverine Nitrous Oxide Emissions, 1900-2016 MODELS Computer 1900-01-01 to 2016-12-31 GLOBAL GeoTIFF
CMS: Carbon Fluxes from Global Agricultural Production and Consumption, 2005-2011 MODELS Computer 2005-01-01 to 2011-12-31 netCDF-4
CMS: Daily Gross Primary Productivity over CONUS from TROPOMI SIF, 2018-2021 Sentinel-5P TROPOMI 2018-02-15 to 2021-10-15 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA netCDF-4
CMS: Estimated Deforested Area Biomass, Tropical America, Africa, and Asia, 2000 SATELLITES, COMPUTERS, LANDSAT-7 GLAS, Computer, ETM+ 2000-01-01 to 2012-12-31 GeoTIFF
CMS: Evapotranspiration and Meteorology, Water-Limited Shrublands, Mexico, 2008-2010 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IRGA, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, RAIN GAUGES 2008-01-01 to 2010-12-31 CSV
CMS: Forest Aboveground Biomass from FIA Plots across the Conterminous USA, 2009-2019 FIELD SURVEYS Computer 2009-01-01 to 2019-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA multiple
CMS: Forest Biomass and Productivity, 1-degree and 5-km, Conterminous US, 2005 MODELS Computer 2005-01-01 to 2005-12-31 netCDF-4
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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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