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Human Dimensions Data Tools

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Tool 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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Human Dimensions Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
ABoVE: River Ice Breakup and Freeze-up Stages, Yukon River Basin, Alaska, 1972-2016 LANDSAT, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 MSS, TM, ETM+, OLI 1972-11-04 to 2016-11-30 ALASKA N: 66.3594 S: 62.9036 E: -142.986 W: -160.065 CSV
ABoVE: Spatial Estimates of Carbon Combustion from Wildfires across SK, Canada, 2015 MODELS Computer 2015-04-06 to 2015-08-11 SASKATCHEWAN N: 61.2389 S: 51.1943 E: -100.168 W: -116.055 GeoTIFF
ABoVE: Subsistence Resource Use Areas of Interior Alaskan Communities, 2011-2017 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2011-01-01 to 2017-12-31 ALASKA N: 70.1477 S: 51.7133 E: -131.525 W: -176.646 Shapefile
ABoVE: Synthesis of Burned and Unburned Forest Site Data, AK and Canada, 1983-2016 MODELS, FIELD INVESTIGATION Computer, PROBES, SOIL SAMPLER 1983-01-01 to 2016-08-08 ALASKA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, SASKATCHEWAN N: 67.2297 S: 53.1911 E: -88.612 W: -150.902 CSV
ABoVE: Synthesis of Post-Fire Regeneration Across Boreal North America FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, Computer 1989-01-01 to 2018-12-31 ALASKA, CANADA N: 66.9617 S: 49.1156 E: -71.0133 W: -152.2 CSV
ABoVE: Wildfire Date of Burning within Fire Scars across Alaska and Canada, 2001-2019 COMPUTERS, SATELLITES Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2019-12-31 CANADA, ALASKA N: 70.1592 S: 41.7456 E: -53.8267 W: -178.841 Shapefile
Aboveground Biomass, Landcover, and Degradation, Kalimantan Forests, Indonesia, 2014 FIELD SURVEYS, Airplane, MODELS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LIDAR, Computer 2014-10-18 to 2014-11-30 SOUTHEASTERN ASIA, INDONESIA N: 8 S: -5 E: 120 W: 108 multiple
Africa Climate Mobility Initiative (ACMI): Bilateral Migration Projections MODELS Computer 2015-01-01 to 2050-12-31 AFRICA, BENIN, BURKINA FASO, CAPE VERDE, BURUNDI N: 37.21 S: -34.51 E: 51.27 W: -17.33 CSV
Africa Climate Mobility Initiative (ACMI): Internal Migration Projections MODELS Computer 2020-01-01 to 2050-12-31 AFRICA, ALGERIA, ANGOLA, BENIN, BOTSWANA N: 37.59 S: -47.01 E: 51.42 W: -25.38 Geodatabase, Geopackage
Alaska's Changing YK Delta: Knowledge Exchange between Elders and Geoscientists, 2018 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2018-11-14 to 2018-11-16 ALASKA N: 63.4333 S: 59.5816 E: -159.478 W: -166.553 PDF
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