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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 TGB-06 Soil Methane Oxidation and Production from NSA BP and Fen Sites FIELD INVESTIGATION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS 1993-08-24 to 1996-09-11 N: 55.93 S: 55.84 E: -98.03 W: -104.69 ASCII
BOREAS TGB-12 Carbon Dioxide Isotopic Content Data over the NSA LABORATORY MASS SPECTROMETERS 1993-11-14 to 1996-10-10 N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -98.29 W: -98.62 ASCII
BOREAS TGB-12 Radon-222 Activity Data over the NSA LABORATORY SCINTILLATION COUNTERS 1993-11-15 to 1994-08-16 N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -97.71 W: -98.62 ASCII
BOREAS TGB-12 Radon-222 Flux Data: NSA LABORATORY SCINTILLATION COUNTERS 1993-11-15 to 1994-08-16 N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -97.71 W: -98.62 ASCII
BOREAS TGB-12 Soil Carbon and Flux Data of NSA-MSA in Raster Format NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1937-01-01 to 1996-12-31 N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05 Binary
BOREAS TGB-12 Soil Carbon Data: NSA FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY THERMOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, THERMISTORS, CHN ANALYZERS, BALANCE, MASS SPECTROMETERS 1993-08-01 to 1996-07-21 N: 55.93 S: 55.07 E: -97.7 W: -98.95 ASCII
BOREAS TGB-12 Soil Carbon Site Information FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1993-08-01 to 1994-08-31 N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05 ASCII
BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1994 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS WIND MONITOR, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1993-12-15 to 1994-12-31 N: 56.89 S: 52.15 E: -97.87 W: -108.51 ASCII
BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1995 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS WIND MONITOR, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31 N: 56.89 S: 52.15 E: -97.87 W: -108.51 ASCII
BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1996 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS INFRARED THERMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31 N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05 ASCII
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