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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-ECO LC-07 Validation Overflight for Amazon Mosaics, Video, 1999 1 Airplane VIDEO CAMERA 1999-06-03 to 1999-06-21

N: 4 S: -14.5042 E: -44 W: -68

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-07 Water Quality, CO2, Chlorophyll, Lago Curuai, Para, Brazil: 2003-2004 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, CONDUCTIVITY METERS, PH METERS, TURBIDITY METERS 2003-09-25 to 2004-06-30

N: -1.8206 S: -2.3389 E: -50.0208 W: -55.8347

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-07 Wetland Extent, Vegetation, and Inundation: Lowland Amazon Basin 2 JERS-1 SAR 1995-09-01 to 1996-06-30

N: 6 S: -21.0024 E: -50 W: -80

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-08 Ecosystem Demography Model Estimated C, NPP, and Biomass For Amazonia 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1987-01-01 to 1988-12-31

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

multiple
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
LBA-ECO LC-08 Soil, Vegetation, and Land Cover Maps for Brazil and South America 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION DIGITIZER 1981-01-01 to 1991-12-31

N: 12.4713 S: -34.8444 E: -30 W: -81.3572

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-09 Vegetation Composition and Structure in the Brazilian Amazon: 1992-1995 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: -1 S: -1.4 E: -53.52 W: -53.8

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-13 GIS Coverages of Logged Areas, Tapajos Forest, Para, Brazil: 1996, 1998 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION GPS 1996-01-01 to 1998-12-31

N: -2.25 S: -3.5 E: -54 W: -56

Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-14 Biophysical Measurements, Rainfall Exclusion, Tapajos National Forest 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER, DENDROMETERS, DENSIOMETERS, BALANCE 1998-09-28 to 2006-11-10

N: -2.857 S: -2.857 E: -54.959 W: -54.959

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-14 Root Biomass and Phenology, km 67 Site, Para, Brazil: 2001 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-07-25 to 2004-02-29

N: -2.857 S: -2.857 E: -54.959 W: -54.959

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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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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