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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
Global Monthly GPP from an Improved Light Use Efficiency Model, 1982-2016 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, MODELS EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, MMS, Computer 1982-01-01 to 2017-01-01

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

netCDF-4 classic
BOREAS Level-0 TIMS Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format 1 C-130 TIMS 1994-04-16 to 1994-09-17

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32

Binary
LBA-ECO CD-08 Radiocarbon Dates for Large Trees from a Forest near Manaus, Brazil 1 LABORATORY AMS 1997-01-01 to 1997-12-31

N: -2.333 S: -2.333 E: -60.064 W: -60.064

CSV
Leaf Area Index Maps at 30-m Resolution, VALERI Site, Larose, Canada 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, SPOT-4 CAMERA, TM, ETM+, HRVIR 2003-05-08 to 2003-08-19

N: 45.394 S: 45.3671 E: -75.1979 W: -75.2364

multiple
SnowEx23 Airborne Lidar-Derived 0.5M Snow Depth and Canopy Height V001 1 CESSNA 206 Riegl Airborne Lidar 2022-03-11 to 2023-10-25

N: 70 S: 64.5 E: -148 W: -148.5

0.5 Meters x 0.5 Meters GeoTIFF
Pre-LBA ISLSCP Initiative I Data 1 NOAA-10, LANDSAT AVHRR, TM 1987-01-01 to 1988-12-31

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

Shapefile
Tree Inventory and Biometry Measurements, Tapajos National Forest, Para, Brazil, 2010 1 FIELD SURVEYS, COMPUTERS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, Computer 2010-08-31 to 2010-09-16

N: -2.8603 S: -3.1529 E: -54.9488 W: -54.9857

multiple
SNF Site Characterization Validation 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1984-05-10 to 1984-06-12

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
CMS: Land Cover Projections (5.6-km) from GCAM v3.1 for Conterminous USA, 2005-2095 1 MODELS Computer 2005-01-01 to 2095-12-31

N: 49.35 S: 25.25 E: -67.09 W: -124.69

netCDF-4 classic
SAFARI 2000 Land Cover from AVHRR, 8-km, 1984 (DeFries et al.) 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-9, NOAA-11 AVHRR 1984-01-01 to 1984-12-31

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

multiple
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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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