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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
ALOS PALSAR Level 1.5 Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

A Global Database of Litterfall Mass and Litter Pool Carbon and Nutrients 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1827-01-01 to 1997-12-31

N: 72.5 S: -54.5 E: 176.2 W: -156.7

multiple
ABoVE: Annual Phenology Derived from Landsat across the ABoVE Core Domain, 1984-2014 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7 TM, ETM+ 1984-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 75.0139 S: 50.259 E: -98.974 W: -170.006

GeoTIFF
ICESat-2 Derived 30 m Along-Track Boreal Aboveground Biomass Density V001 1 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2019-05-01 to 2021-09-30

N: 71.41 S: 44.44 E: 169.14 W: -164.31

30 Meters GeoPackage
An Unexpectedly Large Count of Trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel 1 MODELS Computer 2005-11-01 to 2018-03-31

N: 24.0294 S: 11.3531 E: -5.48513 W: -18

multiple
SENTINEL-1A_DUAL_POL_GRD_HIGH_RES 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

BOREAS Follow-On HMet-01 Level-2 GOES-8 1996 Shortwave and Longwave Radiation 1 GOES-8 GOES-8 Imager 1996-02-12 to 1996-10-23

N: 60 S: 50 E: -92 W: -111

BSQ
ABoVE: Historical Lake Shorelines and Areas near Fairbanks, Alaska from 1949-2009 1 SPOT-1, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS HRVIR, CAMERA 1949-01-01 to 2009-12-31

N: 64.96 S: 64.8282 E: -147.66 W: -147.98

Shapefile
SnowEx20-21 QSI Lidar Vegetation Height 3m UTM Grid V001 1 King Air LIDAR 2020-02-01 to 2020-02-20, 2021-03-15 to 2021-03-20

N: 44.3658 S: 43.0343 E: -114.8547 W: -117.0661

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N: 40.6041 S: 40.5161 E: -111.5989 W: -111.7319

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N: 40.5841 S: 38.9681 E: -105.7432 W: -108.3384

3 Meters x 3 Meters TIFF
Arctic Vegetation Plots at Toolik Lake, Alaska, 1989 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY PROBES, SOIL SAMPLER 1989-08-01 to 1989-08-24

N: 68.643 S: 68.6228 E: -149.587 W: -149.651

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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