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Climate Indicators Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMAP L2 Radar Half-Orbit 3 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture V002 | 002 | SMAP | SMAP L-BAND RADAR | 2015-04-13 to 2015-07-07 |
N: 85.044 S: -85.044 E: 180 W: -180 |
3 Kilometers x 3 Kilometers | HDF5, HDF5 |
| SMAP L2 Radar/Radiometer Half-Orbit 9 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture V002 | 002 | SMAP Observatory | SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER, SMAP L-BAND RADAR | 2015-04-13 to 2015-07-08 |
N: 85.044 S: -85.044 E: 180 W: -180 |
9 Kilometers x 9 Kilometers | HDF5, HDF5 |
| SMAP L3 Radar/Radiometer Global Daily 9 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture V002 | 002 | SMAP Observatory | SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER, SMAP L-BAND RADAR | 2015-04-13 to 2015-07-07 |
N: 85.044 S: -85.044 E: 180 W: -180 |
9 Kilometers x 9 Kilometers | HDF5, HDF5 |
| SMAPVEX16 Iowa Permanent Soil Moisture Network V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, TEMPERATURE PROBES | 2016-05-01 to 2016-09-30 |
N: 42.82 S: 42.33 E: -93.22 W: -94 |
CSV | |
| Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L1-L3 Ancillary GEOS Data V001 | 1 | MODELS | NOT APPLICABLE | 2015-01-31 to Present |
N: 86.4 S: -86.4 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L4 Soil Moisture Ancillary Restart Files V001 | 1 | MODELS | NOT APPLICABLE | 2015-01-31 to Present |
N: 86.4 S: -86.4 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| Soil Moisture Visualizer | 1 | SMAP, UAV, FIELD INVESTIGATION | UAVSAR, CONDUCTIVITY METERS | 2011-08-03 to 2016-12-31 |
N: 83 S: 8 E: -52 W: -179 |
multiple | |
| Tellus Level-4 Antarctica Mass Anomaly Time Series from JPL GRACE/GRACE-FO Mascon CRI Filtered Release 06.3 version 04 | RL06.3Mv04 | GRACE, GRACE-FO | GRACE INTERFEROMETER, GRACE-FO MWI | 2002-04-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | ASCII |
| Tellus Level-4 Greenland Mass Anomaly Time Series from JPL GRACE/GRACE-FO Mascon CRI Filtered Release 06.3 version 04 | RL06.3Mv04 | GRACE, GRACE-FO | GRACE INTERFEROMETER, GRACE-FO MWI | 2002-04-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | ASCII |
| Tellus Level-4 Ocean Mass Anomaly Time Series from JPL GRACE/GRACE-FO Mascon CRI Filtered Release 06.3 version 04 | RL06.3Mv04 | GRACE-FO, GRACE | GRACE-FO MWI, GRACE INTERFEROMETER | 2002-04-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | ASCII |
| TOMS/N7 MS SO2 Vertical Column 1-Orbit L2 Swath 50x50 km V3 (TOMSN7SO2) | 3 | Nimbus-7 | TOMS | 1978-11-01 to 1993-05-06 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers | |
| TRACE-P P-3B Photolysis Frequencies (J-Values) | 1 | P-3B, Data Analysis | 2001-02-10 to 2002-03-01 |
N: 40.95 S: 6.89 E: 180 W: -180 |
GTE | ||
| Trends of Thermal, Wetness, and Vegetative Change in the Circumpolar Arctic | 1 | COMPUTERS | Computer | 1980-01-01 to 2020-12-31 |
N: 90 S: 30 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) V2.1 | 2.1 | NASA WB-57F | HIRAD | 2015-08-30 to 2015-10-23 |
N: 37.8755 S: 12.8279 E: -63.0352 W: -109.283 |
netCDF-3 | |
| Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Phenology EVI-2 Yearly Global 0.05Deg CMG V004 | 004 | NOAA-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, Terra | AVHRR, MODIS | 1981-01-01 to 2014-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
5600 Meters x 5600 Meters | HDF-EOS2 |
| Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Phenology NDVI Yearly Global 0.05Deg CMG V004 | 004 | NOAA-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, Terra | AVHRR, MODIS | 1981-01-01 to 2014-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
5600 Meters x 5600 Meters | HDF-EOS2 |
| Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Vegetation Indices 15Days Global 0.05Deg CMG V004 | 004 | NOAA-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, Terra | AVHRR, MODIS | 1981-01-01 to 2014-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
5600 Meters x 5600 Meters | HDF-EOS2 |
| Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Vegetation Indices 7Days Global 0.05Deg CMG V004 | 004 | NOAA-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, Terra | AVHRR, MODIS | 1981-01-01 to 2014-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
5600 Meters x 5600 Meters | HDF-EOS2 |
| Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Vegetation Indices Daily Global 0.05Deg CMG V004 | 004 | NOAA-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, Terra | AVHRR, MODIS | 1981-01-01 to 2014-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
5600 Meters x 5600 Meters | HDF-EOS2 |
| Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Vegetation Indices Monthly Global 0.05Deg CMG V004 | 004 | NOAA-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, Terra | AVHRR, MODIS | 1981-01-01 to 2014-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
5600 Meters x 5600 Meters | HDF-EOS2 |
| VIIRS/NPP+JPSS Combined Vegetation Index and Snow Products from MAIAC Daily L3 Global at 0.05Deg CMG V002 | 002 | Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20 | VIIRS | 2012-01-19 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
5600 Meters x 5600 Meters | HDF-EOS5 |
| VIIRS/NPP+JPSS1 BRDF Model Parameters Daily L3 Global 750m RSIN Grid V002 | 002 | Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20 | VIIRS | 2012-01-19 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
750 Meters x 750 Meters | HDF-EOS5 |
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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