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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
Maps of Vegetation Types and Physiographic Features, Imnavait Creek, Alaska 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1970-06-01 to 2015-08-31

N: 68.6321 S: 68.61 E: -149.258 W: -149.376

multiple
Arctic Vegetation Plots in Northern NWT and YT, Canada, 1965-1966 1 FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL DEPTH PROBE 1965-06-09 to 1966-08-13

N: 68.8244 S: 68.2203 E: -135.697 W: -138.748

CSV
BOREAS Site and Area Geographic Coordinate Information 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION GPS 1992-01-01 to 1997-12-31

N: 60 S: 49 E: -88 W: -111

ASCII
CARVE Modeled Gross Ecosystem CO2 Exchange and Respiration, Alaska, 2012-2014 1 OCO-2, METOP-B, METOP-A, Terra OCO SPECTROMETERS, GOME-2, MODIS 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 73 S: 55 E: -134 W: -179

netCDF-3
ECHIDNA LIDAR Campaigns: Forest Canopy Imagery and Field Data, U.S.A., 2007-2009 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2007-08-01 to 2009-08-05

N: 45.2148 S: 36.961 E: -68.7236 W: -119.249

multiple
ISLSCP II Global Gridded Soil Characteristics 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1995-01-01 to 1996-12-31

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

ASCII
LBA-ECO LC-07 Water Quality, CO2, Chlorophyll, Lago Curuai, Para, Brazil: 2003-2004 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, CONDUCTIVITY METERS, PH METERS, TURBIDITY METERS 2003-09-25 to 2004-06-30

N: -1.8206 S: -2.3389 E: -50.0208 W: -55.8347

CSV
MODIS-based GPP, PAR, fC4, and SANIRv estimates from SLOPE for CONUS, 2000-2019 1 MODELS, Aqua, Terra Computer, MODIS 2000-01-01 to 2020-01-01

N: 50.01 S: 19.99 E: -52.216 W: -155.573

GeoTIFF
SAFARI 2000 LAI Measurements at Kalahari Transect Sites, Wet Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER 2000-03-04 to 2000-03-16

N: -18.66 S: -24.127 E: 25.494 W: 21.709

CSV
Visible and Near-Infrared Leaf Reflectance Spectra, 1992-1993 (ACCP) 1 LABORATORY SPECTROPHOTOMETERS 1992-06-18 to 1993-05-27

N: 45.2222 S: 37.4015 E: -68.7356 W: -122.048

ASCII
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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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