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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
ABoVE: Post-Fire and Unburned Vegetation Community and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2018 1 FIELD SURVEYS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2018-08-12 to 2018-08-22

N: 62.5658 S: 60.4524 E: -113.42 W: -117.425

CSV
ABoVE: Post-Fire and Unburned Vegetation Community and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2019 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL DEPTH PROBE 2018-08-16 to 2019-09-05

N: 62.5658 S: 60.9206 E: -113.016 W: -117.425

CSV
ABoVE: Reflectance Spectra of Tundra Plant Communities across Northern Alaska 1 LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS SPECTROMETERS 2017-07-18 to 2018-08-14

N: 71.3462 S: 65.4349 E: -145.515 W: -157.412

CSV
ABoVE: Riverbank Erosion and Vegetation Changes, Yukon River Basin, Alaska, 1984-2017 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 TM, ETM+, OLI 1984-01-01 to 2017-12-31

N: 68.1463 S: 61.9076 E: -143.305 W: -161.459

multiple
ABoVE: Soil Active Layer Thaw Depths at CRREL sites near Fairbanks, Alaska, 2014-2018 1 FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION SOIL DEPTH PROBE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2014-10-15 to 2018-10-15

N: 64.9511 S: 64.8677 E: -147.612 W: -147.74

CSV
ABoVE: Spatial Estimates of Carbon Combustion from Wildfires across SK, Canada, 2015 1 MODELS Computer 2015-04-06 to 2015-08-11

N: 61.2389 S: 51.1943 E: -100.168 W: -116.055

GeoTIFF
ABoVE: Study Domain and Standard Reference Grids 1 FIELD SURVEYS Computer 2014-01-01 to 2021-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

ABoVE: Study Domain and Standard Reference Grids, Version 2 2.1 FIELD SURVEYS Computer 2014-01-01 to 2023-04-20

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
ABoVE: Subsistence Resource Use Areas of Interior Alaskan Communities, 2011-2017 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2011-01-01 to 2017-12-31

N: 70.1477 S: 51.7133 E: -131.525 W: -176.646

Shapefile
ABoVE: Synthesis of Burned and Unburned Forest Site Data, AK and Canada, 1983-2016 1 MODELS, FIELD INVESTIGATION Computer, PROBES, SOIL SAMPLER 1983-01-01 to 2016-08-08

N: 67.2297 S: 53.1911 E: -88.612 W: -150.902

CSV
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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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