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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
Global One-Eighth Degree 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, Grid, netCDF-4
Global Organic Soil Carbon and Nitrogen (Zinke et al.) FIELD SURVEYS BALANCE, COLORIMETERS 1940-01-01 to 1986-12-31 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 multiple
Global Peatland Carbon Balance and Land Use Change CO2 Emissions Through the Holocene MODELS Computer 1000-01-01 to 2001-12-31 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 multiple
Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01 MODELS Computer 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31 GLOBAL N: 70.4 S: -45.88 E: 176.82 W: -153.03 Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMS
Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Reservoirs, Revision 01 MODELS Computer 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31 GLOBAL N: 70.4 S: -45.88 E: 176.83 W: -153.04 Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMS
Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): Land and Geographic Unit Area Grids MODELS Computer 2000-07-01 AFRICA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, GLOBAL N: 85 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180 ASCII, Grid, PDF, PNG, WMS
Global Salt Marsh Change, 2000-2019 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 ETM+, OLI 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31 GLOBAL LAND N: 74 S: -47 E: 180 W: -170 COG
Global Sentinel-1 Burst ID Map Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2022-05-30 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Global Soil Data Products CD-ROM Contents (IGBP-DIS) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1995-01-01 to 1996-12-31 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 Binary
Global Soil Profile Data (ISRIC-WISE) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 multiple
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