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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
RLC Forest Fire Locations in Eastern Russia, 1998-1999 1 NOAA-9 AVHRR 1998-04-01 to 1999-09-30

N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25

multiple
SENTINEL-1A_DUAL_POL_METADATA_GRD_MEDIUM_RES 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

CMS: LiDAR Biomass Improved for High Biomass Forests, Sonoma County, CA, USA, 2013 1 CESSNA SINGLE-ENGINE AIRCRAFT, FIELD SURVEYS BACKSCATTER LIDAR, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2013-09-01 to 2013-09-01

N: 38.8548 S: 38.1067 E: -122.34 W: -123.539

GeoTIFF
MASTER: FireSense, California and Southern US, Spring 2025 1 B-200 MASTER 2025-03-17 to 2025-04-18

N: 33.4811 S: 30.2467 E: -81.6656 W: -116.044

multiple
AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture V001 1 Aqua, GCOM-W1 AMSR-E, AMSR2 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04, 2012-07-02 to Present

N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS5
ABoVE: Tree Canopy Cover and Stand Age from Landsat, Boreal Forest Biome, 1984-2020 1 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, COMPUTERS OLI, TIRS, ETM+, MSS, TM, Computer 1984-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 73 S: 45 E: 180 W: -180

COG
BioSCape: BioSoundSCape Acoustic Recordings, South Africa, 2023 1 Data Collections Passive Acoustic Recorder 2023-06-05 to 2023-12-16

N: -31.366 S: -34.816 E: 23.9156 W: 18.012

multiple
BOREAS RSS-15 SIR-C and TM Biomass and Landcover Maps of the NSA and SSA 1 SRL-1, SRL-2 SIR-C 1994-04-13 to 1995-09-02

N: 56.21 S: 53.63 E: -97.75 W: -105.61

Binary
BOREAS TE-09 Leaf Biochemistry Averages 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, COLORIMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1994-02-01 to 1994-09-18

N: 55.91 S: 55.84 E: -98.29 W: -98.67

ASCII
CMS: Global 0.5-deg Wetland Methane Emissions and Uncertainty (WetCHARTs v1.0) 1 MODELS Computer 2001-01-01 to 2015-12-31

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

multiple
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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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