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Land Surface Data Access and Tools

NASA data provide key measurements of Earth’s land, allowing researchers to accurately understand its composition, processes, uses, and interactions. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Land Surface Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
ASF MapReady Terrain-correct, geocode, and apply polarimetric decompositions to multi-pol SAR data Processing
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
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
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
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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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
Northern and Mid-Latitude Soil Database, Version 1, R1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31 N: 71.4 S: 50.9 E: -129.3 W: -180 Shapefile
NPP Multi-Biome: Summary Data from Intensive Studies at 125 Sites, 1936-2006 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS SOIL SAMPLER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1936-01-01 to 2006-12-31 N: 71.31 S: -45.68 E: 146.27 W: -157.67 multiple
NPP/VIIRS Atmospherically Corrected Surface Reflectance 6-Min L2 Swath 375m, 750m Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2023-10-10 GLOBAL N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180 hdf
NPP/VIIRS Atmospherically Corrected Surface Reflectance 6-Min L2 Swath 375m, 750m NRT Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2016-11-01 GLOBAL N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180 hdf
NPP/VIIRS Surface Reflectance Daily L2G Global 1km and 500m SIN Grid Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2023-10-10 GLOBAL N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180 h5 (Hierarchical Data Format (version 5))
NPP/VIIRS Surface Reflectance Daily L2G Global 1km and 500m SIN Grid NRT Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2016-11-01 GLOBAL N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180 h5 (Hierarchical Data Format (version 5))
NRT AMSR2 UNIFIED L2B HALF-ORBIT 25 KM EASE-GRID SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE BETA V1 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 GLOBAL N: 89.24 S: -89324 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4; HDF-EOS-5
NRT AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture Beta V2 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2018-04-11 GLOBAL N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4 - HDF-EOS5
NRT AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture Preliminary V0 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 GLOBAL N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4; HDF-EOS-5
OPERA Coregistered Single-Look Complex from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1) Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present HDF5, XML
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