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Human Dimensions Data Access and Tools

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Human Dimensions Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
MODIS/Aqua+Terra Global Flood Product L3 NRT 250m 3-day GeoTIFF Terra, Aqua MODIS 2021-03-15 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF
MODIS/Terra+Aqua Direct Broadcast Burned Area Monthly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 Terra, Aqua MODIS 2000-11-01 to 2022-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra+Aqua Direct Broadcast Burned Area Monthly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 Terra, Aqua MODIS 2000-11-01 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 HDF-EOS2
MSAQSO2L4 version 1 is superseded by newer version, DOI: 10.5067/MEASURES/SO2/DATA406 Aura, Suomi-NPP, Nimbus-7, EP-TOMS OMI, OMPS, TOMS 2005-01-01 to 2018-12-31 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Multi-Satellite Air Quality Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Database Long-Term L4 Global V2 (MSAQSO2L4) at GES DISC Aura, Suomi-NPP, Sentinel-5P, NOAA-20 OMI, OMPS, TROPOMI 2005-01-01 to 2024-12-31 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Multi-Satellite Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide L4 Long-Term Global Database V4 (MSVOLSO2L4) at GES DISC Meteor-3, Aura, Suomi-NPP, Nimbus-7, EP-TOMS, Aqua, ADEOS-II, Sentinel-5P, NOAA-20 TOMS, OMI, OMPS, AIRS, TROPOMI 1978-10-31 to 2025-03-17 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
NACP MCI: CO2 Emissions Inventory, Upper Midwest Region, USA., 2007 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2007-01-01 to 2007-12-31 N: 50 S: 36 E: -81 W: -105 multiple
NACP NAFD Project: Forest Disturbance Intensity for CONUS from Landsat, 1986-2015 LANDSAT MULTI-SPECTRAL 1986-01-01 to 2015-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 51.68 S: 22.69 E: -65.2 W: -128.03 COG
NACP North American 8-km Net Ecosystem Exchange and Component Fluxes, 2004 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2004-01-01 to 2004-12-31 N: 90 S: 2.736 E: -34.113 W: -179.553 Binary
NACP Regional: Gridded 1-deg Observation Data and Biosphere and Inverse Model Outputs Terra, Aqua MODIS 1990-01-01 to 2007-12-31 N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170 Shapefile
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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
POWER PRUVE PRUVE is an online validation tool created by NASA's Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project that compares surface satellite-based and assimilation data products to in-situ surface site measurements. Analysis, 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
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