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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
GEDI-FIA Fusion: Training Lidar Models to Estimate Forest Attributes 1 COMPUTERS, ISS Computer, GEDI 2019-03-25 to 2023-03-01

N: 49.8343 S: 23.236 E: -57.3678 W: -132.954

TAR
Geobotanical and Impact Map Collection for Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska, 1972-2010 1 FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION, LANDSAT 1949-01-01 to 2010-07-31

N: 71.0271 S: 69.9702 E: -146.974 W: -150.167

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Geoecology: County-Level Environmental Data for the United States, 1941-1981 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1941-01-01 to 1981-12-31

N: 49.3844 S: 24.4981 E: -66.9499 W: -124.763

Text File
Geospatial Data for Modeling Soil Carbon Stocks across Pacific Northwest Watersheds 1 Sentinel-2A, MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS Sentinel-2 MSI, Computer, SURVEYING TOOLS 2012-01-01 to 2022-12-31

N: 58.7242 S: 46.7725 E: -118.086 W: -134.983

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GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave 3-Hourly Fluxes 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave 3-Hourly Monthly Average by UTC Fluxes 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Daily Average by local Fluxes 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Daily Average by UTC Fluxes 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Monthly Average by Local Fluxes 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Monthly Average by UTC Fluxes 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
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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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