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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 Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
Archived SAFARI 2000 Project Website, October 2008 COMPUTERS Computer 1999-01-01 to 2008-10-01 SOUTHERN AFRICA, CENTRAL AFRICA N: 18 S: -35 E: 55 W: -18 HTML
Arctic Alaska Vegetation, Geobotanical, Physiographic Maps, 1993-2005 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT-5 VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, AVHRR 1993-06-01 to 2005-03-30 N: 71.3703 S: 57.0847 E: -138.542 W: -173.052 multiple
Arctic Circumpolar Distribution and Soil Carbon of Thermokarst Landscapes, 2015 MODELS Computer 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31 N: 83.6162 S: 45.5364 E: 180 W: -180 Shapefile
Arctic Tundra Flux Study in the Kuparuk River Basin (Alaska), 1994-1996 FIELD INVESTIGATION EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMISTORS, BAROMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-01-01 to 1997-01-01 N: 69 S: 45 E: -130 W: -171 ASCII
Arctic Vegetation Plots at ARCSS/LAII Flux Sites, North Slope, Alaska, 1995-1996 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1995-08-15 to 1996-08-18 N: 70.2835 S: 68.49 E: -148.59 W: -150.25 CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots at Arrigetch Peaks, Alaska, 1978-1981 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1978-01-01 to 1981-04-30 N: 67.5583 S: 67.2667 E: -154.218 W: -154.5 CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots at Atqasuk, Alaska, 1975, 2000, and 2010 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS BALANCE, PH METERS 1975-01-01 to 2010-12-31 N: 70.4643 S: 70.4433 E: -157.346 W: -157.412 CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots at Frost Boil Sites, North Slope, Alaska, 2000-2006 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS 2000-08-16 to 2006-07-30 N: 70.3811 S: 69.1469 E: -147.991 W: -148.994 CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots at Happy Valley, Alaska, 1994 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY PROBES, SOIL SAMPLER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1994-07-18 to 1994-07-31 N: 69.1689 S: 69.122 E: -148.82 W: -148.868 CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots at Imnavait Creek, Alaska, 1984-1985 FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION SOIL SAMPLER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER, SPECTROMETERS, PROBES 1984-08-01 to 1985-09-01 N: 68.625 S: 68.6 E: -149.23 W: -149.325 CSV
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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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