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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
BOREAS TGB-01 CH4 & CO2 Chamber Flux Data: NSA 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY THERMOCOUPLES, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS 1994-05-16 to 1994-09-13

N: 55.93 S: 55.84 E: -98.03 W: -98.62

ASCII
FLUXNET Canada Research Network - Canadian Carbon Program Data Collection, 1993-2014 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIELD SURVEYS PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, THERMOMETERS, THERMISTORS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CO2 ANALYZERS, PROBES 1993-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 55.88 S: 42.6609 E: -67.0993 W: -125.334

CSV
ABoVE: Riverbank Erosion and Vegetation Changes, Yukon River Basin, Alaska, 1984-2017 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 TM, ETM+, OLI 1984-01-01 to 2017-12-31

N: 68.1463 S: 61.9076 E: -143.305 W: -161.459

multiple
LBA Regional Derived Soil Properties, 0.5-Deg (ISRIC-WISE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION PH METERS 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85

Binary
Standing Crop & Nitrogen Content (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, SOIL DEPTH PROBE, COLORIMETERS, INCLINOMETERS 1987-05-28 to 1987-10-12

N: 39.1 S: 39.07 E: -96.53 W: -96.59

multiple
BOREAS TGB-12 Soil Carbon Data: NSA 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY THERMOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, THERMISTORS, CHN ANALYZERS, BALANCE, MASS SPECTROMETERS 1993-08-01 to 1996-07-21

N: 55.93 S: 55.07 E: -97.7 W: -98.95

ASCII
Pre-LBA RADAMBRASIL Project Data 1 LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS CARBON ANALYZERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CORING DEVICES 1973-01-01 to 1986-12-31

N: 5 S: -15 E: -42 W: -75

CSV
SMAPVEX19-22 Massachusetts Temporary Soil Moisture Network V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 2019-05-01 to 2021-10-31

N: 42.69 S: 42.34 E: -71.95 W: -72.29

CSV
CAR LEADEX Arctic Sea Ice and Tundra Radiation Measurements L1 V1 (CAR_LEADEX_L1C) at GES DISC 1 C-131A CAR 1992-04-07 to 1992-04-19

N: 73.9717 S: 69.4298 E: -142.975 W: -155.433

Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation, Geobotanical, Physiographic Maps, 1982-2003 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT-5 STEEL MEASURING TAPE, AVHRR 1982-06-01 to 2010-09-30

N: 90 S: 55.8 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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