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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 ND-02 Secondary Forest Tree Heights and Diameters, Para, Brazil: 1999-2005 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1999-11-01 to 2005-07-31

N: -2.983 S: -2.983 E: -47.516 W: -47.516

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-02 Soil Volumetric Water Content, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION TDR 1999-05-19 to 2001-05-19

N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-04 Secondary Forest Carbon and Nutrient Stocks, Central Amazonia, Brazil 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-11-01 to 2001-07-15

N: -2 S: -2.5716 E: -59 W: -60.03

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-04 Secondary Forest Recovery, Structure, and LAI, Central Amazonia, Brazil 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-09-12 to 2001-09-01

N: -2 S: -2.5716 E: -59 W: -60.03

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-04 Termite Mound and Soil Characterization, Amazonas, Brazil: 1999-2001 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, AAS, BALANCE, CORING DEVICES 1999-12-15 to 2002-06-26

N: -2.518 S: -2.518 E: -60.03 W: -60.03

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-07 Carbon and Nitrogen in Cerrado Plants and Soils, Brasilia: 1999-2000 1 LABORATORY CHN ANALYZERS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, CARBON ANALYZERS 1999-12-01 to 2000-09-30

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

CSV
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
LBA-ECO ND-08 Biomass, Nutrients, and Decomposition in Eucalyptus and Primary Forests 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE 1999-07-01 to 2001-12-31

N: -0.86 S: -0.86 E: -52.55 W: -52.55

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-11 Ecotone Vegetation Survey and Biomass, NW Mato Grosso, Brazil: 2004 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2004-06-05 to 2004-07-20

N: -10.4249 S: -10.4249 E: -58.7597 W: -58.7597

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-11 Forest Damage Following Reduced Impact Logging, NW Mato Grosso, Brazil 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2003-09-30 to 2005-07-06

N: -10.4249 S: -10.4249 E: -58.7597 W: -58.7597

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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