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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 Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
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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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 Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent 2015 South America product 30 m V001 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, DEM, LANDSAT-5 OLI, ETM+, TM 2013-01-01 to 2016-12-31 SOUTH AMERICA N: 15 S: -60 E: -20 W: -110 GeoTIFF
Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent 2015 South Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran product 30 m V001 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, DEM, LANDSAT-5 OLI, ETM+, TM 2013-01-01 to 2016-06-30 SOUTHERN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN N: 40.10861 S: -10.038404 E: 100.001086 W: 39.998656 GeoTIFF
Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent 2015 Southeast and Northeast Asia product 30 m V001 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, DEM OLI, ETM+ 2013-01-01 to 2016-12-31 SOUTHEASTERN ASIA, EASTERN ASIA N: 60 S: -45 E: 180 W: 70 GeoTIFF
Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent-Product 2015 Validation 30 m V001 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, Sentinel-2A OLI, ETM+, TM, Sentinel-2 MSI 2008-01-01 to 2016-12-31 GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 Shapefile
Global Forest Aboveground Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from GEDI and ICESat-2, 2018-2021 ICESat-2, ISS ATLAS, GEDI 2018-10-01 to 2021-10-01 GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 COG
Global Forest Ecosystem Structure and Function Data For Carbon Balance Research NOAA-14 AVHRR 1897-01-01 to 2006-12-31 N: 67.36 S: -42.87 E: 172.75 W: -159.5 Shapefile
Global Gridded 1-km Annual Soil Respiration and Uncertainty Derived from SRDB V3 MODELS Computer 1963-01-01 to 2011-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF
Global High-Resolution Estimates of SIF from Fused SCIAMACHY and GOME-2, V2 METOP-A GOME-2, SCIAMACHY 2003-01-01 to 2017-12-31 GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems MODELS Computer 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 GLOBAL N: 83.64 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
Global Land Cover Mapping and Estimation Yearly 30 m V001 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 OLI, ETM+, TM 2001-07-01 to 2019-07-01 NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA, ASIA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF
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