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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
CMS: Terrestrial Carbon Stocks, Emissions, and Fluxes for Conterminous US, 2001-2016 LANDSAT-8, AQUA, ALOS, ALOS-2, DEM, MODELS, LANDSAT-5 OLI, MODIS, PALSAR, PALSAR-2, SRTM, Computer, TM 2001-01-01 to 2016-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 50 S: 25 E: -60 W: -130 netCDF-4
CMS: Tree Cover Estimates at 30 m Resolution for Mexico from 2000 to 2019 MODELS, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4, ISS Computer, OLI, TIRS, ETM+, TM, SRTM 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31 MEXICO N: 33.7967 S: 13.4057 E: -84.6252 W: -119.226 COG
CMS: Vegetative Lifeform Cover from Landsat SR for CONUS, 1984-2018 MODELS, LANDSAT-5, G-LiHT, LANDSAT-7 Computer, TM, LIDAR, ETM+ 1984-01-01 to 2018-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 50.6625 S: 23.2663 E: -65.0638 W: -126.714 GeoTIFF
CO2 and CH4 Fluxes from Waterbodies, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, 2016-2019 SATELLITES, FIELD SURVEYS, COMPUTERS Sentinel-2 MSI, SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, WATER BOTTLES, Computer 2016-07-07 to 2019-07-07 ALASKA N: 61.6781 S: 60.895 E: -162.073 W: -163.82 multiple
Coastal Wetland Elevation and Carbon Flux Inventory with Uncertainty, USA, 2006-2011 MODELS Computer 2006-01-01 to 2011-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 48.9917 S: 20.3831 E: -56.6627 W: -135.028 multiple
Collected Data from The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study, NASA, CD-ROM FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT, Airplane, SATELLITES, GOES HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PROBES, NETS, SOIL SAMPLER, MSS, TM, CAMERAS, RADIOSONDES, RAWINSONDES, VEGETATION-1, AVHRR 1993-01-01 to 1997-03-31 N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111 Shapefile
Combined ASTER and MODIS Emissivity database over Land (CAMEL) Coefficient Climatology Monthly Global 0.05Deg V003 Terra, AQUA ASTER, MODIS 2003-01-01 to 2022-01-01 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
Combined ASTER and MODIS Emissivity database over Land (CAMEL) Coefficient Monthly Global 0.05Deg V001 Terra, AQUA ASTER, MODIS 2000-04-01 to 2017-01-02 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
Combined ASTER and MODIS Emissivity database over Land (CAMEL) Coefficient Monthly Global 0.05Deg V002 Terra, AQUA ASTER, MODIS 2000-04-01 to 2017-01-01 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
Combined ASTER and MODIS Emissivity database over Land (CAMEL) Coefficient Monthly Global 0.05Deg V003 Terra, AQUA ASTER, MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2024-01-01 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
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