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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 Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Specific Quality Control Gridded Monthly CHART Normal Spectral Resolution V1 1 Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2013-01-01 to 2015-11-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

BOREAS TE-01 SSA-FEN Soil Profile Nutrient Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY THERMOMETERS, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, PH METERS, CHN ANALYZERS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS 1994-05-23 to 1994-10-21

N: 53.8 S: 53.8 E: -104.62 W: -104.62

ASCII
IceBridge ATM L4 Surface Elevation Rate of Change V001 1 C-130, DC-8, DHC-6, P-3A, P-3A ORION, P-3B, WP-3D ORION ATM, ACORDS 1993-06-23 to 2018-05-01

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

,

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

250 Meters x 250 Meters PNG, CSV
IceBridge LVIS-GH L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V001 1 C-130 LVIS-GH 2013-10-30 to 2013-11-14

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

,

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L1B Spectral Radiance Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 1 B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2021-03-27 to 2021-09-25

N: 29.8483 S: 29.0617 E: -89.6796 W: -91.587

ENVI
Amazon Forest Structure from Airborne Lidar, ED2 Initial Condition Files, 2016 1 COMPUTERS, AIRCRAFT Computer, LIDAR 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 5 S: -14 E: -45 W: -74

multiple
ISLSCP II GIMMS Monthly NDVI, 1981-2002 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra LICOR LEAF AREA METER, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, AVHRR, MODIS 1981-07-01 to 2002-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Shapefile
LUH2-GCB2019: Land-Use Harmonization 2 Update for the Global Carbon Budget, 850-2019 1 MODELS Computer 0850-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
LBA-ECO LC-21 Brazilian Amazon Fractional Land Cover Images: 1999-2002 1 LANDSAT ETM+ 1999-01-01 to 2003-07-04

N: 5.2722 S: -14 E: -41.7955 W: -73.9906

Shapefile
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Summer 2015 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2015-05-28 to 2015-06-12

N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -123.814

multiple
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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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