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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
MISR Level 3 FIRSTLOOK Component Global Land Product covering a month V002 002 Terra MISR 1999-12-18 to Present

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

HDF-EOS2
MISR Level 3 FIRSTLOOK Global Land product in netCDF format covering a day V002 002 Terra MISR 1999-12-18 to Present

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

netCDF-4
MISR Level 3 FIRSTLOOK Global Land product in netCDF format covering a month V002 002 Terra MISR 1999-12-18 to Present

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
MMR Calibration Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION MMR 1987-06-06 to 1989-08-11

N: 39.09 S: 39.05 E: -96.54 W: -96.55

multiple
MMR Leaf Optical Properties Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR INTEGRATING SPHERE, NMLR 1987-06-01 to 1989-08-12

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.52 W: -96.6

multiple
MODIS NDVI Data, Smoothed and Gap-filled, for the Conterminous US: 2000-2015 3 Terra, Aqua MODIS 2000-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 50.5562 S: 20.8458 E: -62.556 W: -129.892

netCDF-4 classic
MODIS-based GPP, PAR, fC4, and SANIRv estimates from SLOPE for CONUS, 2000-2019 1 MODELS, Aqua, Terra Computer, MODIS 2000-01-01 to 2020-01-01

N: 50.01 S: 19.99 E: -52.216 W: -155.573

GeoTIFF
MODIS-derived Aggregate, Woody and Herbaceous Leaf Area Index for Africa, 2002-2022 1 Terra, Aqua MODIS 2002-07-05 to 2022-07-29

N: 20.02 S: -40.02 E: 63.8625 W: -21.2839

netCDF-4
MODIS-derived Annual Vegetation Resilience, 2000-2019 1 MODELS, Terra Computer, MODIS 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 76.2257 S: 50.259 E: -98.9735 W: -170.006

COG
MODIS-derived Biophysical Parameters for 5-km Land Cover, North America, 2000-2012 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 60 S: 20 E: -40 W: -160

netCDF-4 classic
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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
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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