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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 HYD-06 Ground Gravimetric Soil Moisture Data FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, CORING DEVICES, SNOW TUBE 1993-09-08 to 1994-09-05 N: 57 S: 53.38 E: -98.23 W: -106.33 ASCII
BOREAS HYD-06 Moss/Humus Moisture Data FIELD INVESTIGATION SNOW TUBE, BALANCE 1993-09-09 to 1994-09-05 N: 55.94 S: 53.64 E: -98.23 W: -105.32 ASCII
BOREAS HYD-08 DEM Data over the NSA-MSA and SSA-MSA in UTM Projection MAPS DIGITIZER 1970-01-01 to 1989-12-31 N: 56.06 S: 53.69 E: -98.09 W: -105.23 Binary
BOREAS Landsat MSS Imagery: Digital Counts LANDSAT-1, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-2 MSS 1972-08-21 to 1988-09-05 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 Binary
BOREAS Landsat TM Level-3a Imagery: Scaled At-Sensor Radiance in BSQ Format LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4 TM 1984-06-22 to 1996-07-30 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.23 multiple
BOREAS Landsat TM Level-3b Imagery: At-Sensor Radiance in BSQ Format LANDSAT-5 TM 1984-06-22 to 1996-07-30 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.34 W: -106.32 Shapefile
BOREAS Landsat TM Level-3p Imagery: Geocoded and Scaled At-Sensor Radiance LANDSAT-5 TM 1988-08-20 to 1994-07-07 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 Binary
BOREAS Landsat TM Level-3s Imagery: Scaled At-Sensor Radiance in LGSOWG Format LANDSAT-5 TM 1984-06-22 to 1996-07-30 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 multiple
BOREAS Level-0 AOCI Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format NASA ER-2 AOCI 1994-07-21 to 1994-07-21 N: 54.46 S: 52.98 E: -104.93 W: -105.91 Binary
BOREAS Level-0 TIMS Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format C-130 TIMS 1994-04-16 to 1994-09-17 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 Binary
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