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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-20 Site Characteristics Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1994-07-18 to 1994-07-30

N: 54 S: 53.8 E: -104.62 W: -105.12

CSV
BOREAS TE-20 Supplementary Site Information For NSA Tower Sites 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31

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

CSV
BOREAS TE-21 Daily Surface Meteorological Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 55.93 S: 53.63 E: -97.87 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS TE-22 Allometric Forest Survey Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 55.93 S: 53.73 E: -97.34 W: -105.47

ASCII
BOREAS TE-22 Tree Ring Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, MICROSCOPES, BALANCE 1994-06-01 to 1994-08-31

N: 53.94 S: 53.94 E: -105.14 W: -105.14

ASCII
BOREAS TE-23 Canopy Architecture and Spectral Data from Hemispherical Photos 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION CAMERAS 1994-05-02 to 1994-09-26

N: 56 S: 53.59 E: -97.34 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS TE-23 Map Plot Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 56 S: 53.63 E: -97.34 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TDR, THERMOCOUPLES, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS 1996-02-02 to 1996-12-31

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

ASCII
BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Understory Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, IRGA, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, NET RADIOMETERS 1993-10-12 to 1994-12-31

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

ASCII
BOREAS TF-02 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Precipitation Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS RAIN GAUGES, SONIC ANEMOMETER, THERMOCOUPLES, BAROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, OZONE SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS 1994-01-01 to 1994-10-27

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

ASCII
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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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