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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
Conifer Needle Pigment Composition, Niwot Ridge, Colorado, USA, 2017-2018 1 LABORATORY LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHS 2017-07-09 to 2018-06-11

N: 40.03 S: 40.03 E: -105.55 W: -105.55

CSV
Global Aboveground and Belowground Biomass Carbon Density Maps for the Year 2010 1 MODELS Computer 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 84 S: -61.1 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO CD-04 Biomass Survey, km 83 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2000-03-01 to 2009-03-28

N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-30 Nutrient Analysis and Gas Fluxes, Forest Chronosequences, Para, Brazil 1 LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION CHN ANALYZERS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, CARBON ANALYZERS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, BALANCE 2000-10-01 to 2005-01-31

N: -1.2667 S: -15.9328 E: -47.3667 W: -47.7833

CSV
PnET-BGC: Modeling Biogeochemical Processes in a Northern Hardwood Forest Ecosystem 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-11-05 to 2001-12-31

N: 43.94 S: 43.94 E: -71.751 W: -71.751

multiple
SiB4 Modeled Global 0.5-Degree Hourly Carbon Fluxes and Productivity, 2000-2018 1 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2018-12-31

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

netCDF-4 classic
LiDAR Surveys over Selected Forest Research Sites, Brazilian Amazon, 2008-2018 1 AIRCRAFT LIDAR 2008-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: -1.57947 S: -26.6965 E: -39.058 W: -68.2989

multiple
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-10 Regridded Peatland Maps 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-01-01 to 1995-01-01

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

BMP
BOREAS RSS-07 Landsat TM LAI Images of the SSA and NSA 1 LANDSAT-5 TM 1991-06-06 to 1994-06-09

N: 58.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

Binary
SENTINEL-1A_SINGLE_POL_GRD_FULL_RES 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

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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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