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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 Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
NACP Site: Terrestrial Biosphere Model Output Data in Original Format 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

Shapefile
BOREAS HYD-03 Subcanopy Radiation Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS PYRANOMETERS 1994-02-06 to 1996-03-08

N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.69 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TDR, THERMOCOUPLES, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS 1996-02-02 to 1996-12-31

N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2

ASCII
Delta-X AVIRIS-NG L3 Derived Vegetation Types, MRD, Louisiana, USA 1 King Air AVIRIS-NG 2021-08-20 to 2021-08-25

N: 29.707 S: 28.9908 E: -90.3607 W: -91.5945

COG
Global Fire Atlas with Characteristics of Individual Fires, 2003-2016 1 COMPUTERS, Terra, Aqua Computer, MODIS 2003-01-01 to 2016-12-31

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

multiple
LBA-ECO CD-04 Leaf Area Index, km 83 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, DIGITIZER 2000-09-01 to 2001-08-31

N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707

CSV
LBA-ECO TG-07 Fallen and Standing Necromass, Tapajos, Cauaxi, Juruena Forests, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION STEEL MEASURING TAPE, ALTIMETERS, Line intercept sampling 2001-06-10 to 2004-11-14

N: -3.017 S: -10.4249 E: -48.2906 W: -58.7597

CSV
Pre-Delta-X: L2 AirSWOT Water Surface Elevations, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 1 King Air AirSWOT 2015-05-08 to 2015-05-11

N: 29.8653 S: 28.9819 E: -90.4475 W: -91.6022

multiple
Site AVIRIS Images, 1992 (ACCP) 1 NASA ER-2 AVIRIS 1992-06-02 to 1992-08-20

N: 45.2222 S: 29.7 E: -68.7356 W: -121.763

Binary
BOREAS TE-02 Foliage Respiration Data 1 LABORATORY, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER, FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR LEAF AREA METER, COLORIMETERS, IR CO2 ANALYZER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1994-06-01 to 1994-09-14

N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -98.48 W: -98.67

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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