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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
Forest Inventories and DBH at Burned and Unburned Forest Sites, Acre, Brazil, 2017 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2017-10-07 to 2017-12-13

N: -9.75418 S: -10.0833 E: -67.2818 W: -68.1477

multiple
Forest Inventories at Burned and Unburned Tropical Forest Sites, Acre, Brazil, 2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2014-07-01 to 2014-08-31

N: -9.73446 S: -9.89909 E: -67.0199 W: -67.637

CSV
Forest Inventory and Biophysical Measurements, Brazilian Amazon, 2009-2018 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2009-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: -1.5 S: -13.0928 E: -46.8288 W: -67.9824

multiple
Forest Preservation Ranking and Vertebrate Species Richness, Western USA, 2020-2099 1 CLM-LSM Computer 2001-01-01 to 2099-12-31

N: 52.015 S: 27.71 E: -100.502 W: -132.503

multiple
Forest Structural Diversity of Central Africa and the Western US mapped using GEDI 1 AIRCRAFT, ISS LIDAR, GEDI 2013-01-01 to 2023-03-16

N: 49.662 S: -8.0836 E: 32.666 W: -125.311

multiple
Forest Structure and Biomass Data, La Selva, Costa Rica: 2006 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CLINOMETERS 2006-02-11 to 2006-02-23

N: 10.4219 S: 10.4219 E: -84.0212 W: -84.0212

multiple
Forest-BGC Model (OTTER) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 45.07 S: 44.38 E: -121.68 W: -123.95

multiple
G-LiHT Canopy Height Model KML V001 001 G-LiHT Headwall, Riegl Airborne Lidar 2011-06-30 to Present

N: 73 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

1 Meters x 1 Meters KML
G-LiHT Canopy Height Model V001 001 G-LiHT Headwall, Riegl Airborne Lidar 2011-06-30 to Present

N: 73 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

1 Meters x 1 Meters GeoTIFF
G-LiHT Digital Surface Model V001 001 G-LiHT Headwall, Riegl Airborne Lidar 2011-06-30 to Present

N: 73 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

1 Meters x 1 Meters GeoTIFF
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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
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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