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Human Dimensions Data Access and Tools

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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
STAQS AVIRIS-NG-derived Methane and Carbon Dioxide Plumes, 2023 G-III AVIRIS-NG 2023-06-26 to 2023-08-15 CALIFORNIA, MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS, PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA N: 43.6502 S: 33.7137 E: -73.0945 W: -119.678 multiple
Sub-global Scenarios that Extend the Global SSP Narratives: Literature Database, Version 1, 2014-2021 MODELS Computer 2014-01-01 to 2021-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 Excel
Synthetic Assessment of Global Distribution of Vulnerability to Climate Change: Maps and Data, 2005, 2050, and 2100 MODELS Computer 2005-01-01, 2050-01-01, 2100-01-01 GLOBAL, BANGLADESH, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BENIN N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180 PDF, PDF, PNG, WMS
TM5-4DVAR Global Monthly Source-disaggregated Methane Emissions, 1999-2016 COMPUTERS Computer 1999-01-01 to 2016-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 multiple
Tree Mortality from Fires and Bark Beetles at 1-km Resolution, Western USA, 2003-2012 FIELD SURVEYS, Airplane, COMPUTERS, SATELLITES VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, Computer, QUICKBIRD/BHRC-60 2003-01-01 to 2012-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 52.0938 S: 28.4705 E: -100.538 W: -130.435 GeoTIFF
Trends in Global Freshwater Availability from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) GRACE ACC 2002-01-01 to 2016-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
Twentieth Century Crop Statistics, 1900-2017 MODELS Computer 1900-01-01 to 2017-12-31 ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL N: 90 S: -90 E: -180 W: 180 Excel
U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 1), 1990 MODELS Computer 1990-04-01 ALABAMA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA N: 72 S: 17 E: -65 W: -180 ASCII, GeoTIFF
U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 1), 1990: Metropolitan Statistical Areas MODELS Computer 1990-04-01 WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, AKRON, BOSTON N: 47 S: 17 E: -65 W: -124 ASCII, GeoTIFF
U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 1), 2000 MODELS Computer 2000-04-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALABAMA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS N: 72 S: 17 E: -65 W: -180 ASCII, GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
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