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Climate Indicators Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECCO Global Mean Sea Level - Monthly Mean (Version 4 Release 4) | V4r4 | MODELS, MITgcm | 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| ECOSTRESS Gridded Downscaled Soil Moisture Instantaneous L3 Global 70 m V002 | 002 | ISS | ECOSTRESS | 2018-07-10 to Present |
N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180 |
70 Meters x 70 Meters | HDF5 |
| ECOSTRESS Tiled Downscaled Soil Moisture Instantaneous L3 Global 70 m V002 | 002 | ISS | ECOSTRESS | 2018-07-10 to Present |
N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180 |
70 Meters x 70 Meters | COG |
| ECOSTRESS/OCO-3 Co-Located Observations Version 2.0 | 2.0 | ISS | OCO-3, ECOSTRESS | 2019-08-06 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1.29 Kilometers x 2.25 Kilometers | |
| Ecosys Model-Estimated Cropland Carbon Fluxes, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa, 2001-2018 | 1 | COMPUTERS | Computer | 2001-01-01 to 2018-12-31 |
N: 43.5012 S: 36.9703 E: -84.7846 W: -96.6397 |
Shapefile | |
| Export and Leaching of Carbon and Nitrogen from Mississippi River Basin, 1901-2099 | 1 | MODELS | Computer | 1901-01-01 to 2099-12-31 |
N: 53 S: 24.5 E: -62 W: -126 |
multiple | |
| GeoCryoAI: Ensemble Learning and the Permafrost Carbon Feedback in Alaska, 1963-2022 | 1 | COMPUTERS | Computer | 1960-01-01 to 2022-12-31 |
N: 72 S: 54 E: -134.776 W: -170 |
TAR | |
| Geoecology: County-Level Environmental Data for the United States, 1941-1981 | 1 | COMPUTERS | Computer | 1941-01-01 to 1981-12-31 |
N: 49.3844 S: 24.4981 E: -66.9499 W: -124.763 |
Text File | |
| Global Forest Aboveground Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from GEDI and ICESat-2, 2018-2021 | 1 | ICESat-2, ISS | ATLAS, GEDI | 2018-10-01 to 2021-10-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
COG | |
| Global Land Cover Mapping and Estimation Yearly 30 m V001 | 001 | LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 | OLI, ETM+, TM | 2001-07-01 to 2021-07-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
30 Meters x 30 Meters | GeoTIFF |
| Global Peatland Carbon Balance and Land Use Change CO2 Emissions Through the Holocene | 1 | 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 | 1 | MERRA-2, LANDSAT | Computer | 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 classic | |
| GPM Ground Validation Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) OLYMPEX V1 | 1 | UND CITATION II | LIDAR, VISIBLE SPECTROMETER | 2014-09-04 to 2016-03-30 |
N: 48.0909 S: 47.493 E: -123.129 W: -124.185 |
GeoTIFF | |
| GPM Ground Validation Environment Canada (EC) Weather Station XET C3VP V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | THERMOMETERS, PRESSURE PROBE, ANEMOMETERS, WIND VANES, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, SUNSHINE RECORDERS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH SENSOR | 2006-10-04 to 2007-03-31 |
N: 44.24 S: 44.22 E: -79.77 W: -79.79 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION OKLAHOMA CLIMATOLOGICAL SURVEY MESONET MC3E | 1 | MESONET | APS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE | 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-06 |
N: 37 S: 33.28 E: -94 W: -103 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Snow Depth Monitoring System OLYMPEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | CAMERA, HUMIDITY SENSORS, SNOW TUBE, TEMPERATURE SENSORS | 2014-09-05 to 2016-07-26 |
N: 47.8224 S: 47.5008 E: -123.033 W: -123.707 |
Excel, netCDF-3 | |
| GRACE/GRACE-FO Level-4 Monthly Global Ocean Mass Anomaly version 01 from NASA MEaSUREs HOMaGE project | 1.0 | GRACE-FO, GRACE | 2002-04-17 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
360 Decimal Degrees x 180 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| GRACE/GRACE-FO Level-4 Monthly Gravitational-Rotational-Deformation version 01 from NASA MEaSUREs HOMaGE | 1.0 | GRACE-FO, GRACE | GRACE-FO MWI, GRACE INTERFEROMETER | 2002-04-16 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 |
| Groundswell Africa Spatial Population and Migration Projections at One-Eighth Degree According to SSPs and RCPs, 2010-2050 | 1.00 | MODELS | Computer | 2010-01-01 to 2050-12-31 |
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 | 1.00 | MODELS | Computer | 2010-01-01 to 2050-12-31 |
N: 56 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180 |
Geodatabase, GeoPackage, PDF, PNG | |
| Groundwater and Soil Moisture Conditions from GRACE and GRACE-FO Data Assimilation L4 7-days 0.125 x 0.125 degree U.S. V4.0 (GRACEDADM_CLSM0125US_7D) | 4.0 | Catchment-LSM | NOT APPLICABLE | 2002-04-01 to Present |
N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125 |
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| Groundwater and Soil Moisture Conditions from GRACE and GRACE-FO Data Assimilation L4 7-days 0.25 x 0.25 degree Global V3.0 (GRACEDADM_CLSM025GL_7D) | 3.0 | Catchment-LSM | NOT APPLICABLE | 2003-02-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| High Mountain Asia Daily 5km Landslide Hazard Indicator V001 | 1 | MODELS | NOT APPLICABLE | 1990-01-01 to 2014-12-31 |
N: 46 S: 20 E: 111 W: 60 |
5 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| High Mountain Asia Daily Reach-Scale River Discharge using Data Assimilation, 2004-2019 V001 | 1 | MODELS | NOT APPLICABLE | 2004-01-01 to 2019-12-31 |
N: 45.975 S: 20.0249 E: 110.9751 W: 60.0249 |
netCDF-4 | |
| High Mountain Asia GFDL FLOR Modeled Extreme Precipitation Indices V001 | 1 | MODELS | NOT APPLICABLE | 2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31 |
N: 50.5 S: -0.5 E: 125.625 W: 34.375 |
GeoTIFF |
Climate Indicators Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthdata Search | Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. | Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading | |
| 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 |
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