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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
AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture V001 1 Aqua, GCOM-W1 AMSR-E, AMSR2 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04, 2012-07-02 to Present

N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS5
BOREAS RSS-15 SIR-C and TM Biomass and Landcover Maps of the NSA and SSA 1 SRL-1, SRL-2 SIR-C 1994-04-13 to 1995-09-02

N: 56.21 S: 53.63 E: -97.75 W: -105.61

Binary
ERS-1 Level 0 Product 1 ERS-1 SAR 1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29

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

ABoVE: Burn Severity of Soil Organic Matter, Northwest Territories, Canada, 2014-2015 1 LANDSAT-8, FIELD SURVEYS, MODELS OLI, TIRS, GPS, Computer 2014-05-01 to 2015-10-01

N: 65.5514 S: 58.2864 E: -108.834 W: -124.03

multiple
Arctic Alaska Vegetation, Geobotanical, Physiographic Maps, 1993-2005 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT-5 VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, AVHRR 1993-06-01 to 2005-03-30

N: 71.3703 S: 57.0847 E: -138.542 W: -173.052

multiple
BOREAS RSS-03 Reflectance Measured from a Helicopter-Mounted Barnes MMR 1 HELICOPTER MMR 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-19

N: 55.97 S: 53.59 E: -97.34 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS TGB-04 NSA-BVP Tower Flux and Meteorological Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, PSYCHROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, STREAM GAUGES, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, Bowen Ratio Devices 1994-05-28 to 1994-09-17

N: 55.84 S: 55.84 E: -98.03 W: -98.03

ASCII
Greenness Trends and Carbon Stocks of Mangrove Forests Across Mexico, 2001-2015 1 Aqua, MODELS MODIS, Computer 2001-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 29.7262 S: 14.4292 E: -86.5302 W: -114.055

multiple
LBA-ECO CD-10 Forest Litter Data for km 67 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-07-14 to 2005-06-11

N: -2.857 S: -2.857 E: -54.959 W: -54.959

Text File
Literature-Derived Parameters for the BIOME-BGC Terrestrial Ecosystem Model 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1947-06-15 to 2000-06-21

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

CSV
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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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