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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
BOREAS Daedalus TMS Level-0 Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format NASA ER-2 TMS 1994-09-16 to 1994-09-17 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 BIL
BOREAS DEM Data over the NSA-MSA and SSA-MSA in AEAC Projection MAPS DIGITIZER 1970-01-01 to 1989-12-31 N: 56.14 S: 53.65 E: -97.98 W: -105.23 Binary
BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 ASCII
BOREAS Elevation Contours over the NSA and SSA ARC/Info Generate Format MAPS DIGITIZER 1970-01-01 to 1989-12-31 N: 56.06 S: 53.69 E: -98.09 W: -105.23 multiple
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-01 Landsat TM Land Cover Mosaic of the BOREAS Transect LANDSAT-5 TM 1991-08-09 to 1998-08-28 N: 57 S: 52 E: -96 W: -107 multiple
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-01 NBIOME Level-4 AVHRR Land Cover, Canada, Ver. 1.1, 1995 NOAA-14 AVHRR 1995-04-11 to 1995-11-01 N: 67 S: 34 E: -9 W: -178 multiple
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-08 POLDER Atmospherically Corrected Surface Parameters, SSA C-130 POLDER 1994-06-01 to 1994-07-22 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 BMP
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-09 Moss Cover Classification at Three Area Scales LANDSAT-5, NOAA-11 TM, AVHRR 1992-04-01 to 1994-12-31 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 BMP
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-10 Reclassified Regridded TM Mosaic Land Cover Maps, 1994 LANDSAT-5 TM 1994-01-01 to 1995-01-01 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 BMP
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-10 Regridded Land Cover Maps for 1994 NOAA-11 AVHRR 1994-01-01 to 1995-01-01 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 BMP
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