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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 Level 1.5 Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

ALOS PALSAR Level 2.2 Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23

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

ALOS PALSAR Low Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 Level 1 ScanSAR Product 1 ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 2014-08-01 to Present

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

ZIP
AMAZE-08 Aerosol Characterization and Meteorological Data, Central Amazon Basin: 2008 1 LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS LOPC-PMS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, CNC, AEROSOL/CLOUD PARTICLE SIZER 2008-02-05 to 2008-04-21

N: -2.4282 S: -2.75745 E: -60.0272 W: -60.3678

CSV
Amazon Forest Structure from Airborne Lidar, ED2 Initial Condition Files, 2016 1 COMPUTERS, AIRCRAFT Computer, LIDAR 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 5 S: -14 E: -45 W: -74

multiple
AMS (Automated Met Station) Data (FIFE) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-01 to 1989-11-10

N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.47 W: -96.61

CSV
AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture V001 1 Aqua, GCOM-W1 AMSR-E, AMSR2 2012-07-02

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS5
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Surface Soil Moisture, Interpretive Parameters, & QC EASE-Grids V002 2 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-03

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Surface Soil Moisture, Ancillary Parms, & QC EASE-Grids V002 2 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-18 to 2011-10-03

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
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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
AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
Biomass Earthdata Dashboard Observe global forest biomass harmonization activity with the Biomass Earthdata Dashboard. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
CASEI The Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) is a comprehensive inventory of contextual information for NASA's Earth Science airborne and field campaigns. Search and Discovery, Cataloging
FIRMS The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. Access, Visualization
Giovanni Giovanni is a web application for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing Earth science remote sensing data without downloading the data. Search and Discovery, Analysis, Access, Visualization, Downloading, Subsetting
OpenAltimetry OpenAltimetry is a map-based visualization tool for exploring surface elevation data across Earth over time. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Panoply Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
POWER DAV The POWER project’s Data Access Viewer (DAV) is an interactive web-mapping application that provides access to NASA’s customized solar and meteorological data catalog. Analysis, Downloading, Subsetting, Visualization
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
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