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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
Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Top One Percent Wild Areas Dataset (IGHP) 1.0 MODELS Computer 1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

ArcInfo Interchange
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Footprint Dataset (Geographic) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31

N: 89.930957 S: -89.918972 E: 180 W: -179.999993

0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees Grid, PNG, PDF, WMS
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Footprint Dataset (IGHP) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31

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

Grid
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Influence Index (HII) Dataset (Geographic) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31

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

0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees Grid, PDF, PNG, WMS
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Influence Index (HII) Dataset (IGHP) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31

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

Grid
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Last of the Wild Dataset (Geographic) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31

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

Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMS
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Last of the Wild Dataset (IGHP) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31

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

Shapefile
Last of the Wild Project, Version 3 (LWP-3): 1993 Human Footprint, 2018 Release 2018.00 MODELS Computer 1993-01-01 to 1993-12-31

N: 90 S: -65.25 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
Last of the Wild Project, Version 3 (LWP-3): 2009 Human Footprint, 2018 Release 2018.00 MODELS Computer 2009-01-01 to 2009-12-31

N: 90 S: -65.25 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
LBA Regional Carbon in Live Vegetation, 0.5-degree (Olson) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1960-01-01 to 1980-01-01

N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85

Binary
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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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