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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
LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 1-Degree, 1987 (Defries and Townshend) NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11 AVHRR 1987-01-01 to 1987-12-31 N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 multiple
LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 1-km, 1992-1993 (Hansen et al.) NOAA-10, NOAA-9, NOAA-11 AVHRR 1992-01-01 to 1993-12-31 N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 multiple
LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 1-km, Version 1.2 (IGBP) NOAA-11 AVHRR 1992-04-01 to 1993-03-31 N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 multiple
LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 8-km, 1984 (DeFries et al.) NOAA-10, NOAA-9, NOAA-11 AVHRR 1984-01-01 to 1984-12-31 N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 multiple
LBA Regional Organic Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Data (Zinke et al.) FIELD SURVEYS CARBON ANALYZERS, COLORIMETERS 1940-01-01 to 1984-12-31 N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 multiple
LBA Regional Tree Cover from AVHRR, 1-km, 1992-1993 (DeFries et al.) NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11 AVHRR 1992-01-01 to 1993-12-31 N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 multiple
LBA Regional Vegetation and Soils, 1-Degree (Wilson and Henderson-Sellers) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1900-01-01 to 1999-12-31 N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 multiple
LBA Regional Wetlands Data Set, 1-Degree (Matthews and Fung) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1971-01-01 to 1982-01-01 N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 multiple
LBA-ECO CD-02 Oxygen Isotopes of Plant Tissue Water and Atmospheric Water Vapor LABORATORY MASS SPECTROMETERS 1999-03-01 to 2004-09-30 N: 1 S: -10.7618 E: 54.5792 W: -62.3572 CSV
LBA-ECO CD-03 Flux-Meteorological Data, km 77 Pasture Site, Para, Brazil: 2000-2005 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-09-01 to 2006-01-01 N: -3.0202 S: -3.0202 E: -54.8942 W: -54.8942 CSV
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