Human Dimensions Data Access and Tools

NASA data span from measuring gas flaring activity around the world to cyclone economic risk estimates. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Dataset	Geographic Region	Temporal Extent	Data Format	Potential Application Areas	Related Subtopics
ALOS PALSAR High Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product	Global	2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22		Urban infrastructure mapping and monitoring Monitoring of illegal logging and deforestation	economic resources, environmental impacts
ARIA Sentinel-1 Geocoded Unwrapped Interferograms	Global	2014-06-15 to Present	NetCDF-4	Infrastructure stability analysis Mining-induced displacement tracking	environmental impacts, natural hazards
ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003	Global Land	2000-03-01 to 2013-11-30	Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG)	Line-of-sight analysis for telecommunications Flight simulation and aviation planning Natural hazard risk assessment Archaeological site prospection Infrastructure planning in variable terrain	environmental impacts, natural hazards
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Sea Ice Height V006	Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere	2018-10-14 to Present	HDF5	Arctic shipping route safety assessment Polar bear habitat quality monitoring Winter navigation planning Under-ice submarine navigation support	global change responses
DARTE Annual On-road CO2 Emissions on a 1-km Grid, Conterminous USA, V2, 1980-2017	North America	1980-01-01 to 2017-12-31	GeoTIFF	Transportation emissions planning and management Urban air quality modeling Climate action plan development Transportation infrastructure planning Emission reduction policy assessment Urban planning for sustainability Public health impact assessment of traffic emissions	environmental impacts, sustainability, public health
Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4 R1	Atlantic Ocean, North America	1950-01-01 to 2023-12-31	NetCDF-4	Wildfire danger assessment Pest and disease outbreak risk assessment Energy demand forecasting Recreation planning and management Public health risk modeling for extreme weather	economic resources, natural hazards, public health
ECOSTRESS Tiled Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Instantaneous L2 Global 70 m	Global Land	2018-07-09 to Present	Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG)	High-resolution urban heat island analysis Ecosystem thermodynamics research Water use efficiency assessment Fire risk evaluation Environmental temperature extremes monitoring	economic resources, environmental governance/ management, environmental impacts, natural hazards
GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (v4.1)	Global	2002-05-31 to Present	NetCDF-4	Fisheries management support	environmental governance/ management, natural hazards
Global Aboveground and Belowground Biomass Carbon Density Maps for the Year 2010	Global	2017-01-01 to 2017-11-28	GeoTIFF	Global carbon stock accounting Climate change mitigation planning Forest conservation priority setting Carbon offset project development Ecosystem service valuation Land use policy development Biodiversity conservation planning Sustainable development planning	environmental governance/ management, global change responses
Global Hydrologic Soil Groups (HYSOGs250m) for Curve Number-Based Runoff Modeling	Global	2017-01-01 to 2017-11-28	GeoTIFF	Flood risk assessment and modeling Watershed management planning Stormwater runoff estimation Land use planning for water management Erosion potential mapping Infrastructure design for water management	economic resources, environmental governance/ management, environmental impacts, natural hazards
HLS Landsat Operational Land Imager Surface Reflectance and TOA Brightness Daily Global 30m v2.0	Global Land	2013-04-11 to Present	Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG)	Urban expansion tracking Environmental impact monitoring	economic resources, environmental impacts
HLS Sentinel-2 Multi-spectral Instrument Surface Reflectance Daily Global 30m v2.0	Global Land	2015-11-28 to Present	Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG)	Urban green space monitoring Coastal zone management Harmonized analysis with Landsat data Biodiversity and habitat monitoring Infrastructure development tracking	economic resources, environmental impacts
MAIAC Daily V01	Global	2015-06-13 to Present	PNG	Urban air quality assessment and monitoring	natural hazards, public health
MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_flx_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Surface Flux Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXFLX)	Global	1980-01-01 to Present	NetCDF	Urban heat island effect studies and monitoring	economic resources, environmental governance/ management, public health
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061	Global	2000-02-24 to Present	HDF-EOS2	Winter recreation planning Wildlife winter habitat assessment Flood risk prediction from snowmelt Cold region transportation planning	economic resources, environmental governance/ management, natural hazards, public health
