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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 Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
ABoVE: Surface Water Extent, Boreal and Tundra Regions, North America, 1991-2011 LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7 TM, ETM+ 1990-01-01 to 2012-12-31 N: 82.3729 S: 41.7039 E: -53.9393 W: -177.475 GeoTIFF
ABoVE: Synthesis of Burned and Unburned Forest Site Data, AK and Canada, 1983-2016 MODELS, FIELD INVESTIGATION Computer, PROBES, SOIL SAMPLER 1983-01-01 to 2016-08-08 ALASKA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, SASKATCHEWAN N: 67.2297 S: 53.1911 E: -88.612 W: -150.902 CSV
ABoVE: Terrestrial Lidar Scanning Forest-Tundra Ecotone, Brooks Range, Alaska, 2016 FIELD SURVEYS LIDAR 2016-06-14 to 2016-06-25 ALASKA N: 68.0204 S: 67.9704 E: -149.715 W: -149.765 multiple
ABoVE: Thaw Depth at Selected Unburned and Burned Sites Across Alaska FIELD SURVEYS PROBES 2016-08-09 to 2018-08-28 ALASKA N: 68.9911 S: 61.27 E: -146.558 W: -163.239 CSV
ABoVE: Tundra Plant Functional Type Continuous-Cover, North Slope, Alaska, 2010-2015 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 TM, ETM+, OLI 2010-07-01 to 2015-08-31 ALASKA N: 73.8004 S: 65.5858 E: -143.978 W: -167.476 multiple
ABoVE: TVPRM Simulated Net Ecosystem Exchange, Alaskan North Slope, 2008-2017 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, OCO-2, COMPUTERS, SATELLITES TEMPERATURE SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, OCO SPECTROMETERS, Computer, MODIS 2008-01-01 to 2017-12-31 ALASKA N: 77.2626 S: 56.0895 E: -128.592 W: -177.469 netCDF-4 classic
ABoVE: Upscaled Active Layer Thickness in Northern Alaska, 2014-2017 G-III P-SAR 2014-01-01 to 2017-12-31 ALASKA N: 74.7203 S: 59.3494 E: -133.048 W: -171.803 COG
ABoVE: Wetland Type, Slave River and Peace-Athabasca Deltas, Canada, 2007 and 2017 ALOS-2, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-1A, ERS-2, ALOS PALSAR-2, IMAGING RADIOMETERS, PALSAR 2006-06-14 to 2019-05-28 ALBERTA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES N: 61.7919 S: 57.7746 E: -109.643 W: -115.291 multiple
ABoVE: Wildfire Carbon Emissions and Burned Plot Characteristics, NWT, CA, 2014-2016 MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY Computer, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CARBON ANALYZERS 2014-07-02 to 2016-08-01 N: 71.6982 S: 56.2534 E: -102 W: -136.127 multiple
ABoVE: Year-Round Soil CO2 Efflux in Alaskan Ecosystems, Version 2.1 FIELD SURVEYS SURVEYING TOOLS, Campbell Scientific CR800, THERMOCOUPLES 2016-08-18 to 2023-09-02 ALASKA N: 70.47 S: 63.8801 E: -146.558 W: -157.41 CSV
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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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