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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.

Human Dimensions Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
Remote Sensing Data Before and After California Rim and King Forest Fires, 2010-2015 NASA ER-2 NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROMETER, LIDAR, AVIRIS 2010-07-21 to 2015-01-15 N: 39.2193 S: 37.657 E: -119.57 W: -120.81 GeoTIFF
Remote Sensing Derived Topsoil and Agricultural Economic Losses, Midwestern USA LANDSAT, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 Computer 2003-04-01 to 2018-07-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 46.0461 S: 40.0397 E: -86.986 W: -97.3245 multiple
RLC Selected Infrastructure Data for the Former Soviet Union, 1993 MAPS DIGITIZER 1993-01-01 to 1993-12-31 N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25 multiple
RLC State and Regional Boundaries for the Former Soviet Union NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1998-08-01 to 1999-08-03 N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25 multiple
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
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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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