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JERS-1 Level 1 Product 1 JERS-1 SAR 1992-05-20 to 1998-10-11

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

JERS-1 SAR Global Rain Forest Mapping Project: South America, 1995-1996, Vol. AM-1 1 JERS-1 SAR 1995-09-01 to 1996-07-31

N: 5.2 S: -20 E: -49.4 W: -79.6

multiple
KMZ for ALOS PALSAR Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

Land Cover and Vegetation Map Collection for Seward Peninsula, Alaska 1 COMPUTERS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, LANDSAT Computer, CAMERAS, MSS 1976-06-01 to 1999-09-01

N: 66.9519 S: 63.9658 E: -159.19 W: -168.542

multiple
Land Use and Land Cover Change Projection in the ABoVE Domain 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2015-01-01 to 2100-12-31

N: 80 S: 49 E: -81 W: -169

netCDF-4
LANDMET Ancillary Soil Moisture data L3 V1 (LANDMET_ANC_SM) 1 LANDMET NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
Landsat-based Phenology and Tree Ring Characterization, Eastern US Forests, 1984-2013 1 LANDSAT, FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY ETM+, TM, CORING DEVICES, CHNS/O ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS, IRMS 1984-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: 39.6947 S: 35.3389 E: -77.3219 W: -84.0339

multiple
LBA Regional Freshwater Wetlands, 1-Degree (Stillwell-Soller et al.) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1995-01-01 to 1995-09-01

N: 5 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85

multiple
LBA Regional Hydrographic Data, 1-Degree, Release 2.2 (Cogley) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1970-01-01 to 1990-01-01

N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85

multiple
LBA-ECO CD-04 Logging Damage, km 83 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2000-11-01 to 2002-03-31

N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707

CSV
LBA-ECO CD-37 Secondary Forest Biomass and Age Class, Rondonia, Brazil 1 ICESat, LANDSAT GLAS, TM, MSS 1975-06-19 to 2003-05-20

N: -9.3419 S: -10.7769 E: -62.8926 W: -64.3889

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-02 Biophysical Measurements of Forests, Acre, Brazil: 1999-2002 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1999-11-01 to 2004-04-30

N: -7 S: -10.073 E: -67 W: -67.629

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-07 JERS-1 SAR Wetlands Masks and Land Cover, Amazon Basin: 1995-1996 1 JERS-1 SAR 1995-09-01 to 1996-06-30

N: 0 S: -16 E: -48 W: -72.0874

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-07 Validation Overflight for Amazon Mosaics, Raster, 1999 1 Airplane VIDEO CAMERA 1999-06-06 to 1999-06-19

N: 4 S: -14.5042 E: -44 W: -68

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-07 Validation Overflight for Amazon Mosaics, Video, 1999 1 Airplane VIDEO CAMERA 1999-06-03 to 1999-06-21

N: 4 S: -14.5042 E: -44 W: -68

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-07 Wetland Extent, Vegetation, and Inundation: Lowland Amazon Basin 2 JERS-1 SAR 1995-09-01 to 1996-06-30

N: 6 S: -21.0024 E: -50 W: -80

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-22 Field Validation of MODIS Deforestation Detection, Brazil, 2003-2004 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2004-07-14 to 2004-07-21

N: -10.96 S: -15.65 E: -54 W: -58.25

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-22 Field Validation of MODIS Deforestation Detection, Brazil, 2005 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, Terra VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, GPS, MODIS 2005-03-17 to 2005-03-24

N: -11.5 S: -13.1334 E: -54.2833 W: -55.75

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-24 Forest Cover Map from MODIS, 500-m, South America: 2001 2 Terra MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31

N: 13.6922 S: -56.4548 E: -34.2236 W: -86.3842

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-31 Simple Tropical Ecosystem Model 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2002-06-19 to 2003-08-28

N: -2.855 S: -2.855 E: -54.959 W: -54.959

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 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 TG-07 Forest Structure Measurements for GLAS Validation: Santarem 2004 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CLINOMETERS 2004-11-08 to 2004-11-18

N: -2.848 S: -3.1991 E: -54.9125 W: -55

Text File
LiDAR and PALSAR-Derived Forest Aboveground Biomass, Paragominas, Para, Brazil, 2012 1 Airplane, ALOS LIDAR, PALSAR 2012-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: -1.99755 S: -4.00605 E: -45.9981 W: -49.0036

GeoTIFF
LiDAR Derived Forest Aboveground Biomass Maps, Northwestern USA, 2002-2016 1 MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS Computer, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2002-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 49.353 S: 41.6644 E: -112.275 W: -125.581

multiple

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