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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
BOREAS TGB-08 Starch Concentration Data over the SSA-OBS and the SSA-OJP 1 LABORATORY SPECTROPHOTOMETERS 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-19

N: 53.99 S: 53.92 E: -104.69 W: -105.12

ASCII
Ground-Based Vegetation Community Photos, Toolik Lake Area, Alaska, 2014-2015 1 FIELD SURVEYS GNSS RECEIVER, CAMERAS 2014-06-17 to 2015-07-31

N: 68.6495 S: 68.6019 E: -149.292 W: -149.662

multiple
CMS: Tree Canopy Cover at 0.5-meter resolution, Vermont, 2016 1 MODELS Computer 2016-07-27 to 2016-09-13

N: 45.0224 S: 42.7004 E: -71.4559 W: -73.4858

COG
Siberian Boreal Forest Aboveground Biomass and Fire Scar Maps, Russia, 1969-2007 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, Terra, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT STEEL MEASURING TAPE, MODIS, ETM+, TM, MSS 1969-07-01 to 2007-07-26

N: 69.8981 S: 64.7678 E: 166.474 W: 156.612

GeoTIFF
Maps of Vegetation Types and Physiographic Features, Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska 1 SPOT-1, LANDSAT ETM+, MSS 1976-08-04 to 2008-12-31

N: 70.5422 S: 68.2881 E: -148.085 W: -151.196

multiple
Russian Boreal Forest Disturbance Maps Derived from Landsat Imagery, 1984-2000 1 Terra, LANDSAT-5 MODIS, TM, ETM+ 1984-06-01 to 2000-08-31

N: 65.3219 S: 43.7625 E: 138.627 W: 30.9828

GeoTIFF
Tree Cover Estimates at 30 m Resolution for Mexico, 2016-2018 1 LANDSAT-5, Airplane, Aqua, LANDSAT-8, MODELS MSS, CAMERAS, MODIS, OLI, Computer 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: 32.7192 S: 14.5333 E: -86.7008 W: -118.404

COG
Collected Data from The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study, NASA, CD-ROM 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT, Airplane, SATELLITES, GOES HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PROBES, NETS, SOIL SAMPLER, MSS, TM, CAMERAS, RADIOSONDES, RAWINSONDES, VEGETATION-1, AVHRR 1993-01-01 to 1997-03-31

N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

Shapefile
ABoVE: White Spruce Photosynthetic and Leaf Traits, Alaska and New York, 2017 1 FIELD SURVEYS LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, SPECTRORADIOMETERS, CAMERA 2017-06-19 to 2017-07-20

N: 67.9947 S: 41.4011 E: -74.0246 W: -149.754

CSV
LBA-ECO CD-02 C and N Isotopes in Leaves and Atmospheric CO2, Amazonas, Brazil 1 LABORATORY MASS SPECTROMETERS 2004-08-02 to 2006-10-21

N: -2.5 S: -2.609 E: -60 W: -60.2091

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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