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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
Delta-X: Aboveground Vegetation Structure, Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, V2 2 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SURVEYING TOOLS 2021-03-21 to 2021-08-27

N: 29.5101 S: 29.1714 E: -90.8219 W: -91.8852

CSV
Delta-X: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Channel Surveys, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2 2 FIELD SURVEYS ADCP 2021-03-25 to 2021-09-25

N: 29.7044 S: 29.1575 E: -90.6741 W: -91.4522

multiple
Delta-X: AirSWOT L2 Geocoded Water Surface Elevation, MRD, LA, 2021, V3 3 King Air AirSWOT 2021-03-26 to 2021-09-12

N: 29.86 S: 28.98 E: -90.21 W: -91.6

multiple
Delta-X: AirSWOT L3 Water Surface Elevations, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, Version 2 2 King Air AirSWOT 2021-03-26 to 2021-09-12

N: 29.76 S: 29.07 E: -90.58 W: -91.54

CSV
Delta-X: AirSWOT Level 1B Interferogram Products in Radar Coordinates, 2021 1.1 B-200 AirSWOT 2021-03-26 to 2021-09-12

N: 29.7961 S: 29.0711 E: -90.5817 W: -91.5378

multiple
Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L1B Spectral Radiance Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 1 B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2021-03-27 to 2021-09-25

N: 29.8483 S: 29.0617 E: -89.6796 W: -91.587

ENVI
Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2B Derived Fractional Cover, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 1 FIELD SURVEYS, B-200 CAMERA, AVIRIS-NG 2021-04-01 to 2021-09-25

N: 29.851 S: 29.0546 E: -89.6761 W: -91.5907

multiple
Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3 Derived Herbaceous Aboveground Biomass, MRD, Louisiana, USA, V3 3 B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2021-04-01 to 2021-08-25

N: 29.7069 S: 28.9906 E: -90.36 W: -91.5936

COG
Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3 Derived Herbaceous Belowground Biomass, MRD, LA, USA 1 King Air AVIRIS-NG 2021-08-20 to 2021-08-25

N: 29.7069 S: 28.9908 E: -90.3607 W: -91.5934

COG
Delta-X: Belowground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V2 2 LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS CHNS/O ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS, CORING DEVICES 2021-03-21 to 2021-08-27

N: 29.5102 S: 29.1714 E: -90.8219 W: -91.8852

CSV
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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
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
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