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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
LBA-ECO ND-08 Biomass, Nutrients, and Decomposition in Eucalyptus and Primary Forests 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE 1999-07-01 to 2001-12-31

N: -0.86 S: -0.86 E: -52.55 W: -52.55

CSV
AirMOSS: L4 Modeled Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), Continental USA, 2012-2014 1 MODELS Computer 2012-01-01 to 2014-10-31

N: 53.062 S: 25.062 E: -66.937 W: -124.938

netCDF-4 classic
NAFD-ATT Forest Canopy Cover Loss from Landsat, CONUS, 1986-2010 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, MODELS TM, ETM+, Computer 1986-06-01 to 2010-09-15

N: 51.6785 S: 22.6911 E: -65.2025 W: -128.029

GeoTIFF
FIREX-AQ NOAA-MET Twin Otter Data 1 NOAA Twin Otter LIDAR 2019-07-23 to 2019-08-14 NetCDF-3, ICARTT
SHIFT: AVIRIS-NG Full-Resolution True Color Images 1 B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2022-02-24 to 2022-05-17

N: 34.8992 S: 34.357 E: -119.478 W: -120.643

multiple
SMAPVEX16 Manitoba Leaf Area Index V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2016-06-13 to 2016-07-21

N: 49.761171 S: 49.384076 E: -97.756264 W: -98.098417

CSV, KMZ
SAFARI 2000 Leaf Measurements of Dominant Trees, Kalahari Sites, Wet Season 2000 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-02-28 to 2000-03-18

N: -18.657 S: -24.164 E: 25.5 W: 21.713

CSV
Annual Burned Area from Landsat, Mawas, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1997-2015 1 LANDSAT ETM+, TM, OLI 1997-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: -2.21458 S: -2.50241 E: 114.609 W: 114.39

Shapefile
BOREAS TF-09 SSA-OBS Branch Level Flux Data 1 PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM 1996-04-07 to 1996-11-23

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

ASCII
Pre-Delta-X: L1 UAVSAR Single Look Complex and Interferograms, MRD, LA, USA, 2016 1 UAV UAVSAR 2016-10-16 to 2016-10-17

N: 29.7582 S: 29.3562 E: -91.0577 W: -91.622

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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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