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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
CMS: MODIS GPP, fPAR, and SST, and ENSO Index, Baja California, Mexico, 2000-2013 TERRA MODIS 2000-01-01 to 2013-12-31 CSV
CMS: Pinyon-Juniper Forest Live Aboveground Biomass, Great Basin, USA, 2000-2016 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31 IDAHO, NEVADA GeoTIFF
CMS: Soil CO2 Efflux and Properties, Site Vegetation Measurements, Mexico, 2011-2012 FIELD SURVEYS SOIL SAMPLER 2011-08-01 to 2012-08-31 CSV
CMS: Terrestrial Carbon Stocks, Emissions, and Fluxes for Conterminous US, 2001-2016 LANDSAT-8, Aqua, ALOS, ALOS-2, DEM, MODELS, LANDSAT-5 OLI, MODIS, PALSAR, PALSAR-2, SRTM, Computer, TM 2001-01-01 to 2016-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA netCDF-4
CMS: Tree Canopy Cover at 0.5-meter resolution, Vermont, 2016 MODELS Computer 2016-07-27 to 2016-09-13 VERMONT COG
CMS: Tree Cover Estimates at 30 m Resolution for Mexico from 2000 to 2019 MODELS, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4, ISS Computer, OLI, TIRS, ETM+, TM, SRTM 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31 MEXICO COG
CMS: Vegetative Lifeform Cover from Landsat SR for CONUS, 1984-2018 MODELS, LANDSAT-5, G-LiHT, LANDSAT-7 Computer, TM, LIDAR, ETM+ 1984-01-01 to 2018-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GeoTIFF
CO2 and CH4 Fluxes from Waterbodies, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, 2016-2019 SATELLITES, FIELD SURVEYS, COMPUTERS Sentinel-2 MSI, SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, WATER BOTTLES, Computer 2016-07-07 to 2019-07-07 ALASKA multiple
Coastal Wetland Elevation and Carbon Flux Inventory with Uncertainty, USA, 2006-2011 MODELS Computer 2006-01-01 to 2011-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA multiple
Collected Data from The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study, NASA, CD-ROM FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT, Airplane, SATELLITES, GOES HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PROBES, NETS, SOIL SAMPLER, MSS, TM, CAMERAS, RADIOSONDES, RAWINSONDES, VEGETATION-1, AVHRR 1993-01-01 to 1997-03-31 Shapefile
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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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