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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Geobotanical and Impact Map Collection for Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska, 1972-2010 1 FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION, LANDSAT 1949-01-01 to 2010-07-31

N: 71.0271 S: 69.9702 E: -146.974 W: -150.167

multiple
GeoCryoAI: Ensemble Learning and the Permafrost Carbon Feedback in Alaska, 1963-2022 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1960-01-01 to 2022-12-31

N: 72 S: 54 E: -134.776 W: -170

TAR
Geoecology: County-Level Environmental Data for the United States, 1941-1981 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1941-01-01 to 1981-12-31

N: 49.3844 S: 24.4981 E: -66.9499 W: -124.763

Text File
Geospatial Data for Modeling Soil Carbon Stocks across Pacific Northwest Watersheds 1 Sentinel-2A, MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS Sentinel-2 MSI, Computer, SURVEYING TOOLS 2012-01-01 to 2022-12-31

N: 58.7242 S: 46.7725 E: -118.086 W: -134.983

multiple
Geostationary Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Hourly North and South America 4 km V001 001 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

N: 71.892242873168 S: -20.959026825734 E: 3.4957049484841 W: -180

4000 Meters x 4000 Meters HDF-EOS5
Geostationary Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Hourly North and South America 4 km V002 002 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

N: 71.892242873168 S: -20.959026825734 E: 3.4957049484841 W: -180

4000 Meters x 4000 Meters HDF-EOS5
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Ancillary 3-Hourly 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1988-01-01 to 2009-12-31 NetCDF-4
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Ancillary 3-Hourly Land-only 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1983-07-01 to 1987-12-31 NetCDF-4
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Ancillary 3-Hourly Ocean-only 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 2010-01-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
Glacial and Fast Ice Distributions in Southeast Greenland Fjords V001 1 Aqua, LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Terra MODIS, OLI, C-SAR, Sentinel-2 MSI 2015-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 70.009956 S: 60.286876 E: -22.410516 W: -44.199176

Shapefile, CSV, GeoPackage
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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
FLOOD The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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
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