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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
MASTER: Airborne Science, Southwestern US, September, 2002 ERS-2 MASTER 2002-09-10 to 2002-09-26 ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, TEXAS, NEVADA, OKLAHOMA N: 40.9799 S: 28.9695 E: -95.8526 W: -123.75 multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, Western US, April, 2004 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2004-04-01 to 2004-04-13 COLORADO, UTAH, ARIZONA, NEVADA, CALIFORNIA N: 45.089 S: 27.0591 E: -101.25 W: -129.375 multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, western US, July-August, 2001, V2 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2001-07-20 to 2001-08-19 CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA N: 49.9315 S: 29.5352 E: -115.281 W: -127.083 multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, Western US, October, 2003 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2003-10-03 to 2003-11-01 CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO N: 47.6461 S: 29.5352 E: -106.875 W: -126.913 multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, Western US, September, 2006 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2006-09-19 to 2006-10-13 NEVADA, UTAH, WYOMING, MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN N: 48.3109 S: 34.2164 E: -90.2258 W: -127.887 multiple
MASTER: BP Oil Spill Mapping, Louisiana-Gulf of America-Wisconsin, Fall, 2010 ERS-2 MASTER 2010-07-31 to 2010-09-01 GULF OF AMERICA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, ARIZONA, UTAH N: 48.9225 S: 23.0581 E: -81.4686 W: -115.967 multiple
MASTER: Cloud And Land Surface Interaction Campaign, California-Oklahoma, 2007 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2007-09-20 to 2007-09-21 CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, TEXAS, OKLAHOMA N: 40.9799 S: 34.3886 E: -95.4363 W: -120.938 multiple
MASTER: Farmland mapping, California, August, 2003 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2003-08-05 to 2003-08-11 CALIFORNIA N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -113.905 W: -124.094 multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California and Nevada, Summer 2016 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2016-06-09 to 2016-06-22 NEVADA, CALIFORNIA N: 40.98 S: 31.9519 E: -112.5 W: -123.75 multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Fall 2015 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2015-08-24 to 2015-10-26 NEVADA, CALIFORNIA N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -123.75 multiple
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