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SAFARI 2000 MODIS 500-m Burned Area Products, Southern Africa, Dry Season 2000 1 Terra MODIS 2000-06-27 to 2000-10-04

N: 0 S: -37.225 E: 56.7519 W: 5

multiple
SAFARI 2000 Pre- and Post-fire Reflectance near Kaoma, Zambia, Dry Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SPECTRORADIOMETERS, QUADRATS 2000-08-24 to 2000-09-04

N: -14.79 S: -14.79 E: 24.8 W: 24.8

multiple
SAR Subsets for Selected Field Sites, 2007-2010 1 ALOS PALSAR 2007-06-05 to 2010-12-14

N: 78.9459 S: -11.3224 E: -28.8805 W: -150.714

Shapefile
SDG Indicator 11.2.1: Urban Access to Public Transport, 2023 Release 2023.00 MODELS Computer 2015-01-01 to 2022-12-31

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

Shapefile, Geodatabase, CSV, PDF, PNG
SDG Indicator 11.7.1: Urban Public Space, Availability and Access, 2023 Release 2023.00 MODELS Computer 2015-01-01 to 2022-12-31

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

Shapefile, Geodatabase, CSV, PDF, PNG
SDG Indicator 7.1.1: Access to Electricity, 2023 Release 2023.00 MODELS Computer 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31

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

Shapefile, Geodatabase, CSV, PDF, PNG
SDG Indicator 9.1.1: Rural Access Index (RAI), 2023 Release 2023.00 MODELS Computer 2015-01-01 to 2022-12-31

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

Shapefile, Geodatabase, CSV, PDF, PNG
Sea Level Rise Impacts on Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance 1.0 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2010-12-31

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

Excel, WMS
Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) Literature Database, v1, 2014-2019 1.00 MODELS Computer 2014-01-01 to 2019-12-31

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

Excel
Simulated Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Estimates over Alaska, 2001-2015 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2001-05-10 to 2015-09-28

N: 71 S: 51 E: -128 W: -178

COG
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Collection of Treaty Texts 1.0 MODELS Computer 1940-10-12 to 2000-09-05

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

HTML
Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L4 Carbon Ancillary Biome Parameter Look Up Table V001 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2015-01-31 to Present

N: 86.4 S: -86.4 E: 180 W: -180

CSV
Sources of Methane Emissions (Vista-CA), State of California, USA 1 MODELS Computer 2005-01-01 to 2019-08-20

N: 41.9263 S: 32.5378 E: -114.493 W: -124.364

Shapefile
Sources of Methane Emissions (Vista-LA), South Coast Air Basin, California, USA 1 MODELS Computer 2005-01-01 to 2017-03-31

N: 34.8177 S: 33.4334 E: -116.676 W: -118.913

Shapefile
Spatial Data from the 2011 India Census 1.0 MODELS Computer 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 37.073831 S: 8.083816 E: 89.150397 W: 68.106253

Grid, GeoTIFF, Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMS
STAQS AVIRIS-NG-derived Methane and Carbon Dioxide Plumes, 2023 1 G-III AVIRIS-NG 2023-06-26 to 2023-08-15

N: 43.6502 S: 33.7137 E: -73.0945 W: -119.678

multiple
Sub-global Scenarios that Extend the Global SSP Narratives: Literature Database, Version 1, 2014-2021 1.00 MODELS Computer 2014-01-01 to 2021-12-31

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

Excel
Synthetic Assessment of Global Distribution of Vulnerability to Climate Change: Maps and Data, 2005, 2050, and 2100 1.0 MODELS Computer 2005-01-01, 2050-01-01, 2100-01-01

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

PDF, PDF, PNG, WMS
TM5-4DVAR Global Monthly Source-disaggregated Methane Emissions, 1999-2016 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1999-01-01 to 2016-12-31

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

multiple
TOMS/N7 MS SO2 Vertical Column 1-Orbit L2 Swath 50x50 km V3 (TOMSN7SO2) at GES DISC 3 Nimbus-7 TOMS 1978-11-01 to 1993-05-06

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

50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers
Tree Mortality from Fires and Bark Beetles at 1-km Resolution, Western USA, 2003-2012 1.1 FIELD SURVEYS, Airplane, COMPUTERS, SATELLITES VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, Computer, QUICKBIRD/BHRC-60 2003-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 52.0938 S: 28.4705 E: -100.538 W: -130.435

GeoTIFF
Trends in Global Freshwater Availability from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) 1.00 GRACE ACC 2002-01-01 to 2016-12-31

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

0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
Twentieth Century Crop Statistics, 1900-2017 1.00 MODELS Computer 1900-01-01 to 2017-12-31

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

Excel
Understory Vegetation Biomass from Selected Burned and Unburned sites in Alaska 1 FIELD SURVEYS SURVEYING TOOLS 2016-08-09 to 2018-07-11

N: 68.991 S: 63.8799 E: -146.558 W: -150.28

CSV
Urban Biogenic CO2 fluxes: GPP, Reco and NEE Estimates from SMUrF, 2010-2019 1 MODELS, SATELLITES Computer, MODIS 2010-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 60 S: -40 E: 155 W: -125

netCDF-4 classic
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Human Dimensions Data Tools

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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
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
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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