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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 Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Global Vegetation Greenness (NDVI) from AVHRR GIMMS-3G+, 1981-2022 1 NOAA POES, METOP-A, METOP-B, METOP-C AVHRR 1982-01-01 to 2022-12-31

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

netCDF-4 classic
Arctic Vegetation Plots at Happy Valley, Alaska, 1994 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY PROBES, SOIL SAMPLER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1994-07-18 to 1994-07-31

N: 69.1689 S: 69.122 E: -148.82 W: -148.868

CSV
BOREAS RSS-08 BIOME-BGC Model Simulations at Tower Flux Sites in 1994 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 55.9 S: 53.63 E: -98.29 W: -106.2

ASCII
CMS: Carbon Fluxes from Global Agricultural Production and Consumption, 2005-2011 1 MODELS Computer 2005-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 83.637 S: -59.463 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
CLASIC07 In Situ Soil Moisture Data V001 1 FIELD SURVEYS SOIL SAMPLER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE 2007-06-07 to 2007-07-07

N: 35.21 S: 34.91 E: -97.95 W: -98.59

0.8 Kilometers x 0.8 Kilometers ASCII
Global Peatland Carbon Balance and Land Use Change CO2 Emissions Through the Holocene 1 MODELS Computer 1000-01-01 to 2001-12-31

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

multiple
Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L4 Soil Moisture Ancillary Climatology Files V001 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2015-01-31 to Present

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

netCDF-4
LBA-ECO LC-07 Lake Sediment Nutrient Data, Lago Calado, Brazil: 1982-1984 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY DREDGING DEVICES, SEDIMENT CORERS, SPECTROMETERS, CHN ANALYZERS 1982-02-01 to 1984-08-31

N: -3.269 S: -3.319 E: -60.548 W: -60.583

CSV
Maps of Vegetation Types and Physiographic Features, Imnavait Creek, Alaska 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1970-06-01 to 2015-08-31

N: 68.6321 S: 68.61 E: -149.258 W: -149.376

multiple
SENTINEL-1B_SINGLE_POL_METADATA_GRD_HIGH_RES 1 Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2016-04-25 to 2021-12-24

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

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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
OB.DAAC File Search Utility Find and download instrument data archived at OB.DAAC using mission parameters or filename patterns, including support for wildcard searching on partial filenames. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Ocean Color Level 3 and 4 Browser The Ocean Color Level 3 and 4 Browser allows users to view, download, or order global composites at various spatial and temporal scales (level 3) or get results from analyses of lower-level data (level 4). Analysis, Search and Discovery, 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
SeaDAS Sea, earth, atmosphere Data Analysis System (SeaDAS) is a comprehensive image analysis package for the processing, display, analysis, and quality control of ocean color data. Analysis, Visualization, Processing
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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