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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
HLS Operational Land Imager Vegetation Indices Daily Global 30 m V2.0 2.0 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9 OLI 2013-04-11 to Present

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
HLS Sentinel-2 Multi-spectral Instrument Vegetation Indices Daily Global 30 m V2.0 2.0 Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-2C Sentinel-2 MSI 2015-11-28 to Present

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
ICESat-2 Derived 30 m Along-Track Boreal Aboveground Biomass Density V001 1 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2019-05-01 to 2021-09-30

N: 71.41 S: 44.44 E: 169.14 W: -164.31

30 Meters GeoPackage
ICESat-2 Derived Canopy Height Model V001 1 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31

N: 49.37 S: 24.4 E: -66.89 W: -124.85

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
Impacts of Wildfires on Boreal Forest Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics 1 MODELS, LANDSAT-1 Computer, MSS 1986-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 70 S: 43.5 E: -53 W: -166

CSV
Integrated Biosphere Simulator Model (IBIS), Version 2.5 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-01-01 to 1994-01-01

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

multiple
ISLSCP II AVHRR Albedo and BRDF, 1995 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, AVHRR, MODIS 1995-02-01 to 1995-07-31

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

Shapefile
ISLSCP II C4 Vegetation Percentage 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra LICOR LEAF AREA METER, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, MODIS, AVHRR 1993-01-01 to 1998-12-31

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

ASCII
ISLSCP II Carbon Dioxide Flux at Harvard Forest and Northern BOREAS Sites 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY, COMPUTERS IR CO2 ANALYZER, GC-FID, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, Computer 1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Shapefile
ISLSCP II Continuous Fields of Vegetation Cover, 1992-1993 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra LICOR LEAF AREA METER, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, MODIS, AVHRR 1992-04-01 to 1993-05-31

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

Shapefile
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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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