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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
ALOS_PALSAR_KMZ 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

PnET Models: Carbon, Nitrogen, Water Dynamics in Forest Ecosystems (Vers. 4 and 5) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1992-01-01 to 2003-04-21

N: 42.37 S: 42.37 E: -72.25 W: -72.25

multiple
BOREAS TE-02 Continuous Wood Respiration Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, IR CO2 ANALYZER 1994-05-29 to 1994-09-22

N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -98.29 W: -98.67

ASCII
ABoVE: Alaska Lake and Pond Occurrence 1 Sentinel-2A, MODELS Sentinel-2 MSI, Computer 2016-05-01 to 2021-09-30

N: 71.6586 S: 50.9853 E: -129.221 W: -179.37

COG
AirMOSS: In Situ Soil Moisture and Tree Measurements, Harvard Forest, 2012-2013 1 FIELD SURVEYS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2012-10-15 to 2013-08-22

N: 42.5492 S: 42.5361 E: -71.1755 W: -72.184

CSV
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-06 CASI LAI and Canopy Closure of Conifer Flux Tower Sites 1 PIPER NAVAJO CHIEFTAIN CASI 1994-02-07 to 1994-02-11

N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111

BMP
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Monthly Average by UTC Fluxes 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
RADARSAT-1 Level 0 Product 1 RADARSAT-1 SAR 1996-02-01 to 2009-03-17

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

SMAPVEX19-22 Massachusetts Vegetation Optical Depth V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS DIELECTRIC PROBE, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, RADIOMETERS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 2019-04-28 to 2019-10-17

N: 42.54 S: 42.54 E: -72.17 W: -72.17

CSV
SHIFT: Laboratory Foliar Chemical Analysis Results for Field Samples, CA, 2022 1 LABORATORY ICP-ES 2022-02-23 to 2022-09-27

N: 34.745 S: 34.3979 E: -119.53 W: -120.492

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
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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