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Human Dimensions Data Access and Tools

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Human Dimensions Data Tools

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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Human Dimensions Datasets

Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
SAFARI 2000 1-Degree Estimates of Burned Biomass, Area, and Emissions, 2000 MODELS, SPOT-4, ERS-2, Terra Computer, MULTI-SPECTRAL, ATSR, MODIS 2000-08-01 to 2000-09-30 Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 Biomass Burning Emissions, Selected Sites, Dry Season 2000 LABORATORY CHEMILUMINESCENCE, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, IR CO2 ANALYZER 2000-11-24 to 2001-01-16 Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 Emissions Estimates, MODIS Burned Area Product, Dry Season 2000 Terra MODIS 2000-08-31 to 2000-09-30 N: 0.3389 S: -34.1425 E: 46.6473 W: 9.6738 Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 Gas Emissions from Biofuel Use and Production, September 2000 FIELD INVESTIGATION FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS 2000-09-10 to 2000-09-16 N: -14.86 S: -14.86 E: 24.82 W: 24.82 CSV
SAFARI 2000 Global Burned Area Map, 1-km, Southern Africa, 2000 SPOT-4 MULTI-SPECTRAL 2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31 N: 18 S: -35 E: 55 W: -18 Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 Historical Fire Maps, Kruger National Park, 1992-2001 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1992-05-11 to 2001-03-31 N: -22.327 S: -25.529 E: 32.034 W: 30.888 Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 MODIS 500-m Burned Area Products, Southern Africa, Dry Season 2000 Terra MODIS 2000-06-27 to 2000-10-04 multiple
SAFARI 2000 Pre- and Post-fire Reflectance near Kaoma, Zambia, Dry Season 2000 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SPECTRORADIOMETERS, QUADRATS 2000-08-24 to 2000-09-04 N: -14.79 S: -14.79 E: 24.8 W: 24.8 multiple
SAR Subsets for Selected Field Sites, 2007-2010 ALOS PALSAR 2007-06-05 to 2010-12-14 N: 78.9459 S: -11.3224 E: -28.8805 W: -150.714 Shapefile
SDG Indicator 11.2.1: Urban Access to Public Transport, 2023 Release MODELS Computer 2015-01-01 to 2022-12-31 GLOBAL, AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ANGOLA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 Shapefile, Geodatabase, CSV, PDF, PNG
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