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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
LBA Regional Freshwater Wetlands, 1-Degree (Stillwell-Soller et al.) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1995-01-01 to 1995-09-01

N: 5 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85

multiple
LBA Regional Historical Croplands, 5-min, 1900-1992 (Ramankutty and Foley) 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1900-01-01 to 1992-12-31

N: 5 S: -18 E: -35 W: -80

multiple
LBA Regional Hydrographic Data, 1-Degree, Release 2.2 (Cogley) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1970-01-01 to 1990-01-01

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

multiple
LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 1-Degree, 1987 (Defries and Townshend) 1 NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11 AVHRR 1987-01-01 to 1987-12-31

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

multiple
LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 1-km, 1992-1993 (Hansen et al.) 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-9, NOAA-11 AVHRR 1992-01-01 to 1993-12-31

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

multiple
LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 1-km, Version 1.2 (IGBP) 1 NOAA-11 AVHRR 1992-04-01 to 1993-03-31

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

multiple
LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 8-km, 1984 (DeFries et al.) 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-9, NOAA-11 AVHRR 1984-01-01 to 1984-12-31

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

multiple
LBA Regional Potential Vegetation, 5-min (Ramankutty and Foley) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1900-01-01 to 1992-01-01

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

multiple
LBA Regional Tree Cover from AVHRR, 1-km, 1992-1993 (DeFries et al.) 1 NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11 AVHRR 1992-01-01 to 1993-12-31

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

multiple
LBA Regional Vegetation and Soils, 1-Degree (Wilson and Henderson-Sellers) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1900-01-01 to 1999-12-31

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

multiple
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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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