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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
Landsat-based Phenology and Tree Ring Characterization, Eastern US Forests, 1984-2013 1 LANDSAT, FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY ETM+, TM, CORING DEVICES, CHNS/O ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS, IRMS 1984-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: 39.6947 S: 35.3389 E: -77.3219 W: -84.0339

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Arctic Vegetation Plots at ARCSS/LAII Flux Sites, North Slope, Alaska, 1995-1996 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1995-08-15 to 1996-08-18

N: 70.2835 S: 68.49 E: -148.59 W: -150.25

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-02 Soil Volumetric Water Content, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION TDR 1999-05-19 to 2001-05-19

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

CSV
Leaf Angle Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SCA 1987-06-09 to 1987-08-04

N: 39.13 S: 39.13 E: -96.63 W: -96.63

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NACP Regional: National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and Aggregated Gridded Model Data 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

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WDTS: AVIRIS-Classic Derived Plant Traits by Flight Line, 2013-2018 1 NASA ER-2 AVIRIS 2013-04-10 to 2018-08-16

N: 39.646 S: 32.5742 E: -114.22 W: -123.647

ENVI
SAFARI 2000 Woody Vegetation Characteristics of Kalahari and Skukuza Sites 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, PAR SENSORS, GPS 2000-02-29 to 2000-06-25

N: -15.4389 S: -31.4969 E: 25.4995 W: 21.7096

CSV
ABoVE: Vegetation Composition across Fire History Gradients on the Y-K Delta, Alaska 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LANDSAT Computer 2017-07-20 to 2018-07-16

N: 62.0883 S: 60.3598 E: -160.938 W: -164.688

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RADARSAT-1 Level 0 Product 1 RADARSAT-1 SAR 1996-02-01 to 2009-03-17

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

ABoVE: Directory of Field Sites Associated with 2017 ABoVE Airborne Campaign 1 UAV, B-200 SAR, LVIS 2017-04-01 to 2017-04-01

N: 71.328 S: 52.7117 E: -103.596 W: -166.008

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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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