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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
BOREAS RSS-17 Stem, Soil, and Air Temperature Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMISTORS 1993-10-25 to 1995-04-26

N: 55.88 S: 53.63 E: -98.48 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS RSS-17 Xylem Flux Density Measurements at the SSA-OBS Site 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOCOUPLES 1994-05-31 to 1994-09-28

N: 53.99 S: 53.99 E: -105.12 W: -105.12

ASCII
BOREAS RSS-19 1994 Seasonal Understory Reflectance Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SPECTRORADIOMETERS 1994-02-06 to 1994-09-16

N: 55.93 S: 53.8 E: -98.29 W: -105.12

ASCII
BOREAS RSS-20 POLDER C-130 Measurements of Surface BRDF 1 C-130 POLDER 1994-05-24 to 1994-07-24

N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.62 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS RSS-20 POLDER Helicopter-Mounted Measurements of Surface BRDF 1 HELICOPTER POLDER 1994-06-07 to 1994-09-17

N: 55.9 S: 53.9 E: -98.29 W: -104.64

ASCII
BOREAS Scanning Lidar Imager of Canopies by Echo Recovery (SLICER): Level-3 Data 2 C-130 BACKSCATTER LIDAR, LIDAR ALTIMETERS, ASAS 1996-07-18 to 1996-07-30

N: 55.9284 S: 53.6289 E: -98.0275 W: -106.198

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BOREAS SERM Forest Cover Data Layers of the SSA in Vector Format 1 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS DIGITIZER 1993-01-01 to 1993-12-31

N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05

Binary
BOREAS SERM Forest Cover Data of Saskatchewan in Vector Format 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1980-01-01 to 1989-12-31

N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05

ArcInfo Interchange
BOREAS SERM Forest Fire Chronology of Saskatchewan in Vector Format 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION DIGITIZER, GPS 1945-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 60 S: 49 E: -101.6 W: -110

multiple
BOREAS Site and Area Geographic Coordinate Information 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION GPS 1992-01-01 to 1997-12-31

N: 60 S: 49 E: -88 W: -111

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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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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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