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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 TE-20 Supplementary Site Information For NSA Tower Sites 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 55.88 S: 55.88 E: -98.48 W: -98.48

CSV
SENTINEL-1A_SINGLE_POL_METADATA_GRD_HIGH_RES 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

LVIS Facility L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product V001 1 B-200, G-III, G-V, P-3B LVIS 2018-11-07 to Present

N: 88 S: -35 E: 27 W: -167

ASCII
Arctic Vegetation Plots in Willow Communities, North Slope, Alaska, 1997 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS BALANCE, PH METERS 1997-07-09 to 1997-08-17

N: 70.1878 S: 68.0331 E: -148.084 W: -149.851

CSV
Ecosystem Demography Model: Scaling Vegetation Dynamics Across South America 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1987-01-01 to 1988-12-31

N: 15 S: -15 E: -30 W: -85

multiple
BOREAS TE-01 SSA-FEN Soil Profile Nutrient Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY THERMOMETERS, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, PH METERS, CHN ANALYZERS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS 1994-05-23 to 1994-10-21

N: 53.8 S: 53.8 E: -104.62 W: -104.62

ASCII
Soil Organic Carbon Distributions in Tidal Wetlands of the Northeastern USA 1 MODELS Computer 1998-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: 45.2588 S: 37.08 E: -66.945 W: -76.3478

multiple
CARVE: L1 In-situ Carbon and CH4 Flux and Meteorology at EC Towers, Alaska, 2011-2015 1 GROUND STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM 2011-05-30 to 2016-01-07

N: 71.3225 S: 68.4865 E: -155.748 W: -157.409

CSV
Ecosystem Demography Model: U.S. Ecosystem Carbon Stocks and Fluxes, 1700-1990 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1700-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 52 S: 21.5 E: -30.5 W: -164.5

multiple
ISLSCP II GPPDI, Net Primary Productivity (NPP) Class B Point Data 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1932-01-01 to 1999-12-31

N: 75.55 S: 45.7 E: 176.6 W: 156.7

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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