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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
Green Vegetation Fraction High-Resolution Maps for Selected US Tidal Marshes, 2015 1 Airplane, LANDSAT CAMERA, ETM+ 2013-09-25 to 2015-08-27

N: 47.121 S: 25.0847 E: -69.9266 W: -122.746

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO CD-10 CO2 and H2O Eddy Flux Data at km 67 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IRGA, SONIC ANEMOMETER 2002-01-01 to 2006-01-18

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

Text File
SAFARI 2000 FPAR TRAC Data for Mongu, Zambia, 1999-2002 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION PYRANOMETERS 1999-08-10 to 2002-02-23

N: -14.9342 S: -16.8667 E: 24.2773 W: 22.0276

Shapefile
LINKAGES: An Individual-based Forest Ecosystem Biogeochemistry Model 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES 1973-01-01 to 2008-12-31

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

multiple
BOREAS TE-07 Dendrology Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, DENSIOMETERS 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 55.93 S: 53.59 E: -98.48 W: -106.19

ASCII
RLC Forest Fire Images in Russia, 1998-1999 1 NOAA-9 AVHRR 1998-08-01 to 1999-08-03

N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25

multiple
ERS-2 Level 0 Product 1 ERS-2 SAR 1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04

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

CLASIC07 In Situ Vegetation Data V001 1 FIELD SURVEYS SOIL SAMPLER 2007-06-10 to 2007-07-03

N: 35.21 S: 34.79 E: -97.95 W: -98.6

800 Meters x 800 Meters ASCII
Characteristics of African Savanna Biomes for Determining Woody Cover 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-7, LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS DENSIOMETERS, AVHRR, CHN ANALYZERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1981-01-01 to 2003-12-31

N: 16.761 S: -27.75 E: 37.2375 W: -15.8392

CSV
Soil CO2 Flux, Moisture, Temperature, and Litterfall, La Selva, Costa Rica, 2003-2010 1 FIELD SURVEYS PROBES, TRAPS, LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER 2003-10-01 to 2010-02-25

N: 10.435 S: 10.425 E: -84.038 W: -84.05

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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