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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 Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
ABoVE: Soil Moisture and Active Layer Thickness in Alaska and NWT, Canada, 2008-2020 FIELD SURVEYS PROBES, GPR, TDR 2008-06-22 to 2020-08-15 ALASKA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES N: 71.3236 S: 60.4524 E: -111.368 W: -165.973 CSV
ABoVE: Soil Moisture and Active Layer Thickness in Alaska, USA and Canada, 2005-2022 FIELD SURVEYS SOIL DEPTH PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE 2005-01-10 to 2022-09-28 ALASKA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES N: 71.3236 S: 58.2077 E: -111.368 W: -165.974 CSV
ABoVE: Soil Moisture and ALT Field Collection Protocols and Probe Calibration FIELD SURVEYS SOIL DEPTH PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SURVEYING TOOLS 2015-01-01 to 2024-12-31 ALASKA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, ALBERTA N: 81.6086 S: 39.415 E: -66.9178 W: -176.125 PDF
ABoVE: Soil Temperature and VWC at Unburned and Burned Sites Across Alaska, 2016-2023 FIELD SURVEYS TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2016-08-11 to 2023-09-02 ALASKA N: 68.9908 S: 61.2701 E: -146.558 W: -163.239 CSV
ABoVE: Soil Temperature Profiles, USArray Seismic Stations, 2016-2021 FIELD INVESTIGATION TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE 2016-05-13 to 2021-07-08 ALASKA N: 71.0033 S: 59.2533 E: -141.594 W: -165.35 multiple
ABoVE: Soil Temperature Profiles, USArray Seismic Stations, AK and Canada, 2016-2019 FIELD SURVEYS TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2016-06-25 to 2019-08-22 ALASKA, YUKON TERRITORY N: 69.9175 S: 63.8864 E: -134.343 W: -163.178 CSV
ABoVE: Spatial Estimates of Carbon Combustion from Wildfires across SK, Canada, 2015 MODELS Computer 2015-04-06 to 2015-08-11 SASKATCHEWAN N: 61.2389 S: 51.1943 E: -100.168 W: -116.055 GeoTIFF
ABoVE: Study Domain and Standard Reference Grids FIELD SURVEYS Computer 2014-01-01 to 2021-12-31 ALASKA, CANADA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ABoVE: Study Domain and Standard Reference Grids, Version 2 FIELD SURVEYS Computer 2014-01-01 to 2023-04-20 ALASKA, CANADA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 multiple
ABoVE: Subsistence Resource Use Areas of Interior Alaskan Communities, 2011-2017 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2011-01-01 to 2017-12-31 ALASKA N: 70.1477 S: 51.7133 E: -131.525 W: -176.646 Shapefile
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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
OB.DAAC File Search Utility Find and download instrument data archived at OB.DAAC using mission parameters or filename patterns, including support for wildcard searching on partial filenames. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Ocean Color Level 3 and 4 Browser The Ocean Color Level 3 and 4 Browser allows users to view, download, or order global composites at various spatial and temporal scales (level 3) or get results from analyses of lower-level data (level 4). Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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
SeaDAS Sea, earth, atmosphere Data Analysis System (SeaDAS) is a comprehensive image analysis package for the processing, display, analysis, and quality control of ocean color data. Analysis, Visualization, Processing
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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