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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.
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Biosphere Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
LBA-ECO CD-04 Leaf Area Index, km 83 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil 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 CD-04 Leaf Litter Data, km 83 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE 2000-09-01 to 2003-03-10 N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707 CSV
LBA-ECO CD-04 Leaf Photosynthesis and Respiration, Tapajos National Forest: 2000-2006 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM 2000-06-01 to 2006-02-28 N: -2.75 S: -3.017 E: -54.959 W: -54.9707 CSV
LBA-ECO CD-04 Logging Damage, km 83 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2000-11-01 to 2002-03-31 N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707 CSV
LBA-ECO CD-04 Meteorological and Flux Data, km 83 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION SONIC ANEMOMETER, IRGA, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOCOUPLES 2000-07-01 to 2004-03-12 N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707 CSV
LBA-ECO CD-04 Soil Respiration, km 83 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM 2001-12-19 to 2002-03-01 N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707 CSV
LBA-ECO CD-05 Forest Understory Fuel Loads, Paragominas, Para, Brazil: 2001 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE 2001-01-01 to 2001-01-01 N: -2.983 S: -2.983 E: -47.516 W: -47.516 CSV
LBA-ECO CD-05 Understory Fuel Stick Moisture, km 67 Site, Para, Brazil: 1998-2000 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE 1998-10-09 to 2000-11-17 N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55 CSV
LBA-ECO CD-06 Carbon Cycling in Rivers in Amazonas and Acre, Brazil: 2005-2006 LABORATORY FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY, MASS SPECTROMETERS 2005-07-16 to 2006-09-25 N: -2.589 S: -10.073 E: -58.746 W: -72.7 CSV
LBA-ECO CD-06 Isotopic Composition of Carbon Fractions, Amazon Basin River Water FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY IRGA, CHN ANALYZERS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, BALANCE 1991-08-12 to 2003-01-26 N: -1.817 S: -16.472 E: -58.798 W: -74.572 CSV
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