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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
ABoVE: Characterization of Burned and Unburned Spruce Forest Sites, Tanana, AK, 2017 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT PROBES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, TM 2017-07-26 to 2017-07-28 ALASKA N: 65.2315 S: 65.0968 E: -151.951 W: -152.416 CSV
ABoVE: Characterization of Carbon Dynamics in Burned Forest Plots, NWT, Canada, 2014 FIELD SURVEYS, MODELS, LABORATORY CLINOMETERS, Computer, MASS SPECTROMETERS 2015-06-14 to 2015-06-14 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES N: 71.6947 S: 56.2542 E: -102 W: -136.119 CSV
ABoVE: Climate Drivers of Pan-Arctic Tundra Vegetation Productivity, 1982-2015 NOAA POES, DMSP SSM/I, AVHRR 1982-01-01 to 2015-12-31 N: 90 S: 70 E: 180 W: -180 CSV
ABoVE: CO2 and CH4 Fluxes and Meteorology at Flux Tower Sites, Alaska, 2015-2017 FIELD SURVEYS, GROUND STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS PROBES, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, THERMOCOUPLES, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, PYRANOMETERS 2015-01-01 to 2017-03-09 N: 71.282 S: 68.4864 E: -155.75 W: -157.41 CSV
ABoVE: Corrected MODIS MAIAC Reflectance at Tower Sites, Alaska and Canada, 2000-2016 MODELS, Aqua, Terra Computer, MODIS 2000-02-24 to 2016-07-31 ALASKA, CANADA N: 71.3225 S: 42.6353 E: -74.0365 W: -157.409 CSV
ABoVE: Dall Sheep Response to Snow and Landscape Covariates, Alaska, 2005-2008 MODELS, Terra, Aqua Computer, MODIS 2005-09-01 to 2008-08-31 ALASKA N: 61.0517 S: 59.976 E: -153.033 W: -154.526 netCDF-4 classic
ABoVE: Distribution Maps of Wildland Fire Fuel Components across Alaskan Tundra, 2015 LANDSAT-8 OLI 2013-01-01 to 2017-12-31 ALASKA, YUKON TERRITORY N: 72.5229 S: 57.3911 E: -132.487 W: -170.006 GeoTIFF
ABoVE: Ecosystem Map, Great Slave Lake Area, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1997-2011 MODELS, LANDSAT-5, WORLDVIEW-2, ALOS Computer, MSS, TM, WV110, PALSAR 1997-09-25 to 2011-09-14 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES N: 65.1494 S: 58.5141 E: -109.463 W: -123.036 multiple
ABoVE: Gridded 30-m Aboveground Biomass, Shrub Dominance, North Slope, AK, 2007-2016 LANDSAT-5, MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT-7 TM, Computer, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, ETM+ 2007-06-01 to 2016-08-31 N: 76.226 S: 64.7265 E: -111.551 W: -168.576 multiple
ABoVE: Historical Lake Shorelines and Areas near Fairbanks, Alaska from 1949-2009 SPOT-1, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS HRVIR, CAMERA 1949-01-01 to 2009-12-31 ALASKA N: 64.96 S: 64.8282 E: -147.66 W: -147.98 Shapefile
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