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Climate Indicators Data Access and Tools
NASA data measure the gases, carbon, energy and other components driving climate change and track their effects on the health of Earth’s environment and ecosystems. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.
Climate Indicators Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panoply | Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. | Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison | |
| SOTO | State of the Ocean (SOTO) is an interactive web-based tool that generates informative maps, animations, and plots that communicate and prove the discovery and analysis of the state of the oceans. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| 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 | |
| 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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Climate Indicators Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Peatland Carbon Balance and Land Use Change CO2 Emissions Through the Holocene | MODELS | Computer | 1000-01-01 to 2001-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | multiple | |
| Global-Gridded Daily Methane Emissions Climatology from Lake Systems, 2003-2015 | MERRA-2, LANDSAT | Computer | 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31 | GLOBAL LAND | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 classic |
| GPM Ground Validation Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) OLYMPEX V1 | UND CITATION II | LIDAR, VISIBLE SPECTROMETER | 2014-09-04 to 2016-03-30 | WASHINGTON | N: 48.0909 S: 47.493 E: -123.129 W: -124.185 | GeoTIFF |
| GPM Ground Validation Environment Canada (EC) Weather Station XET C3VP V1 | GROUND STATIONS | THERMOMETERS, PRESSURE PROBE, ANEMOMETERS, WIND VANES, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, SUNSHINE RECORDERS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH SENSOR | 2006-10-04 to 2007-03-31 | ONTARIO | N: 44.24 S: 44.22 E: -79.77 W: -79.79 | ASCII |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION OKLAHOMA CLIMATOLOGICAL SURVEY MESONET MC3E | MESONET | APS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR | 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-06 | OKLAHOMA | N: 37 S: 33.28 E: -94 W: -103 | ASCII |
| GPM Ground Validation Snow Depth Monitoring System OLYMPEX V1 | GROUND STATIONS | CAMERA, HUMIDITY SENSORS, SNOW TUBE, TEMPERATURE SENSORS | 2014-09-05 to 2016-07-26 | WASHINGTON | N: 47.8224 S: 47.5008 E: -123.033 W: -123.707 | Excel - netCDF-3 |
| Groundswell Africa Spatial Population and Migration Projections at One-Eighth Degree According to SSPs and RCPs, 2010-2050 | MODELS | Computer | 2010-01-01 to 2050-12-31 | BENIN, BURKINA FASO, COTE D'IVOIRE, CAPE VERDE, GAMBIA | N: 37.21 S: -34.51 E: 51.27 W: -17.33 | Geodatabase |
| Groundswell Spatial Population and Migration Projections at One-Eighth Degree According to SSPs and RCPs, 2010-2050 | MODELS | Computer | 2010-01-01 to 2050-12-31 | AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ANGOLA, ARGENTINA | N: 56 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180 | Geodatabase, GeoPackage, PDF, PNG |
| High-Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) | COMPUTERS | Computer | 2017-04-02 to 2022-10-02 | HIMALAYAS | N: 45.951 S: 10.632 E: 111.438 W: 60.562 | netCDF-3 |
| IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Observed Climate Change Impacts Database, Version 2.01 | MODELS | Computer | 2007-01-01 to 2014-12-31 | GLOBAL, AFRICA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | Excel |
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