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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-24 AVHRR Derived Fire Occurrence, 5-km Resolution, Amazonia: 2001 1 NOAA-12 AVHRR 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31

N: 5.2507 S: -18.0417 E: -43.5362 W: -74.8431

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-24 Forest Cover Map from MODIS, 500-m, South America: 2001 2 Terra MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31

N: 13.6922 S: -56.4548 E: -34.2236 W: -86.3842

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-31 Historical Land-Use in the Amazon: 1940-1995 1 SATELLITES, SPOT-4 MODIS, AVHRR, MULTI-SPECTRAL 1940-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 5.41 S: -19.56 E: -45.59 W: -74.35

netCDF-3
LBA-ECO LC-31 Simple Tropical Ecosystem Model 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2002-06-19 to 2003-08-28

N: -2.855 S: -2.855 E: -54.959 W: -54.959

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-35 GOES Imager Active Fire Detection Data, South America: 2000-2005 1 GOES-8, GOES-12 GOES-8 Imager, GOES I-M Imager 2000-01-01 to 2005-12-31

N: 13 S: -20 E: -25.75 W: -82

Text File
LBA-ECO LC-39 Modeled Carbon Flux from Deforestation, Mato Grosso, Brazil: 2000-2006 1 Terra MODIS 2000-10-01 to 2006-09-30

N: -10 S: -20 E: -50.7629 W: -63.8507

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LBA-ECO LC-39 MODIS Active Fire and Frequency Data for South America: 2000-2007 1 Terra, Aqua MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 11.7452 S: -34.86 E: -53.308 W: -81.286

multiple
LBA-ECO ND-01 Forest and Pasture Soil and Grass Analyses, Rondonia, Brazil: 2003-2004 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2003-05-01 to 2004-05-31

N: -8 S: -15 E: -60 W: -65

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-01 Reflectance and Biophysical Measures, Grass Pastures: Rondonia, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, SPECTRORADIOMETERS 2003-07-19 to 2003-08-03

N: -8 S: -15 E: -60 W: -65

multiple
LBA-ECO ND-02 Secondary Forest Small Stem, Non-Woody Biomass, Para, Brazil: 1999-2005 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1999-11-01 to 2005-07-31

N: -2.983 S: -2.983 E: -47.516 W: -47.516

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
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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