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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-ECO LC-22 Field Validation of MODIS Deforestation Detection, Brazil, 2003-2004 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2004-07-14 to 2004-07-21 N: -10.96 S: -15.65 E: -54 W: -58.25 multiple
LBA-ECO LC-22 Field Validation of MODIS Deforestation Detection, Brazil, 2005 FIELD INVESTIGATION, TERRA VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, GPS, MODIS 2005-03-17 to 2005-03-24 N: -11.5 S: -13.1334 E: -54.2833 W: -55.75 multiple
LBA-ECO LC-22 Land Cover from MODIS Vegetation Indices, Mato Grosso, Brazil TERRA MODIS 2000-09-01 to 2004-12-31 BRAZIL N: -6.87 S: -20 E: -52.32 W: -60.44 GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-22 Vegetation Cover Types from MODIS, 500-m, South America: 2000-2001 LABORATORY, TERRA MODIS 2000-11-01 to 2001-11-30 N: 16 S: -63 E: -34 W: -82 GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-23 Characterization of Vegetation Fire Dynamics for Brazil: 2001-2003 TERRA, NOAA-12, Aqua MODIS, AVHRR 2001-01-01 to 2003-12-31 N: 5.3 S: -33.75 E: -34.8 W: -74 multiple
LBA-ECO LC-23 Vegetation Fire Data, Roraima , Brazil: 2003 TERRA, FIELD INVESTIGATION ASTER, THERMOCOUPLES 2003-01-19 to 2003-01-28 N: 5 E: -60 W: -63 multiple
LBA-ECO LC-24 Forest Cover Map from MODIS, 500-m, South America: 2001 TERRA MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31 SOUTH AMERICA N: 13.6922 S: -56.4548 E: -34.2236 W: -86.3842 GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-24 Land Cover Classes from Landsat TM, Uruara, Para: 1986-1991 LANDSAT-5, FIELD INVESTIGATION TM, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1986-01-01 to 1999-12-31 N: -1.8 S: -5.3 E: -51.7 W: -55.6 multiple
LBA-ECO LC-24 Landsat TM and ETM+ Land Cover, Southern Para, Brazil: 1984-2003 LANDSAT-7, FIELD INVESTIGATION, LANDSAT-5 TM, ETM+, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1984-08-03 to 2003-08-03 N: -4.7908 S: -34.8707 E: -19.8435 W: -49.9385 multiple
LBA-ECO LC-31 Historical Land-Use in the Amazon: 1940-1995 SATELLITES, SPOT-4 MODIS, AVHRR, MULTI-SPECTRAL 1940-01-01 to 1995-12-31 N: 5.41 S: -19.56 E: -45.59 W: -74.35 netCDF-3
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