Skip to main content

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

View All Datasets
Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
NACP NAFD Project: Forest Disturbance Intensity for CONUS from Landsat, 1986-2015 1 LANDSAT MULTI-SPECTRAL 1986-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 51.68 S: 22.69 E: -65.2 W: -128.03

COG
NACP North American 8-km Net Ecosystem Exchange and Component Fluxes, 2004 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2004-01-01 to 2004-12-31

N: 90 S: 2.736 E: -34.113 W: -179.553

Binary
NACP Regional: Gridded 1-deg Observation Data and Biosphere and Inverse Model Outputs 1 Terra, Aqua MODIS 1990-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

Shapefile
NACP: Forest Carbon Stocks, Fluxes and Productivity Estimates, Western USA, 1979-2099 1 MODELS Computer 1979-01-01 to 2099-12-31

N: 49.0351 S: 31.1875 E: -101.961 W: -124.812

netCDF-4 classic
NACP: Urban Greenhouse Gases across the CO2 Urban Synthesis and Analysis Network, V2 2 Vaisala HydroMet AWS, AWOS PICARRO G2401-mc CO2, CH4, CO, H2O INSTRUMENT, Picarro G2301-m 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 45.769 S: 32.865 E: -70.4972 W: -123.073

multiple
NAFD-ATT Forest Canopy Cover Loss from Landsat, CONUS, 1986-2010 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, MODELS TM, ETM+, Computer 1986-06-01 to 2010-09-15

N: 51.6785 S: 22.6911 E: -65.2025 W: -128.029

GeoTIFF
National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates (PLACE) 1.0 MODELS Computer 1995-07-01

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

Excel
National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 2 (PLACE II) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01, 2000-12-31

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

PDF, PNG
National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 3 (PLACE III) 3.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01, 2000-01-01, 2010-12-31

N: 85 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180

CSV, Excel, PDF, PNG, WMS
National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 4 (PLACE IV) 4.00 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01, 2005-01-01, 2010-01-01, 2015-01-01, 2020-01-01

N: 85 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180

Geodatabase, PDF, PNG, CSV
SHOWING 10 OF 505

Human Dimensions Data Tools

View All Data Tools
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
SHOWING 10 OF 22

Frequently Asked Questions

Earthdata Forum

Our online forum provides a space for users to browse thousands of FAQs about research needs, data, and data applications. You can also submit new questions for our experts to answer.

Submit Questions to Earthdata Forumand View Expert Responses

Earthdata
Forum