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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
Pre-ABoVE: Ground-penetrating Radar Measurements of ALT on the Alaska North Slope FIELD INVESTIGATION GPR, GPS, SOIL DEPTH PROBE 2014-08-10 to 2014-08-15 N: 69.15 S: 68.4 E: -148.7 W: -149.5 CSV
Pre-ABoVE: Remotely Sensed Active Layer Thickness, Barrow, Alaska, 2006-2011 ALOS PALSAR 2006-01-01 to 2011-12-31 N: 71.35 S: 71.2 E: -156.39 W: -156.89 netCDF-3
Pre-ABoVE: Remotely Sensed Active Layer Thickness, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 1992-2000 ALOS PALSAR 1992-01-01 to 2000-12-31 N: 70.45 S: 69.95 E: -146.99 W: -149.5 netCDF-3
Pre-Delta-X: AVIRIS-derived Total Suspended Solids Maps for MRD, LA, USA, 2015-2016 B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2015-05-06 to 2016-10-18 LOUISIANA N: 29.8749 S: 29.2896 E: -90.7103 W: -91.567 GeoTIFF
Pre-Delta-X: Channel Bathymetry of the Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 FIELD SURVEYS SONAR 2016-10-16 to 2016-10-20 LOUISIANA N: 29.958 S: 28.9777 E: -90.3594 W: -91.9078 multiple
Pre-Delta-X: L1 UAVSAR Single Look Complex and Interferograms, MRD, LA, USA, 2016 UAV UAVSAR 2016-10-16 to 2016-10-17 LOUISIANA N: 29.7582 S: 29.3562 E: -91.0577 W: -91.622 multiple
Pre-Delta-X: L2 AVIRIS-NG Surface Spectral Reflectance across MRD, LA, USA, 2015-2016 B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2015-05-06 to 2016-10-22 LOUISIANA N: 29.9743 S: 29.0729 E: -89.9339 W: -91.567 ENVI
Pre-Delta-X: River Discharge Channel Surveys across Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 FIELD SURVEYS ADCP 2016-10-15 to 2016-10-20 LOUISIANA N: 29.7422 S: 29.4432 E: -91.2124 W: -91.437 CSV
Pre-Delta-X: Spectral Reflectance of Water Surface, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 ZODIACS Field Spectroradiometer 2016-10-14 to 2016-10-21 LOUISIANA N: 29.744 S: 29.4168 E: -90.9964 W: -91.4859 CSV
Pre-Delta-X: Total Suspended Solids of Surface Water across MRD, LA, USA, 2015-2016 FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY WATER BOTTLES, BALANCE 2015-05-06 to 2016-10-21 LOUISIANA N: 29.744 S: 29.2217 E: -90.6776 W: -91.5024 CSV
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