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Coastal Wetland Elevation and Carbon Flux Inventory with Uncertainty, USA, 2006-2011 1 MODELS Computer 2006-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 48.9917 S: 20.3831 E: -56.6627 W: -135.028

multiple
Collected Data from The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study, NASA, CD-ROM 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT, Airplane, SATELLITES, GOES HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PROBES, NETS, SOIL SAMPLER, MSS, TM, CAMERAS, RADIOSONDES, RAWINSONDES, VEGETATION-1, AVHRR 1993-01-01 to 1997-03-31

N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

Shapefile
Conifer Needle Chlorophyll Fluorescence, Niwot Ridge, Colorado, USA, 2017-2018 1 FIELD SURVEYS PAM 2017-07-10 to 2018-06-11

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

CSV
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
Deciduous Fractional Cover and Tree Canopy Cover for Boreal North America, 1992-2015 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 TM, ETM+, OLI 1992-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 80.25 S: 39.9997 E: -49.9998 W: -179.94

COG
Delta-X: Aboveground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 1.2 FIELD SURVEYS COLORIMETERS, CHNS/O ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS 2021-03-21 to 2021-08-27

N: 29.5102 S: 29.1714 E: -90.8219 W: -91.8852

CSV
Delta-X: Aboveground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2 2 FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY CHNS/O ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS, SURVEYING TOOLS, COLORIMETERS 2021-03-19 to 2021-08-27

N: 29.5102 S: 29.1714 E: -90.8219 W: -91.8852

CSV
Delta-X: Aboveground Vegetation Structure, Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, V2 2 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SURVEYING TOOLS 2021-03-21 to 2021-08-27

N: 29.5101 S: 29.1714 E: -90.8219 W: -91.8852

CSV
Delta-X AVIRIS-NG and UAVSAR L3 Derived Forest Aboveground Biomass, MRD, LA 1 G-III, B-200 UAVSAR, AVIRIS-NG 2021-09-23 to 2021-09-24

N: 29.7069 S: 28.9907 E: -90.3607 W: -91.5934

COG
Delta-X: Belowground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands in the MRD, LA, USA, 2021 1.2 LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS CHNS/O ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS, CORING DEVICES 2021-03-21 to 2021-08-27

N: 29.5102 S: 29.1714 E: -90.8219 W: -91.8852

CSV
Delta-X: Belowground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V2 2 LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS CHNS/O ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS, CORING DEVICES 2021-03-21 to 2021-08-27

N: 29.5102 S: 29.1714 E: -90.8219 W: -91.8852

CSV
Delta-X: In Situ Spectral Reflectance of Water Surface at MRD at LA, USA, Spring 2021 1 FIELD SURVEYS Field Spectroradiometer 2021-03-25 to 2021-04-22

N: 29.7466 S: 28.7913 E: -90.5715 W: -91.4676

CSV
Delta-X: In Situ Water Surface Reflectance across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V3 3 FIELD SURVEYS PSR 2021-03-25 to 2021-09-24

N: 29.7545 S: 28.7913 E: -90.5697 W: -91.4676

CSV
Delta-X: In Situ Water Surface Reflectance across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 2 FIELD SURVEYS PSR 2021-03-25 to 2021-09-24

N: 29.7545 S: 28.7911 E: -90.5696 W: -91.4678

CSV
Delta-X: Matlab Model for Wax Lake Delta Land Accretion 1 MODELS Computer 2021-03-20 to 2021-08-27

N: 29.59 S: 29.39 E: -91.33 W: -91.58

ZIP
Delta-X: Modeled Land Accretion Rate Maps, Wax Lake Delta, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2021-03-20 to 2021-08-27

N: 29.595 S: 29.3892 E: -91.3286 W: -91.5784

netCDF-4 classic
Delta-X: NUMAR Predictive Model for Marsh Accretion Rates and Chemical Properties 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31

N: 29.76 S: 28.72 E: -90.19 W: -91.86

multiple
Delta-X: Soil Properties for Herbaceous Wetlands across MRD, LA, USA, 2021 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY SEDIMENT CORERS, CHNS/O ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS 2021-03-21 to 2021-08-19

N: 29.5102 S: 29.1714 E: -90.8219 W: -91.4451

CSV
Delta-X: Soil Properties for Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 2 LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS CHNS/O ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS, SOIL SAMPLER 2021-03-19 to 2021-08-19

N: 29.54 S: 29.1714 E: -90.8217 W: -91.4453

CSV
Delta-X: Soil Properties for Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V3 3 Analytical Lab, FIELD SURVEYS IRMS, CHN ANALYZERS, COLORIMETERS, CORING DEVICES 2021-03-21 to 2021-08-19

N: 29.5102 S: 29.1714 E: -90.8219 W: -91.4451

CSV
Dendrometer, Soil, and Weather Observations, Arctic Tree Line, AK and NWT, 2016-2019 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIELD SURVEYS PYRANOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, DENDROMETERS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE 2016-06-07 to 2019-09-13

N: 68.7274 S: 67.9724 E: -133.531 W: -149.761

CSV
Development and Evolution of NASA Satellite Remote Sensing for Ecology 1 Publications Computer 1972-01-01 to 2014-12-31

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

PDF
Distribution of Estimated Stand Age Across Siberian Larch Forests, 1989-2012 1 LANDSAT, MODELS, Terra ETM+, TM, Computer, MODIS 1989-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 67 S: 49 E: 143 W: 90

GeoTIFF
Distribution of Young Forests and Estimated Stand Age across Russia, 2012 1 Aqua, Terra, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 MODIS, ETM+, TM 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 87.2402 S: 32.8631 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
Disturbance History and Forest Biomass from Landsat for Six US Sites, 1985-2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LIDAR 1984-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 48.2886 S: 32.2654 E: -68.4809 W: -123.235

netCDF-4 classic
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