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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 TE-12 Incoming PAR Through the Forest Canopy Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1996-07-04 to 1996-07-25

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

ASCII
BOREAS TE-12 Leaf Gas Exchange Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1994-05-29 to 1995-08-07

N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.65 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS TE-12 Leaf Optical Data for SSA Species 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SPECTRORADIOMETERS 1993-08-04 to 1994-09-15

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

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BOREAS TE-12 SSA Shoot Geometry Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, MICROSCOPES, BALANCE 1993-08-04 to 1994-09-15

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

ASCII
BOREAS TE-12 SSA Water Potential Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, OSMOMETERS 1993-08-04 to 1994-09-14

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

ASCII
BOREAS TE-13 Biometry Reports 2 FIELD INVESTIGATION CORING DEVICES, BALANCE, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1993-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 60 S: 49 E: -89 W: -111

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BOREAS TE-17 Production Efficiency Model Images 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-04-16 to 1994-09-07

N: 59.94 S: 50.13 E: -93.92 W: -108.51

Binary
BOREAS TE-18 Biomass Density Image of the SSA 1 LANDSAT-5 TM 1994-09-02 to 1994-09-02

N: 54.44 S: 53.31 E: -104.19 W: -106.52

Binary
BOREAS TE-18 Geosail Canopy Reflectance Model 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1993-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -111

ASCII
BOREAS TE-19 Ecosystem Carbon Balance Model 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1968-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 60 S: 50 E: -94 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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