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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 Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
SAFARI 2000 MODIS Water and Heat Fluxes, Maun, Botswana, Dry Season 2001 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION, Terra, MODELS PRESSURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HUMIDITY SENSORS, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, MODIS, Computer 2001-09-02 to 2001-09-29

N: -17.9946 S: -21.0004 E: 24.5004 W: 21.4946

Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-08 Soil, Vegetation, and Land Cover Maps for Brazil and South America 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION DIGITIZER 1981-01-01 to 1991-12-31

N: 12.4713 S: -34.8444 E: -30 W: -81.3572

GeoTIFF
A Global Database of Gas Fluxes from Soils after Rewetting or Thawing, Version 1.0 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER 1956-01-01 to 2009-12-31

N: 74.5 S: -36.45 E: 160.525 W: -149.633

CSV
Aircraft Flux-Raw: NRCC (FIFE) 1 DHC-6 HYGROMETERS, INFRARED RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, RADAR ALTIMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS 1987-06-26 to 1989-10-31

N: 40 S: 37 E: -95 W: -102

multiple
ABoVE: Distribution Maps of Wildland Fire Fuel Components across Alaskan Tundra, 2015 1 LANDSAT-8 OLI 2013-01-01 to 2017-12-31

N: 72.5229 S: 57.3911 E: -132.487 W: -170.006

GeoTIFF
BOREAS HYD-08 1996 Gravimetric Moss Moisture Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE 1996-07-04 to 1996-08-13

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

ASCII
BOREAS TF-04 SSA-YJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Canopy Condition Data, R1 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PSYCHROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IRGA, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1993-09-02 to 1994-09-20

N: 53.88 S: 53.88 E: -104.65 W: -104.65

ASCII
Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2B Derived Fractional Cover, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 1 FIELD SURVEYS, B-200 CAMERA, AVIRIS-NG 2021-04-01 to 2021-09-25

N: 29.851 S: 29.0546 E: -89.6761 W: -91.5907

multiple
PALS/In Situ Multi-Campaign 800 m UTM Grid Brightness Temperature, Backscatter, and Soil Moisture Match-Up V001 1 AIRCRAFT PALS 2008-09-29 to 2008-10-13, 2007-06-11 to 2007-07-06, 2002-06-25 to 2002-07-08, 1999-07-08 to 1999-07-14

N: 35.21 S: 34.91 E: -97.83 W: -98.67

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N: 41.99 S: 41.92 E: -93.4 W: -93.8

,

N: 39.09 S: 38.95 E: -75.54 W: -76.18

800 Meters x 800 Meters ASCII
Global Mangrove Loss Extent, Land Cover Change, and Loss Drivers, 2000-2016 1 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8, COMPUTERS, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, OLI, Computer, TM 2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 27.0432 S: -58.4496 E: 164.691 W: -94.5607

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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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