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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
SHIFT: AVIRIS-NG Derived Gridded Mosaicked Canopy Water Content, California, 2022 1 Airplane AVIRIS-NG 2022-02-24 to 2022-05-17

N: 34.9119 S: 34.3535 E: -119.866 W: -120.632

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SHIFT: AVIRIS-NG Derived Plant Functional Trait Mosaics 1 B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2022-02-24 to 2022-05-29

N: 34.9119 S: 34.3535 E: -119.866 W: -120.632

COG
SHIFT: AVIRIS-NG Full-Resolution True Color Images 1 B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2022-02-24 to 2022-05-17

N: 34.8992 S: 34.357 E: -119.478 W: -120.643

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SHIFT: Laboratory Foliar Chemical Analysis Results for Field Samples, CA, 2022 1 LABORATORY ICP-ES 2022-02-23 to 2022-09-27

N: 34.745 S: 34.3979 E: -119.53 W: -120.492

CSV
SHIFT: Photosynthetic and Leaf Traits, Santa Barbara County, 2022 1 FIELD SURVEYS SURVEYING TOOLS 2022-02-23 to 2022-09-27

N: 34.7445 S: 34.3979 E: -119.52 W: -120.5

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SHIFT: Reflectance Measurements for Dried and Ground Leaf Materials 1 LABORATORY SPECTROMETERS 2022-02-23 to 2022-09-27

N: 34.89 S: 34.38 E: -119.53 W: -120.62

CSV
SHIFT: Vegetation Plot Characterization, Santa Barbara County, CA, 2022 1 FIELD SURVEYS SURVEYING TOOLS 2022-02-23 to 2022-09-27

N: 34.89 S: 34.39 E: -119.52 W: -120.62

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SHIFT: Vegetation Plot Photos, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 2022 1 FIELD SURVEYS CAMERA 2022-02-23 to 2022-09-18

N: 34.7445 S: 34.3979 E: -119.531 W: -120.492

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SHIFT: Wetland Spectra, Salinity, and Fractional Cover, Devereux Slough, CA, 2022 1 MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, B-200 Computer, SOIL SAMPLER, AVIRIS-NG 2007-05-26 to 2024-05-30

N: 34.4311 S: 34.4039 E: -119.861 W: -119.894

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Shrubland Species Cover, Biometric, Carbon and Nitrogen Data, Southern Idaho, 2014 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS CARBON ANALYZERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CAMERA 2014-09-16 to 2014-10-17

N: 43.2098 S: 42.299 E: -114.689 W: -116.797

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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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