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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 Data Format
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Administrative Unit Center Points with Population Estimates MODELS Computer 2000-07-01, 2005-07-01, 2010-07-01, 2015-07-01, 2020-07-01 GLOBAL Shapefile, CSV, GDB, SQLITE
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Administrative Unit Center Points with Population Estimates, Revision 10 MODELS Computer 2000-07-01, 2005-07-01, 2010-07-01, 2015-07-01, 2020-07-01 AFGHANISTAN, ALAND ISLANDS, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, AMAZONIA CSV, Shapefile, Geodatabase, SQLITE
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Administrative Unit Center Points with Population Estimates, Revision 11 MODELS Computer 2000-07-01, 2005-07-01, 2010-07-01, 2015-07-01, 2020-07-01 GLOBAL, AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA CSV, Geodatabase, Geopackage, Shapefile, PDF, PNG
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Basic Demographic Characteristics, Revision 10 MODELS Computer 2010-07-01 GLOBAL ASCII, GeoTIFF, netCDF
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Basic Demographic Characteristics, Revision 11 MODELS Computer 2010-07-01 GLOBAL ASCII, GeoTIFF, netCDF-4, PDF, PNG, WMS
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Data Quality Indicators MODELS Computer 2010-07-01 GLOBAL GeoTIFF
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Data Quality Indicators, Revision 10 MODELS Computer 2010-07-01 GLOBAL ASCII, GeoTIFF
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Data Quality Indicators, Revision 11 MODELS Computer 2010-07-01 GLOBAL ASCII, GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area, Revision 11 MODELS Computer 2010-07-01 GLOBAL ASCII, GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): National Identifier Grid MODELS Computer 2010-07-01 GLOBAL GeoTIFF
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Human Dimensions Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
EONET Use NASA Earth Observatory's Natural Event Tracker to look for natural events as they occur all across the planet. Access, Data Curation, Monitoring Natural Events
FIRMS The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. Access, Visualization
Giovanni Giovanni is a web application for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing Earth science remote sensing data without downloading the data. Search and Discovery, Analysis, Access, Visualization, Downloading, Subsetting
GUARDIAN The GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) is a near real-time (NRT) ionospheric monitoring tool for natural hazards warning. Monitoring Natural Events
Hazards Mapper The Hazards Mapper enables users to rapidly get an idea of the population, land area, dams, and nuclear power plants that could be impacted by a wide range of natural events, including floods, earthquakes, fires, and volcanic eruptions. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Hurricane Intensity Estimator NASA's Hurricane Intensity Estimator is an online platform that demonstrates the use of a machine learning model for estimating the wind speed of hurricanes. Visualization, Monitoring Natural Events
NYS FIDSS Mapper The New York State Flood Information Decision Support System Mapper is an easy-to-use mapping tool visualizes building footprint data for nearly all New York State’s infrastructure, except New York City. Visualization
OpenAltimetry OpenAltimetry is a map-based visualization tool for exploring surface elevation data across Earth over time. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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