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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
Historical Urban Population: 3700 BC - AD 2000 MODELS Computer 1700-01-01 to 2000-12-31 GLOBAL, AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ANGOLA Excel, MOV, PDF, PNG
HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK NAVIGATION V1 GLOBAL HAWK GPS, INS 2012-09-06 to 2014-09-30 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN ASCII - XML
HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) WORLD WIDE LIGHTNING LOCATION NETWORK (WWLLN) STORMS V1 WWLLN GPS, RF ANTENNA, VLF RECEIVERS 2012-08-28 to 2014-10-20 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN netCDF-4 - ASCII
IMERG and LHASA Global Landslide Exposure Maps 1.0 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2001-01-01 to 2017-01-01 GLOBAL LAND
Impacts of Wildfires on Boreal Forest Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics MODELS, LANDSAT-1 Computer, MSS 1986-01-01 to 2020-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CSV
India Annual Winter Cropped Area, 2001-2016 MODELS, Terra Computer, MODIS 2001-03-31 to 2016-03-31 INDIA GeoTIFF, netCDF-4, PDF, PNG, WMS
India Village-Level Geospatial Socio-Economic Data Set: 1991, 2001 MODELS Computer 1991-01-01, 2001-12-31 INDIA Shapefile, Geodatabase, PDF, PNG, WMS
Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Ancillary Data MODELS Computer 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31 GLOBAL Grid, Shapefile
Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Annual Chlorophyll-a Concentration 1998-2007 OrbView-2 SeaWiFS 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31 GLOBAL Grid, GeoTIFF
Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Change in Chlorophyll-a Concentration 1998-2007 OrbView-2 SeaWiFS 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31 GLOBAL, ANGOLA, CAMEROON, CONGO, EQUATORIAL GUINEA Excel, CSV, PDF, PNG, WMS
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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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