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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 Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
ACT-America: Gridded Ensembles of Surface Biogenic Carbon Fluxes, 2003-2019 MODELS Computer 2003-01-01 to 2019-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA N: 70.5 S: 0.5 E: -24.5 W: -176 netCDF-4
ADEOS-I OCTS Level-3 Global Binned Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) Data, version 2022.0 ADEOS-I OCTS 1996-10-31 to 1997-06-30 GLOBAL OCEAN N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
ADEOS-I OCTS Level-3 Global Mapped Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) Data, version 2022.0 ADEOS-I OCTS 1996-10-31 to 1997-06-30 GLOBAL OCEAN N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
AfriSAR: Aboveground Biomass for Lope, Mabounie, Mondah, and Rabi Sites, Gabon FIELD SURVEYS, Airplane, B-200 STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LIDAR, LVIS 2016-02-01 to 2016-03-31 GABON N: 0.611119 S: -1.94602 E: 11.6436 W: 9.30308 COG
AfriSAR: Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics Derived from LVIS, Gabon, 2016 B-200 LVIS 2016-02-20 to 2016-03-08 N: 0.701451 S: -2.29171 E: 12.0133 W: 8.7276 CSV
AfriSAR: Canopy Structure Derived from PolInSAR and Coherence TomoSAR NISAR tools UAV UAVSAR 2016-02-25 to 2016-03-08 N: 0.61 S: -2.07788 E: 11.8642 W: 9.16944 GeoTIFF
AfriSAR: Gridded Forest Biomass and Canopy Metrics Derived from LVIS, Gabon, 2016 MODELS, B-200 Computer, LVIS 2016-02-20 to 2016-03-08 GABON N: 0.631722 S: -2.29494 E: 12.0244 W: 9.17929 multiple
AfriSAR: Mondah Forest Tree Species, Biophysical, and Biomass Data, Gabon, 2016 FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CLINOMETERS 2016-03-01 to 2016-03-23 N: 0.616939 S: 0.538705 E: 9.42251 W: 9.31622 CSV
AfriSAR: Polarimetric Height Profiles by TomoSAR, Lope and Rabi Forests, Gabon, 2016 UAV UAVSAR 2016-02-25 to 2016-02-28 N: 0.100091 S: -2.08153 E: 11.859 W: 9.67202 HDF5
AfriSAR: Rainforest Canopy Height Derived from PolInSAR and Lidar Data, Gabon B-200, COMPUTERS, UAV LVIS, Computer, UAVSAR 2016-02-27 to 2016-03-08 N: 0.239961 S: -0.347461 E: 11.8303 W: 9.28806 GeoTIFF
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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
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
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
POPGRID Viewer POPGRID Viewer explores the intercomparison of population counts and settlement mapping from leading global data sources. 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
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