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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
SAFARI 2000 Annual Soil Respiration Data (Raich and Schlesinger 1992) FIELD INVESTIGATION PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS, IRGA 1963-01-01 to 1992-01-01 N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5 Text File
SAFARI 2000 ASTER and MODIS Fire Data Comparison, Dry Season 2001 TERRA MODIS, ASTER 2001-08-05 to 2001-10-05 N: -11.29 S: -26.83 E: 44.26 W: 16.31 ASCII
SAFARI 2000 AVHRR Daily Site (1.5 km) and 15-Day Regional (1.5- and 6-km) Imagery NOAA-14 AVHRR 1998-07-01 to 2000-10-31 N: -7.4861 S: -35.2617 E: 43.1995 W: 8.733 Binary
SAFARI 2000 AVHRR-derived Land Surface Temperature Maps, Africa, 1995-2000 NOAA-14 AVHRR 1995-01-01 to 2000-12-31 N: 43.71 S: -42.24 E: 64.52 W: -24.6 multiple
SAFARI 2000 Carbon in Live Vegetation, 0.5-Deg (Olson) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1960-01-01 to 1980-12-31 N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5 multiple
SAFARI 2000 Derived Soil Properties, 0.5-Deg (ISRIC-WISE) FIELD INVESTIGATION PH METERS 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31 N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5 multiple
SAFARI 2000 Digital Elevation Model, 1-km (GLOBE) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1999-01-01 to 1999-06-01 N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5 multiple
SAFARI 2000 Emissions Estimates, MODIS Burned Area Product, Dry Season 2000 TERRA MODIS 2000-08-31 to 2000-09-30 N: 0.3389 S: -34.1425 E: 46.6473 W: 9.6738 Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 Estimated BVOC Emissions for Southern African Land Cover Types METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, TERRA THERMOMETERS, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31 N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5 CSV
SAFARI 2000 Hydrographic Data, 1-Deg, Release 2.2 (Cogley) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1970-01-01 to 1990-01-01 N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5 multiple
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