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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
MASTER: FireSense, western US, October 2023 1 B-200 MASTER 2023-10-16 to 2023-10-26

N: 39.2058 S: 33.0192 E: -112.052 W: -120.169

multiple
SAFARI 2000 Carbon in Live Vegetation, 0.5-Deg (Olson) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1960-01-01 to 1980-12-31

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

multiple
Vegetation Biophysical Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY LICOR LEAF AREA METER, INCLINOMETERS, BALANCE 1987-05-26 to 1989-08-18

N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

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Fire Intensity and Burn Severity Metrics for Circumpolar Boreal Forests, 2001-2013 1 COMPUTERS, Terra, Aqua Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: 80 S: 40 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
LBA Regional Historical Croplands, 5-min, 1900-1992 (Ramankutty and Foley) 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1900-01-01 to 1992-12-31

N: 5 S: -18 E: -35 W: -80

multiple
AfriSAR: Polarimetric Height Profiles by TomoSAR, Lope and Rabi Forests, Gabon, 2016 1 UAV UAVSAR 2016-02-25 to 2016-02-28

N: 0.100091 S: -2.08153 E: 11.859 W: 9.67202

HDF5
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
Aboveground Biomass for Howland Forest, Maine, 2012-2023 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, COMPUTERS, G-LiHT DBH Tape, Computer, LIDAR 2012-01-01 to 2023-12-31

N: 45.2144 S: 45.1961 E: -68.7325 W: -68.7561

COG
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-08 POLDER Atmospherically Corrected Surface Parameters, SSA 1 C-130 POLDER 1994-06-01 to 1994-07-22

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

BMP
BOREAS TE-12 Leaf Optical Data for SSA Species 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SPECTRORADIOMETERS 1993-08-04 to 1994-09-15

N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.62 W: -106.2

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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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