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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
Annual Burned Area from Landsat, Mawas, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1997-2015 LANDSAT ETM+, TM, OLI 1997-01-01 to 2015-12-31 INDONESIA N: -2.21458 S: -2.50241 E: 114.609 W: 114.39 Shapefile
Annual Land Use and Urban Land Cover: Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa, 2016-2020 LANDSAT, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-2A ETM+, OLI, SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, Sentinel-2 MSI 2016-01-01 to 2020-12-31 NIGERIA, SOUTH AFRICA, ETHIOPIA N: 16.2061 S: -35.3369 E: 49.6875 W: 2.5725 COG
Annual wildland fire emissions (WFEIS v0.5) for Conterminous US and Alaska, 2001-2013 Terra MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31 N: 71.41 S: 24.2 E: -65 W: -178.22 GeoTIFF
Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 1 MODELS Computer 2001-01-01 to 2006-12-31 AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, GLOBAL, NORTH AMERICA N: 83.083332 S: -55.750001 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF, PDF, WMS, Grid, PNG
Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 2: 1700 MODELS Computer 1700-01-01 to 1700-12-31 AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, GLOBAL, NORTH AMERICA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF, PDF, WMS, Grid, PNG
Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 2: 1800 MODELS Computer 1800-01-01 to 1800-12-31 AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, GLOBAL, NORTH AMERICA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF, PDF, WMS, Grid, PNG
Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 2: 1900 MODELS Computer 1900-01-01 to 1900-12-31 AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, GLOBAL, NORTH AMERICA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF, PDF, WMS, Grid, PNG
Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 2: 2000 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31 AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, GLOBAL, NORTH AMERICA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF, PDF, WMS, Grid, PNG
Aqua MODIS Level-2 Regional Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
Aqua MODIS Level-2 Regional Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) Data, version 2022.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
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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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