MODIS/Terra Clouds 5-Min L2 Swath 1km and 5km	Global	2000-02-24 to Present		Aviation hazard assessment	natural hazards, global change responses
Near-Real-Time DMSP SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Sea Ice Concentrations, Version 2	Southern Hemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, Antarctica, Artic, Polar	2021-11-01 to Present	NetCDF-4 PNG	Shipping route planning in polar regions Polar wildlife habitat tracking	natural hazards, global change responses
OMPS-N20 NM PCA SO2 Step 1 Total Column 1-Orbit L2 Swath 17x13km	Global	2018-01-16 to Present	NetCDF	Industrial pollution source identification Power plant emission assessment Aviation hazard warning systems for volcanic ash Anthropogenic sulfur emission trend analysis	environmental impacts, natural hazards, global change responses
OPERA Dynamic Surface Water Extent from Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 product (Version 1)	Global Land	2023-04-04 to Present	Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG)	Flood mapping and monitoring Reservoir and lake extent tracking Drought impact evaluation on water bodies Seasonal water availability analysis Climate change impact on surface water Water rights management support Ecosystem water dependency analysis	environmental governance/ management, natural hazards
OPERA Surface Displacement from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1)	Global	2016-07-01 to Present	NetCDF-4 XML PNG Zarr	Ground subsidence monitoring in urban areas and infrastructure Mining activity impact assessment Infrastructure stability monitoring (dams, bridges, buildings)	natural hazards
PACE OCI Level-2 Regional Apparent Optical Properties - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2.0	Global	2024-03-05 to Present	HDF5 NetCDF-4	Harmful algal bloom detection Fisheries management support Coastal water quality assessment Marine protected area monitoring	economic resources, environmental impacts
SENTINEL-1B_SLC	Global	2016-04-25 to 2021-12-24		Precise infrastructure stability monitoring Building damage assessment after disasters	natural hazards
Sentinel-1C Dual Polarization High Resolution Ground Range Detected Product	Global	2025-01-01 to Present	SAFE	Ship detection and maritime surveillance Urban change detection and development monitoring Infrastructure mapping in all weather conditions	economic resources, environmental impacts, natural hazards
SMAP Enhanced L3 Radiometer Global and Polar Grid Daily 9 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture, Version 6	Global Land	2015-03-31 to Present	HDF5	Flood risk prediction Disease vector habitat monitoring	economic resources, environmental impacts, public health
SNPP VIIRS Lunar Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function-corrected daily, Nighttime Lights	Global	2012-01-19 to Present	HDF5	Urban development and expansion monitoring Power outage detection during disasters Socioeconomic activity assessment Population distribution mapping Remote settlement identification	environmental governance/ management, environmental impacts, natural hazards, socioeconomics, public health
STAQS JSC GV GEOstationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEO-CAPE) Airborne Simulator Data	North America	2023-06-26 to 2023-08-17	NetCDF-4 KMZ	Air quality assessment in urban and industrial corridors	environmental impacts, public health
TEMPO formaldehyde total column V03 (PROVISIONAL)	North America	2023-08-01 to Present	NetCDF-4	Detection of industrial and petrochemical emission sources in North America	environmental impacts, natural hazards, public health
TEMPO gridded formaldehyde total column V03 (PROVISIONAL)	North America	2023-08-01 to Present	NetCDF-4	Assessment of industrial emissions and their spatial distribution Support for public health research on respiratory irritant exposure	environmental impacts, natural hazards, public health
TEMPO gridded NO2 tropospheric and stratospheric columns V03 (PROVISIONAL)	North America	2023-08-01 to Present	NetCDF-4	Traffic emission pattern analysis throughout the day across North America Assessment of emission control policy effectiveness in near real-time Identification of point source pollution from power plants and industrial facilities	environmental impacts, public health
TEMPO NO2 tropospheric and stratospheric columns V03 (PROVISIONAL)	North America	2023-08-01 to Present	NetCDF-4	Detailed mapping of traffic emission patterns in urban centers Tracking of power plant and industrial facility emissions at unprecedented temporal resolution Near real-time air quality assessment for public health applications Evaluation of emission control strategies and their immediate impacts	environmental impacts, public health
VIIRS/JPSS1 Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Daily L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid Day	Global	2018-01-01 to Present	HDF-EOS5	Urban heat pattern assessment Wildlife habitat thermal condition assessment Recreation area condition assessment	economic resources, natural hazards
