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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
ATom: Merged Atmospheric Chemistry, Trace Gases, and Aerosols NASA DC-8 PALMS, WAS, LASER SPECTROMETER, SPECTROMETERS, CIMS, PHOTOMETERS 2016-07-29 to 2018-05-21 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
ATom: Merged Atmospheric Chemistry, Trace Gases, and Aerosols, Version 2 NASA DC-8 FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, UCATS-GC, TOGA, DMT SP2, PALMS, PICARRO G2401-mc CO2, CH4, CO, H2O INSTRUMENT, MMS, WAS, AMS, CIMS, DLH, CAPS, CAFS, ATHOS 2016-07-29 to 2018-05-21 GLOBAL N: 82.9406 S: -86.1769 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
ATSDR Hazardous Waste Site Polygon Data with CIESIN Modifications, Version 2 MODELS Computer 2010-05-26 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 64.835175 S: 17.958101 E: -65.764755 W: -176.631973 Shapefile, WMS, PDF, PNG
ATSDR Hazardous Waste Site Polygon Data, Version 2 MODELS Computer 2010-05-26 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 68.36338 S: 13.433567 E: 144.763215 W: -176.631973 Shapefile, WMS, PDF, PNG
AVIRIS-3 L2B Greenhouse Gas Enhancements, Facility Instrument Collection G-III, G-V, NASA ER-2, B-200 AVIRIS-3 2023-07-05 to 2025-01-23 GLOBAL N: 72.6 S: 16.5 E: -66.18 W: -178.68 multiple
BOREAS TGB-07 Ambient Air Herbicide and Organochlorine Concentration Data LABORATORY GC-MS 1993-06-16 to 1994-07-20 N: 53.92 S: 53.92 E: -106.07 W: -106.07 ASCII
BOREAS TGB-07 Dry Deposition Herbicide and Organochlorine Flux Data LABORATORY GC-MS 1993-06-16 to 1994-07-20 N: 53.92 S: 53.92 E: -106.07 W: -106.07 ASCII
BOREAS TGB-07 Rainwater Herbicide and Organochlorine Concentration Data FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY RAIN GAUGES, GC-MS 1993-06-16 to 1994-07-20 N: 53.92 S: 53.92 E: -106.07 W: -106.07 ASCII
Burned and Unburned Field Site Data, Noatak, Seward, and North Slope, AK, 2016-2018 FIELD SURVEYS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 2016-07-22 to 2018-08-27 ALASKA N: 69.6632 S: 65.0181 E: -148.641 W: -164.929 multiple
CARVE: Alaskan Fire Emissions Database (AKFED), 2001-2013 FIELD INVESTIGATION, MODELS, SATELLITES Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31 N: 71.499 S: 58 E: -141 W: -168.5 GeoTIFF
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