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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
AfriSAR: Gridded Forest Biomass and Canopy Metrics Derived from LVIS, Gabon, 2016 1 MODELS, B-200 Computer, LVIS 2016-02-20 to 2016-03-08

N: 0.631722 S: -2.29494 E: 12.0244 W: 9.17929

multiple
Aboveground Biomass Estimates for Salt Marsh for the Contiguous United States, 2020 1 COMPUTERS, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B Computer, SAR 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 49.0042 S: 24.5181 E: -66.935 W: -124.74

COG
LBA-ECO LC-08 Passive Ground-based Fire Data, Para and Mato Grosso Brazil: 2001-2002 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2002-07-12 to 2002-07-15

N: -9.7 S: -15.7 E: -55.1 W: -56.5

CSV
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-05 Process-Modeled Net Primary Productivity 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-04-11 to 1994-09-11

N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111

BMP
BOREAS TE-12 Leaf Gas Exchange Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1994-05-29 to 1995-08-07

N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.65 W: -106.2

ASCII
CMS: Modeled Net Ecosystem Exchange at 3-hourly Time Steps, 2004-2010 1 MODELS Computer 2004-01-01 to 2010-12-31

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

netCDF-4 classic
GEDI L4B Country-level Summaries of Aboveground Biomass 1 COMPUTERS, ISS Computer, GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2023-03-16

N: 52 S: -52 E: 180 W: -180

CSV
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-ECO ND-07 Microbial Biomass in Cerrado Soils, Brasilia, Brazil 1 FIELD SURVEYS GC-FID 2000-06-01 to 2001-06-01

N: -15.5833 S: -15.9328 E: -47.7 W: -47.8506

CSV
SHIFT: AVIRIS-NG Derived Gridded Mosaicked Canopy Water Content, California, 2022 1 Airplane AVIRIS-NG 2022-02-24 to 2022-05-17

N: 34.9119 S: 34.3535 E: -119.866 W: -120.632

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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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