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Human Dimensions Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
ENVISAT MERIS Regional Mapped Inland Waters (ILW) Data, version 5.0 ENVISAT MERIS 2002-03-21 to 2012-05-09 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALASKA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
Export and Leaching of Carbon and Nitrogen from Mississippi River Basin, 1901-2099 MODELS Computer 1901-01-01 to 2099-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 53 S: 24.5 E: -62 W: -126 multiple
Fire Intensity and Burn Severity Metrics for Circumpolar Boreal Forests, 2001-2013 COMPUTERS, Terra, Aqua Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31 N: 80 S: 40 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF
Fire Particulate Emissions from Combined VIIRS and AHI Data for Indonesia, 2015-2020 Himawari-8, COMPUTERS, Suomi-NPP AHI, Computer, VIIRS 2015-07-04 to 2020-12-31 INDONESIA N: 10.1 S: -11 E: 153 W: 89 CSV
FIREX-AQ Satellite And Related Ancillary Data Suomi-NPP, GOES-17, GOES-16 VIIRS, CCD IMAGER, GOES-16 Imager 2019-07-01 to 2019-09-06 NORTH AMERICA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, TROPOSPHERE netCDF-3, PNG
Food Insecurity Hotspots Data Set MODELS Computer 2009-01-01 to 2019-12-31 GLOBAL N: 38.5 S: -26.87 E: 75.69 W: -105.27 GeoTIFF, PNG, PDF, Shapefile
Forest Inventories and DBH at Burned and Unburned Forest Sites, Acre, Brazil, 2017 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2017-10-07 to 2017-12-13 N: -9.75418 S: -10.0833 E: -67.2818 W: -68.1477 multiple
Forest Inventories at Burned and Unburned Tropical Forest Sites, Acre, Brazil, 2014 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2014-07-01 to 2014-08-31 N: -9.73446 S: -9.89909 E: -67.0199 W: -67.637 CSV
Forest Preservation Ranking and Vertebrate Species Richness, Western USA, 2020-2099 CLM-LSM Computer 2001-01-01 to 2099-12-31 ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, IDAHO, NEVADA N: 52.015 S: 27.71 E: -100.502 W: -132.503 multiple
Geocoded Disasters (GDIS) Dataset MODELS Computer 1960-01-01 to 2018-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180 CSV, Geodatabase, GeoPackage, RData, PDF, PDF, PNG
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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
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
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
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