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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
RLC Forest Stand Carbon Map of Russia 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31

N: 75 S: 35.1659 E: 170 W: 19.8165

BMP
RLC Generalized Forest Map of the Former Soviet Union, 1-km 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 1998-12-31

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

BMP
RLC Vegetative Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1990 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31

N: 75 S: 35.1659 E: 170 W: 19.8165

multiple
Root Biomass Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION CORING DEVICES 1987-06-01 to 1987-11-12

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

multiple
Russian Boreal Forest Disturbance Maps Derived from Landsat Imagery, 1984-2000 1 Terra, LANDSAT-5 MODIS, TM, ETM+ 1984-06-01 to 2000-08-31

N: 65.3219 S: 43.7625 E: 138.627 W: 30.9828

GeoTIFF
SAFARI 2000 1-Degree Estimates of Burned Biomass, Area, and Emissions, 2000 1 MODELS, SPOT-4, ERS-2, Terra Computer, MULTI-SPECTRAL, ATSR, MODIS 2000-08-01 to 2000-09-30

N: 0 S: -36 E: 56 W: -18

Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 ALI/ETM+ Tandem Image Pair for Skukuza, South Africa, May 2001 1 EO-1, LANDSAT-7 ALI, SPECTRORADIOMETERS, ETM+ 2001-05-30 to 2001-05-30

N: -23.5902 S: -25.5025 E: 33.1174 W: 30.7568

Binary
SAFARI 2000 AVHRR Daily Site (1.5 km) and 15-Day Regional (1.5- and 6-km) Imagery 1 NOAA-14 AVHRR 1998-07-01 to 2000-10-31

N: -7.4861 S: -35.2617 E: 43.1995 W: 8.733

Binary
SAFARI 2000 Biomass Burning Emissions, Selected Sites, Dry Season 2000 1 LABORATORY CHEMILUMINESCENCE, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, IR CO2 ANALYZER 2000-11-24 to 2001-01-16

N: 0 S: -35 E: 50 W: 10

Shapefile
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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
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
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