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Human Dimensions Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
U.S. Population Grids (Summary File 3), 2000: New Orleans Metropolitan Statistical Area, Alpha Version alpha MODELS Computer 2000-04-01

N: 31 S: 28 E: -88 W: -91

Grid
U.S. Social Vulnerability Index Grids 1.00 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01, 2010-01-01, 2014-01-01, 2016-01-01, 2018-01-01

N: 72 S: 17 E: -65 W: -180

GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG
U.S. Social Vulnerability Index Grids, Revision 01 1.01 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01, 2010-01-01, 2014-01-01, 2016-01-01, 2018-01-01, 2020-01-01

N: 72 S: 17 E: -65 W: -180

0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG
Understory Vegetation Biomass from Selected Burned and Unburned sites in Alaska 1 FIELD SURVEYS SURVEYING TOOLS 2016-08-09 to 2018-07-11

N: 68.991 S: 63.8799 E: -146.558 W: -150.28

CSV
Urban Biogenic CO2 fluxes: GPP, Reco and NEE Estimates from SMUrF, 2010-2019 1 MODELS, SATELLITES Computer, MODIS 2010-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 60 S: -40 E: 155 W: -125

netCDF-4 classic
Urban Landsat: Cities from Space 1.00 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7 TM, ETM+ 1999-01-01 to 2003-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

PDF, PNG
Vegetation and Open Water High-Resolution Maps for Selected US Tidal Marshes, 2015 1 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, OLI, CAMERA, TMS 2013-09-25 to 2015-08-27

N: 47.1174 S: 24.9166 E: -69.9267 W: -122.733

Shapefile
VIIRS Plus DMSP Change in Lights (VIIRS+DMSP dLIGHT) 1.0 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 1992-01-01, 2002-01-01, 2013-01-01

N: 84 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
VIIRS/JPSS1+JPSS2 Global Flood Product L3 NRT 250m 1-day CS GeoTIFF 2 NOAA-20, NOAA-21, Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2026-03-04 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

250 Meters x 250 Meters GeoTIFF
VIIRS/JPSS1+JPSS2 Global Flood Product L3 NRT 250m 1-day GeoTIFF 2 NOAA-20, NOAA-21, Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2026-03-04 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

250 Meters x 250 Meters GeoTIFF
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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
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
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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