VIIRS/NPP Burned Area Monthly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V002	Global	2012-03-01 to Present	HDF-EOS5	Ecosystem disturbance tracking Protected area management Biodiversity impact assessment after fires	environmental impacts, natural hazards, global change responses
VIIRS/NPP Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 375m SIN Grid, Version 2	Global	2012-01-19 to Present	HDF-EOS5	Water supply forecasting in snowmelt-dependent regions Winter storm impact assessment Ski resort operations planning Urban snow management support School closure decision support	economic resources, environmental governance/ management, natural hazards, public health

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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
POPGRID Viewer	POPGRID Viewer explores the intercomparison of population counts and settlement mapping from leading global data sources.	Comparison
POWER DAV	The POWER project’s Data Access Viewer (DAV) is an interactive web-mapping application that provides access to NASA’s customized solar and meteorological data catalog.	Analysis, Downloading, Subsetting, Visualization
RTC Stack Processor	The radiometric terrain correction (RTC) stack processor tool facilitates time-series analysis of such phenomena as flooding events, deforestation, or glacier retreat.	Analysis, Processing, Search and Discovery, Visualization
SEDAC Map Viewer	With the SEDAC Map Viewer, users can view up to 4 SEDAC map layers, either as four separately synched maps or as overlays in a single map.	Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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
STREAM	STREAM is a rapid water quality monitoring tool that processes satellite imagery to create maps showing chlorophyll-a, Total Suspended Solids, and water clarity at 20-30 meter resolution.	Processing
TESViS	The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products.	Visualization, Subsetting
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
Vertex	Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data.	Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting

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Dataset	Platforms	Instruments	Temporal Extent	Location Keywords	Spatial Extent	Data Format
Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Global Human Footprint Dataset (IGHP)	MODELS	Computer	1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31	GLOBAL	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	BIL
Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Last of the Wild Dataset (Geographic)	MODELS	Computer	1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31	GLOBAL	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	ArcInfo Interchange
Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Last of the Wild Dataset (IGHP)	MODELS	Computer	1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31	GLOBAL	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	ArcInfo Interchange
Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Top One Percent Wild Areas Dataset (Geographic)	MODELS	Computer	1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31	GLOBAL	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	ArcInfo Interchange
Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Top One Percent Wild Areas Dataset (IGHP)	MODELS	Computer	1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31	GLOBAL	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	ArcInfo Interchange
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Footprint Dataset (Geographic)	MODELS	Computer	1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31	AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, GLOBAL, NORTH AMERICA	N: 89.930957 S: -89.918972 E: 180 W: -179.999993	Grid, PNG, PDF, WMS
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Footprint Dataset (IGHP)	MODELS	Computer	1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31	GLOBAL	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Grid
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Influence Index (HII) Dataset (Geographic)	MODELS	Computer	1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31	AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, GLOBAL, NORTH AMERICA	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Grid, PDF, PNG, WMS
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Influence Index (HII) Dataset (IGHP)	MODELS	Computer	1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31	GLOBAL	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Grid
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Last of the Wild Dataset (Geographic)	MODELS	Computer	1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31	AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, GLOBAL, NORTH AMERICA	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMS

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