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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 Soil Texture and Derived Water-Holding Capacities (Webb et al.) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1950-01-01 to 1996-12-31 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 multiple
Global Soil Types, 0.5-Degree Grid (Modified Zobler) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1974-01-01 to 1982-01-01 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 multiple
Global Soil Types, 1-Degree Grid (Zobler) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1972-01-01 to 1982-01-01 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 multiple
Global Summer Land Surface Temperature (LST) Grids, 2013 MODELS Computer 2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31 AFRICA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA N: 80.01 S: -60.01 E: 179.99 W: -180 GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
Global Urban Heat Island (UHI) Data Set, 2013 MODELS Computer 2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31 AFRICA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA N: 78.28 S: -54.86 E: 179.46 W: -176.2 Excel, Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMS
Global Vegetation Greenness (NDVI) from AVHRR GIMMS-3G+, 1981-2022 NOAA POES, METOP-A, METOP-B, METOP-C AVHRR 1982-01-01 to 2022-12-31 GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4 classic
GPM Ground Validation Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) OLYMPEX V1 UND CITATION II LIDAR, VISIBLE SPECTROMETER 2014-09-04 to 2016-03-30 WASHINGTON N: 48.0909 S: 47.493 E: -123.129 W: -124.185 GeoTIFF
GPM GROUND VALIDATION COMPOSITE SATELLITE OVERPASSES GCPEX V1 DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F18 SSMIS 2012-01-17 to 2012-02-29 ONTARIO N: 50.5 S: 37.9 E: -70.9 W: -88.7 ASCII - netCDF-4
GPM GROUND VALIDATION COMPOSITE SATELLITE OVERPASSES MC3E V1 Aqua AMSR-E 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-05 OKLAHOMA N: 56.29 S: 13.59 E: -72.65 W: -115.49 ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION DC-8 CAMERA NADIR GCPEX NASA DC-8 PRT, VIDEO CAMERA 2012-02-20 to 2012-02-20 CANADA N: 47.0861 S: 43.4044 E: -67.495 W: -80.4001 HDF4
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