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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
LBA-ECO LC-14 Specific Leaf Area and Phenology, km 67 Site, Para, Brazil: 2001-2006 1 FIELD SURVEYS BALANCE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2001-01-03 to 2006-01-26

N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-15 Aerodynamic Roughness Maps of Vegetation Canopies, Amazon Basin: 2000 1 OV-105, JERS-1, COMPUTERS SRTM, SAR, Computer 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-22

N: 13.8583 S: -23.4268 E: -47.0231 W: -82.7208

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-15 Amazon Basin Aboveground Live Biomass Distribution Map: 1990-2000 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 13.8583 S: -21.1277 E: -33.5739 W: -82.7209

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-15 NDVI Composite Images of the Amazon Basin: 1999-2000 1 SPOT-4 IMAGING RADIOMETERS 1999-01-01 to 2000-12-30

N: 13.8583 S: -23.4268 E: -47.0231 W: -82.7208

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-19 Soil and Vegetation Data for Cerrado and Forested Sites, Brazil: 2002 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOMETERS 2002-06-10 to 2002-07-30

N: -2.857 S: -15.75 E: -47.6 W: -54.959

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-21 Foliar Nutrients, Logged Areas, Tapajos Forest, Para, Brazil: 2003 1 LABORATORY ICP-AES, COLORIMETERS 2003-03-01 to 2003-03-01

N: -2.75 S: -3.5833 E: -54.2833 W: -55.25

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-21 Soil Characteristics, Logged Areas, Tapajos Forest, Para, Brazil: 2003 1 LABORATORY MASS SPECTROMETERS, ICP-AES 2003-03-01 to 2003-03-01

N: -2.75 S: -3.5833 E: -54.8333 W: -55.25

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-22 Field Validation of MODIS Deforestation Detection, Brazil, 2003-2004 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2004-07-14 to 2004-07-21

N: -10.96 S: -15.65 E: -54 W: -58.25

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-22 Field Validation of MODIS Deforestation Detection, Brazil, 2005 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, Terra VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, GPS, MODIS 2005-03-17 to 2005-03-24

N: -11.5 S: -13.1334 E: -54.2833 W: -55.75

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-23 Characterization of Vegetation Fire Dynamics for Brazil: 2001-2003 1 Terra, NOAA-12, Aqua MODIS, AVHRR 2001-01-01 to 2003-12-31

N: 5.3 S: -33.75 E: -34.8 W: -74

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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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