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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
BOREAS TE-05 Surface Meteorological & Radiation Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMISTORS, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-05-25 to 1994-09-08

N: 55.93 S: 53.62 E: -98.51 W: -106.19

ASCII
CMS: Aboveground Biomass for Mangrove Forest, Zambezi River Delta, Mozambique 1 FIELD SURVEYS, Airplane HYPSOMETERS, LIDAR 2012-09-01 to 2014-05-05

N: -18.7866 S: -18.8987 E: 36.2925 W: 36.1489

multiple
FLUXNET Canada Research Network - Canadian Carbon Program Data Collection, 1993-2014 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIELD SURVEYS PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, THERMOMETERS, THERMISTORS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CO2 ANALYZERS, PROBES 1993-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 55.88 S: 42.6609 E: -67.0993 W: -125.334

CSV
ISLSCP II NOAA 5-year Average Monthly Snow-free Albedo from AVHRR 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS, AVHRR 1985-04-01 to 1991-03-31

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

Shapefile
ABoVE: AirSWOT Water Masks from Color-Infrared Imagery over Alaska and Canada, 2017 1 COMPUTERS, B-200 Computer, CAMERAS 2017-07-09 to 2017-08-17

N: 76.2756 S: 43.27 E: -98.6376 W: -152.185

multiple
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
Landsat-derived Spring and Autumn Phenology, Eastern US - Canadian Forests, 1984-2013 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, COMPUTERS, LANDSAT-4 TM, ETM+, Computer 1984-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: 62.0367 S: 29.6345 E: -60.3954 W: -124.424

multiple
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave 3-Hourly Monthly Average by UTC Fluxes 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
SAFARI 2000 MODIS Water and Heat Fluxes, Maun, Botswana, Dry Season 2001 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION, Terra, MODELS PRESSURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HUMIDITY SENSORS, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, MODIS, Computer 2001-09-02 to 2001-09-29

N: -17.9946 S: -21.0004 E: 24.5004 W: 21.4946

Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-08 Soil, Vegetation, and Land Cover Maps for Brazil and South America 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION DIGITIZER 1981-01-01 to 1991-12-31

N: 12.4713 S: -34.8444 E: -30 W: -81.3572

GeoTIFF
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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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