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Climate Indicators Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AirMOSS: L4 Modeled Volumetric Root Zone Soil Moisture, 2012-2015 | 1 | MODELS | Computer | 2012-09-21 to 2015-09-28 |
N: 54.1254 S: 19.1247 E: -68.1237 W: -123.283 |
netCDF-4 classic | |
| Alaska's Changing YK Delta: Knowledge Exchange between Elders and Geoscientists, 2018 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 2018-11-14 to 2018-11-16 |
N: 63.4333 S: 59.5816 E: -159.478 W: -166.553 |
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| AMSR-E/Aqua Weekly L3 Global Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids V002 | 2 | Aqua | AMSR-E | 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-02 |
N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees | HDF-EOS2 |
| Annual wildland fire emissions (WFEIS v0.5) for Conterminous US and Alaska, 2001-2013 | 1 | Terra | MODIS | 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31 |
N: 71.41 S: 24.2 E: -65 W: -178.22 |
GeoTIFF | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots in Willow Communities, North Slope, Alaska, 1997 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS | BALANCE, PH METERS | 1997-07-09 to 1997-08-17 |
N: 70.1878 S: 68.0331 E: -148.084 W: -149.851 |
CSV | |
| ATom: Cloud and Coarse Aerosol Measurements from CAPS Instrument, 2016-2018 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | CAPS | 2016-07-29 to 2018-05-21 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ICARTT | |
| ATom: Development of Cloud Indicator Algorithm Using Airborne Observations from CAPS | 1 | COMPUTERS | Computer | 2016-07-01 to 2019-09-30 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| BOREAS AES Canadian Hourly and Daily Surface Meteorological Data, R1 | 2 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | SNOW MEASURING ROD, TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, WIND MONITOR, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, WET BULB THERMOMETERS | 1975-01-01 to 1997-01-01 |
N: 57.35 S: 52.17 E: -97.83 W: -107.87 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS HYD-01 Volumetric Soil Moisture Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | NEUTRON PROBE, TDR | 1994-05-25 to 1997-06-26 |
N: 55.93 S: 53.66 E: -98.29 W: -105.32 |
ASCII | |
| CARVE: Daily Thaw State of Boreal and Arctic Alaska from AMSR-E and SSM/I, 2003-2014 | 1.1 | ADEOS-II, DMSP | AMSR-E, SSM/I | 2003-01-01 to 2014-12-31 |
N: 74.399 S: 46.9946 E: -106.947 W: -179.999 |
netCDF-4 | |
| CARVE: L1 In-situ Carbon and CH4 Flux and Meteorology at EC Towers, Alaska, 2011-2015 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | ANEMOMETERS, THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM | 2011-05-30 to 2016-01-07 |
N: 71.3225 S: 68.4865 E: -155.748 W: -157.409 |
CSV | |
| Climate Normals for Last Glacial Maximum and Modern (1975-2005), Alaska | 1 | COMPUTERS | Computer | 1000-01-01 to 2005-12-31 |
N: 74 S: 47.7384 E: -106.933 W: -178.236 |
GeoTIFF | |
| CMS: Fire Weather Indices for Interior Alaska, 2001-2010 | 1 | WEATHER STATIONS, MODELS | AWS, Computer | 2001-01-01 to 2010-09-18 |
N: 73.6633 S: 56.625 E: -131.805 W: -171.593 |
GeoTIFF | |
| CMS: MODIS GPP, fPAR, and SST, and ENSO Index, Baja California, Mexico, 2000-2013 | 1 | Terra | MODIS | 2000-01-01 to 2013-12-31 |
N: 32.6377 S: 22.7744 E: -108 W: -117 |
CSV | |
| CMS-Flux-NA Fluxes and Aircraft CO2 Co-samples for 2018-2019 | 1 | COMPUTERS | Computer | 2018-01-01 to 2019-12-31 |
N: 76.25 S: 13.75 E: -39.6875 W: -167.812 |
netCDF-4 | |
| CO2 and CH4 Fluxes from Waterbodies, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, 2016-2019 | 1 | SATELLITES, FIELD SURVEYS, COMPUTERS | Sentinel-2 MSI, SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, WATER BOTTLES, Computer | 2016-07-07 to 2019-07-07 |
N: 61.6781 S: 60.895 E: -162.073 W: -163.82 |
multiple | |
| 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 | |
| Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) | 2004.00 | MODELS | Computer | 1973-01-01 to 2003-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180 |
CSV, PDF, PDF, PNG | |
| Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1 | 1.01 | MODELS | Computer | 1973-01-01 to 2005-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180 |
CSV, PDF | |
| Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: The Wellbeing of Nations | 1.0 | MODELS | Computer | 1990-01-01 to 2000-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180 |
CSV, PDF, PDF, PNG | |
| Configurable Scanning Submillimeter-wave Instrument / Radiometer (CoSSIR) IMPACTS version 2 | 2 | NASA ER-2 | COSSIR | 2022-12-15 to 2023-03-02 |
N: 49.36 S: 26.395 E: -66.647 W: -124.202 |
netCDF-4 | |
| Configurable Scanning Submillimeter-wave Instrument/Radiometer (CoSSIR) ALOFT | 1 | NASA ER-2 | COSSIR | 2023-06-15 to 2023-07-29 |
N: 35.925 S: 10.321 E: -79.761 W: -119.334 |
netCDF-4 | |
| Delta-X: AirSWOT L2 Geocoded Water Surface Elevation, MRD, LA, 2021, V3 | 3 | King Air | AirSWOT | 2021-03-26 to 2021-09-12 |
N: 29.86 S: 28.98 E: -90.21 W: -91.6 |
multiple | |
| Delta-X: AirSWOT L2 Geocoded Water Surface Elevation, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 | 1 | King Air | AirSWOT | 2021-03-26 to 2021-04-18 |
N: 29.86 S: 28.98 E: -90.21 W: -91.6 |
multiple | |
| ECCO Global Mean Sea Level - Daily 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 |
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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