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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
ERS-1 Level 1 Product 1 ERS-1 SAR 1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

ERS-2 Level 0 Product 1 ERS-2 SAR 1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

ERS-2 Level 1 Product 1 ERS-2 SAR 1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Field Data on Soils, Vegetation, and Fire History for Alaska Tundra Sites, 1972-2020 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL CENSUS TRANSECTS, THERMOMETERS 1972-08-01 to 2020-08-15

N: 71.334 S: 61.1397 E: -141.683 W: -166.41

CSV
FIFE CDROM Vol. 3 Contents: NS001 Thematic Mapper Simulator (TMS) Imagery, 1987-1989 1 C-130 TMS 1987-06-04 to 1989-08-11

N: 39.0833 S: 39.0833 E: -96.5833 W: -96.5833

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Fire Intensity and Burn Severity Metrics for Circumpolar Boreal Forests, 2001-2013 1 COMPUTERS, Terra, Aqua Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: 80 S: 40 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
Fire Particulate Emissions from Combined VIIRS and AHI Data for Indonesia, 2015-2020 1 Himawari-8, COMPUTERS, Suomi-NPP AHI, Computer, VIIRS 2015-07-04 to 2020-12-31

N: 10.1 S: -11 E: 153 W: 89

CSV
FIREX-AQ NOAA-MET Twin Otter Data 1 NOAA Twin Otter LIDAR 2019-07-23 to 2019-08-14 NetCDF-3, ICARTT
FLUXNET Canada Research Network - Canadian Carbon Program Data Collection, 1993-2014 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIELD SURVEYS PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, THERMOMETERS, THERMISTORS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CO2 ANALYZERS, PROBES 1993-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 55.88 S: 42.6609 E: -67.0993 W: -125.334

CSV
FLUXNET Marconi Conference Gap-Filled Flux and Meteorology Data, 1992-2000 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, THERMOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, THERMISTORS 1992-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 70.4696 S: -2.6091 E: 24.295 W: -157.409

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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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