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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
MASTER: Cloud And Land Surface Interaction Campaign, California-Oklahoma, 2007 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2007-09-20 to 2007-09-21

N: 40.9799 S: 34.3886 E: -95.4363 W: -120.938

multiple
GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS LPVEX V1 1 CRM DPR, GMI 2010-09-21 to 2010-10-21

N: 75 S: 34 E: 25 W: 23

netCDF-3
STS-59_METADATA_GRD 1 STS-59 SIR-C 1994-04-09 to 1994-04-22
SMAP/In Situ Core Validation Site Land Surface Parameters Match-Up Data V001 1 GROUND STATIONS, SMAP SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SMAP L-BAND RADAR, SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER 2015-04-01 to 2021-03-31

N: 85.044 S: -85.044 E: 180 W: -180

ASCII
LBA-ECO LC-24 Landsat TM and ETM+ Land Cover, Southern Para, Brazil: 1984-2003 1 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
ABoVE: Post-Fire and Unburned Vegetation Community and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2017 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE 2015-07-13 to 2017-08-10

N: 62.5827 S: 60.5236 E: -111.367 W: -117.379

multiple
ABoVE: Soil Temperature and VWC at Unburned and Burned Sites Across Alaska, 2016-2023 1 FIELD SURVEYS TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2016-08-11 to 2023-09-02

N: 68.9908 S: 61.2701 E: -146.558 W: -163.239

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Organic Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Data (Zinke et al.) 1 FIELD SURVEYS CARBON ANALYZERS, COLORIMETERS 1940-01-01 to 1984-12-31

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-10 Orthorectified Landsat ETM+ Data for Legal Amazon: 1999-2001 1 LANDSAT-7 ETM+ 1999-07-08 to 2001-11-13

N: 5.25 S: -24.01 E: -43.83 W: -73.65

Shapefile
BOREAS Follow-On FLX-01 NSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temp. Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1996-10-31 to 1999-01-01

N: 55.8801 S: 55.8801 E: -98.4814 W: -98.4814

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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