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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
Geostationary Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Hourly North and South America 4 km V001 GOES-8, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-12, GOES-13, GOES-14, GOES-15, GOES-16 GOES-8 Imager, GOES-10 Imager, GOES-11 Imager, GOES-12 Imager, GOES-13 Imager, GOES-14 Imager, GOES-15 Imager, GOES-16 Imager 2000-04-01 to 2016-12-30 NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA N: 71.892242873168 S: -20.959026825734 E: 3.4957049484841 W: -180 HDF-EOS5
Geostationary Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Hourly North and South America 4 km V002 GOES-8, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-12, GOES-13, GOES-14, GOES-15, GOES-16, GOES-17 GOES-8 Imager, GOES-10 Imager, GOES-11 Imager, GOES-12 Imager, GOES-13 Imager, GOES-14 Imager, GOES-15 Imager, GOES-16 Imager 2000-04-01 to 2024-01-01 NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA N: 71.892242873168 S: -20.959026825734 E: 3.4957049484841 W: -180 HDF-EOS5
Geostationary Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Hourly North and South America 4 km V002 GOES-8, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-12, GOES-13, GOES-14, GOES-15, GOES-16, GOES-17 GOES-8 Imager, GOES-10 Imager, GOES-11 Imager, GOES-12 Imager, GOES-13 Imager, GOES-14 Imager, GOES-15 Imager, GOES-16 Imager, GOES-17 Imager 2000-04-01 to 2024-01-01 NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA N: 71.892242873168 S: -20.959026825734 E: 3.4957049484841 W: -180 HDF-EOS5
Global 1-km Downscaled Urban Land Extent Projection and Base Year Grids by SSP Scenarios, 2000-2100 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2100-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF, netCDF-4
Global 1-km Gridded Thickness of Soil, Regolith, and Sedimentary Deposit Layers DEM HYDROMETERS 1900-01-01 to 2015-12-31 N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF
Global Annual Soil Respiration Data (Raich and Schlesinger 1992) FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER, IRGA 1963-01-01 to 1992-01-01 N: 71.18 S: -37.5 E: 146.5 W: -156.4 multiple
Global Data Set of Derived Soil Properties, 0.5-Degree Grid (ISRIC-WISE) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 ASCII Grid
Global Distribution of Plant-Extractable Water Capacity of Soil (Dunne) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 multiple
Global Fire Emissions Indicators, Country-Level Tabular Data: 1997-2015 MODELS Computer 1997-01-01 to 2015-12-31 GLOBAL, AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, AMERICAN SAMOA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 Excel
Global Fire Emissions Indicators, Grids: 1997-2015 MODELS Computer 1997-01-01 to 2015-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
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