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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
Resilience of Coastal Wetlands to Sea Level Rise, CONUS, 1996-2100 MODELS Computer 1996-01-01 to 2100-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 49.2069 S: 22.7276 E: -64.9678 W: -127.984 multiple
RLC AVHRR-Derived Land Cover, Former Soviet Union, 15-km, 1984-1993 NOAA-9 AVHRR 1984-01-01 to 1993-12-31 N: 75 S: 35.2389 E: 180 W: 19.816 multiple
RLC AVHRR-Derived Land Cover, Former Soviet Union, Far East, 1-km, 1990 NOAA-9 AVHRR 1990-05-15 to 1990-08-17 N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25 multiple
RLC Forest Cover Map of the Former Soviet Union, 1990 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31 N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25 BMP
RLC Forest Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1973 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31 N: 75 S: 35.1659 E: 170 W: 19.8165 multiple
RLC Generalized Forest Map of the Former Soviet Union, 1-km NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 1998-12-31 N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25 BMP
RLC Vegetative Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1990 MAPS DIGITIZER 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31 N: 75 S: 35.1659 E: 170 W: 19.8165 multiple
Russian Boreal Forest Disturbance Maps Derived from Landsat Imagery, 1984-2000 TERRA, LANDSAT-5 MODIS, TM, ETM+ 1984-06-01 to 2000-08-31 N: 65.3219 S: 43.7625 E: 138.627 W: 30.9828 GeoTIFF
SAFARI 2000 1-Degree Estimates of Burned Biomass, Area, and Emissions, 2000 MODELS, SPOT-4, ERS-2, TERRA Computer, MULTI-SPECTRAL, ATSR, MODIS 2000-08-01 to 2000-09-30 Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 ALI/ETM+ Tandem Image Pair for Skukuza, South Africa, May 2001 EO-1, LANDSAT-7 ALI, SPECTRORADIOMETERS, ETM+ 2001-05-30 to 2001-05-30 N: -23.5902 S: -25.5025 E: 33.1174 W: 30.7568 Binary
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