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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
VIIRS/NPP Burned Area Monthly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V001 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2014-01-01 to 2019-01-01 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 HDF-EOS5
VIIRS/NPP Burned Area Monthly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V002 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2012-03-01 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 HDF-EOS5
Vulcan: High-Resolution Annual Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions in USA, 2010-2015, Version 3 MODELS Computer 2010-01-01 to 2016-01-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALASKA N: 73.7533 S: 22.8582 E: -65.3082 W: -165.214 netCDF-4 classic
Vulcan: High-Resolution Hourly Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions in USA, 2010-2015, Version 3 MODELS Computer 2010-01-01 to 2016-01-01 ALASKA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 73.7533 S: 22.8582 E: -65.3082 W: -165.214 netCDF-4 classic
West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Commercial Crop Production, 2000 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31 WESTERN AFRICA N: 13.9 S: 1.65 E: 16.21 W: -16.71 GeoTIFF
West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Deforestation, 2000-2012 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2012-12-31 WESTERN AFRICA N: 13.9 S: 1.65 E: 13.566667 W: -16.71 GeoTIFF
West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Demographic and Health Survey Data Sets MODELS Computer 1998-01-01 to 2013-12-31 WESTERN AFRICA N: 13.9 S: 1.65 E: 16.21 W: -16.71 GeoTIFF
West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Economic Systems Index MODELS Computer 2000-01-01, 2010-01-01 WESTERN AFRICA N: 13.9 S: 1.65 E: 16.21 W: -16.71 GeoTIFF
West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: GPW Version 4 Population Density, Preliminary Release 1, 2010 MODELS Computer 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 WESTERN AFRICA N: 13.9 S: 1.65 E: 16.21 W: -16.71 GeoTIFF
West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: GPW Version 4 Population Growth, Preliminary Release 1, 2000-2010 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2010-12-31 WESTERN AFRICA N: 13.9 S: 1.65 E: 16.21 W: -16.71 GeoTIFF
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