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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
Soil Thermal Conductivity Data (FIFE) LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, SOIL HEAT PROBE 1987-10-18 to 1987-10-18 N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 multiple
Soil Water Prop. Derived Data (FIFE) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1989-10-31 to 1989-10-31 N: 39.09 S: 39.05 E: -96.47 W: -96.6 multiple
Spectral Reflectance and Ancillary Data, Tundra Transect, North Slope, AK, 2000-2022 FIELD SURVEYS INFRARED THERMOMETERS, SPECTRORADIOMETERS 2000-06-30 to 2022-08-08 ALASKA N: 71.3221 S: 71.322 E: -156.602 W: -156.604 multiple
Standing Crop & Nitrogen Content (FIFE) 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
Stocks of Surface Soil Organic Carbon Fractions, Great Plains Region, USA, 2007-2010 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION, MODELS CARBON ANALYZERS, SOIL SAMPLER, Computer 2007-05-01 to 2010-10-01 N: 45.8303 S: 31.2183 E: -94.4349 W: -111.932 multiple
Sub-global Scenarios that Extend the Global SSP Narratives: Literature Database, Version 1, 2014-2021 MODELS Computer 2014-01-01 to 2021-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 Excel
Surface Flux Baseline 92 Derived (FIFE) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1987-05-14 to 1987-10-19 N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 CSV
Surface Radiance Data: UNL (FIFE) FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, PLANT STRESS MONITOR, NET RADIOMETERS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1987-05-30 to 1989-08-11 N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.47 W: -96.59 multiple
Synthesis of Winter In Situ Soil CO2 Flux in pan-Arctic and Boreal Regions, 1989-2017 SATELLITES, FIELD SURVEYS, MERRA-2, ADEOS-II MODIS, CO2 ANALYZERS, TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, THERMOMETERS, IR CO2 ANALYZER, LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER, SOIL SAMPLER, Computer, AMSR 1989-09-01 to 2017-04-30 CANADA, ALASKA, ARCTIC N: 78.917 S: 53.876 E: 161.992 W: -163.711 CSV
The ABCflux Database: Arctic-Boreal CO2 Flux and Site Environmental Data, 1989-2020 MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS Computer, PROBES, THERMOMETERS, GAS SENSORS 1989-12-01 to 2020-09-30 RUSSIAN FEDERATION, NORWAY, CANADA, ICELAND, SWEDEN N: 82.8225 S: 48.2167 E: 161.55 W: -165.62 CSV
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