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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 ND-01 Forest and Pasture Soil and Grass Analyses, Rondonia, Brazil: 2003-2004 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2003-05-01 to 2004-05-31 N: -8 S: -15 E: -60 W: -65 CSV
LBA-ECO ND-01 Fractional Land Cover Images, Rondonia, Brazil: 1984-2000 LANDSAT-5 TM 1984-06-24 to 2000-06-28 N: -7.8275 S: -12.4968 E: -59.8567 W: -64.6406 Shapefile
LBA-ECO ND-01 Land Cover Classification, Rondonia, Brazil: 1975-2000 LANDSAT-2, LANDSAT-5 MSS, TM 1975-06-19 to 2000-06-28 N: -9.1808 S: -12.4311 E: -61.1817 W: -64.6406 GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO ND-01 Landsat 28.5-m Land Cover Time Series, Rondonia, Brazil: 1984-2010 LANDSAT-5 MSS, TM 1984-06-24 to 2010-07-29 N: -7.8272 S: -13.862 E: -58.7954 W: -64.595 Shapefile
LBA-ECO ND-01 Primary Forests Land Cover Transition Maps, Rondonia, Brazil: 1975-1999 LANDSAT-5 TM, MSS 1975-06-19 to 1999-10-16 N: -9.1808 S: -12.4311 E: -61.1817 W: -64.6406 GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO ND-01 Streamwater and Watershed Characteristics, Rondonia, Brazil: 1998-1999 FIELD INVESTIGATION TM 1998-08-02 to 1999-01-28 N: -8 S: -12.63 E: -60.701 W: -64.43 CSV
LBA-ECO ND-01 Watershed Deforestation from Landsat TM Series, Rondonia, Brazil: 1999 DEM DIGITIZER 1999-01-01 to 1999-12-31 N: -8 S: -13.5 E: -60 W: -65 multiple
LBA-ECO ND-02 Cation Leaching from Forest and Pasture Soils, Para, Brazil LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION AAS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2002-01-01 to 2002-10-31 N: -2.983 S: -2.983 E: -47.516 W: -47.516 CSV
LBA-ECO ND-02 CO2 Flux from Soils in Forests and Pastures, Acre, Brazil: 1999-2001 FIELD INVESTIGATION IR CO2 ANALYZER 1999-06-01 to 2002-06-30 N: -9.77 S: -9.95 E: -67.07 W: -67.87 CSV
LBA-ECO ND-02 Landsat Imagery, Para, Brazil: 1984, 1994, and 1999 LANDSAT TM 1984-07-24 to 1999-07-13 N: -1.0031 S: -1.3803 E: -47.5564 W: -47.8919 GeoTIFF
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