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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
Fluxnet: Archived Website Including Site and Investigator Information GROUND STATIONS CARBON ANALYZERS 1991-01-01 to 2016-12-31 multiple
Forest Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Sequestration Potential for Maryland, USA. MODELS Computer 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31 MARYLAND GeoTIFF
Forest Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Sequestration Potential, Northeastern USA MODELS Computer 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31 DELAWARE, CONNECTICUT, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE GeoTIFF
Forest Aboveground Biomass for Maine, 2023 COMPUTERS Computer 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31 MAINE COG
Forest Aboveground Biomass for Maryland, USA COMPUTERS Computer 1984-01-01 to 2023-12-31 MARYLAND GeoTIFF
Forest Aboveground Biomass for the Southwestern U.S. from MISR, 2000-2021 Terra MISR 2000-05-15 to 2021-06-30 CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, UTAH GeoTIFF
Forest Biophysical Parameters (SNF) FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1983-08-01 to 1984-08-14 ASCII
Forest Canopy Composition (SNF) FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1976-01-01 to 1986-12-31 ASCII
Forest Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from the NFCMS, Conterminous USA, 1990-2010 MODELS Computer 1986-01-01 to 2010-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GeoTIFF
Forest Inventories and DBH at Burned and Unburned Forest Sites, Acre, Brazil, 2017 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2017-10-07 to 2017-12-13 multiple
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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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